AV Week - MP3 Edition

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests:  Rich Fregosa from Fregosa Design & Emily Hay of Pershing Technology. Record Date: 7/03/2013  Samsung is buying Boxee and Qualcomm completes the investment in Sharp. Allen & Heath joins an investment firm. John Huntington has some advice for InfoComm exhibitors. Finally, we chat about the “huddle space” devices. Also, use code: CT2 to register [...]

Host: George Tucker AVNation Co-Founder  Guests: Phil Swann from TV Predictions, Rich Green of CEDIA, and Michael Drainer from Sennheiser Record Date: 6/28/2013  George Tucker from World Stage leads this week’s discussion about 4K and streaming. CEDIA has a new white paper about Telepresence. And everybody has a meeting room solution.  Running Time: 1:00:12 Story Links   Note: If you [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder  Guests:  Record Date: 6/21/2013  Hour number two of our conversation from the InfoComm 2013 floor (well, close enough tot the floor). Bradford Benn, of the Bradford and Matt show, stops by. We introduce you to Scott Hassan of Beam about their new personal VC solution. Our friend Shaun Robinson of AMX is here. [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder  Guests:  Record Date: 6/14/2013  We are live from InfoComm 2013 with a cast of many. We start off the show with Dawn Meade, George Tucker, Matt Scott, Michael Drainer and Chris Neto all talking about their favorite technology from this year’s show. Brad Grimes, Brock McGinnis, and Kevin Iselli also join in. Plus, [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder  Guests: George Tucker from WorldStage, Dawn Meade of Net-AV, Matt Scott from Omega Audio Video, and Josh Stackhouse. Record Date: 6/7/2013  Join us as we get ready for InfoComm 2013 in Orlando. We talk about all the new InfoComm Pavillions, a couple of products to look out for, and some suggestions for new areas. [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Ron Callis from One Firefly, Paul Harris of Aurora Multimedia, and Doug Fast, from NYCE Control Record Date: 5/31/2013   Stop the presses! You can buy an IMAX Theatre. I can’t, but you might be able to. We kick off the show talking with Ron Callis about his involvement in the revolutionary [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: George Tucker, Chris Tatton, Harry Meade, and HiPhi, Phil Cordell. Record Date: 5/24/2013   The AVNu Alliance is rolling out education for AVB. Will this help them gain acceptance? Samsung is up and investing, Sharp is down and floundering. We talk about the impact of the Xbox One, and the first generation [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Kelly Perkins from Vaddio, Dr. Yoram Solomon, Craig MacCormack from Commercial Integrator, and Chris Neto of AV Helpdesk and Red Band. Record Date: 5/17/2013   InfoComm is updating the CTS. Should all current CTS holders re-take the test?   Is voice control the next big thing for home automation? We talk about [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Betsy Jaffe from InfoComm International, Nic Scott of Crestron, Dawn Meade from Net-AV, and Bill Brown of BD Brown Communications. Record Date: 5/3/2013   This week we talk about how aware the public is of HD BaseT. Technology could hurt your productivity.  Does Moore’s Law apply to displays? Plus, Nielsen is getting [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: George Tucker from World Stage, Matt D Scott of Omega Audio Video and Kevin Iselli from Crestron. Record Date: 4/26/2013   Custom Retailer is changing to Technology Integrator. Can you protect your automation system from hackers? We talk about a car with projectors where the headlights should be. Plus, LG says a [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Harry Meade from Vision Technology Service and Adrian Boyd of Avitecture. Record Date: 4/19/2013   AMX has weighed in on the Crestron switcher videos. There are 4K displays on sale for $1.499. What will that mean for HD? Extron has introduced the heir to their hugely popular IN1509 switcher/scaler. Black Box invites you [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: George Tucker from World Stage and Dawn Meade of Net-AV Record Date: 4/12/2013   Another Extron/Crestron dust up. Does a switcher shoot-out make sense? NAB 2013 has come and gone and 4k, 8k, and OLED made some noise. Broadcaster’s are trying to capture “TV Zero”. Printing speakers that light up. Plus, is being [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Paul Depperschmidt from Cisco Systems, Steve Greenblatt of Control Concepts, and George Tucker from World Stage. Record Date: 4/5/2013   Sony’s consolodating, the courts say Aero can continue, and Apple needs security. George starts a conversation about Convergence. We get into streaming media and analog editing.  Telepresence or Video Conferencing? Running Time: 58:46 Story Links [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Dawn Meade from Net-AV and Michael Braithwaite of Clear One. Record Date: 3/29/2013   Got $40,000? Then you can get the new Samsung UHD TV. Everyone’s getting into lighting. Now Control4 is getting into the game. What does this mean for home automation and smart buildings? John Sciacca says home theater is not [...]

Host: George Tucker AVNation Founder Guests: Michael Drainer of SennheiserUSA, Matt D. Scott from Omega Audio Video and Bradford Benn of Harman. Record Date: 3/22/2013   We talk about securing your equipment from your employees… and others. The Supreme Court says we can sell content we legally purchase. “Smart” LED bulbs may not be worth all the hype yet. [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: George Tucker of World Stage, Chris Neto from AVHelpdesk, Michael Drainer of SennheiserUSA, and Joshua Stackhouse from American Television. Record Date: 3/15/2013  InfoComm International warns about unauthorized CTS prep books. Samsung v. Apple, round 15. We talk with Joshua Stackhouse about his recently acquired AV degree. Lutron getting into the cloud. [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Ronnie Anne Spang, Paul Harris from Aurora Multimedia, and Ron Callis of One Firefly. Record Date: 3/08/2013  Samsung props up Sharp and gets 3% of the company for their trouble. LG is pouring $650 million into OLED. Crestron has a new DMPS for VC rooms. Plus, when will we see Apple [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: George Tucker from World Stage and Harry Meade, CTS-D. Record Date: 3/01/2013  Are projectors ready to come out of the closets, and soffits, in residential? How do you pick an AV receiver? We talk about Monoprice’s IR over HDMI and the fact that Nielsen is tracking your Internet TV watching habits. [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: George Tucker from World Stage and Bill Brown of Ideas for AV. Record Date: 2/22/2013  Crestron is getting into the Microsoft Lync game. Red is suing Sony for getting into the 4K game. Is it time to lobby the HDMI Consortium for a Pro HDMI standard? The BBC asks if [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Michael Drainer of Sennheiser and Matt D. Scott from Omega Audio Video. Record Date: 2/15/2013  Projectors were up, slightly, last year. Is this the start of a downward trend or just a blip? Lutron is furthering their line into wireless light control. Ethernet turns 40 as the AV industry [...]