AV Week - MP3 Edition

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: George Tucker from World Stage and Dawn Meade of Net-AV, and Michael Drainer. Record Date: 3/17/2013  This week on the show we talk about Extron’s new iOS interface, whether South by Southwest is worth doing still, and a possible new Intel IPTV. We also cover the idea that copying our music [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Randy Klein Executive VP of Crestron, Fred Bargetzi VP of Technology for Crestron, Rich Fregosa, and Michael Drainer. Record Date: 3/10/2012  On this week’s AVWeek we talk about how the new iPad (don’t call it the 3) will impact the AV industry from sources to control. We kick around the role [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: George Tucker, Adrian Boyd, and Michael Drainer. Record Date: 3/4/2012  On this AVWeek we talk about the biggest news of the week; Extron pulling out of the InfoComm show, what that means for dealers and end users, and what that means for the trade show. We also discuss the newest cellphone [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Matt Scott and Brad Grimes from InfoComm. Record Date: 2/24/2012  This week’s AVWeek has us talking about Savant buying LiteTouch, Samsung spinning off their LCD business and embracing the awesomeness that is OLED, the DISH Network’s Hopper, and we ask the question, “are projectors beaming a niche market?” Plus we’ll [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: George Tucker, Dawn Meade, Michael Drainer, and Tom Andry. Record Date: 2/17/2012  On this episode of AVWeek Tom Andry from the AV Rant podcast joins us. He’s in Australia. Plus George Tucker, Dawn Meade and Michael Drainer join us. We talk about Cisco objecting to the Skype/Microsoft marriage at the [...]

This is AVWeek for Friday February 10, 2017   Host: Tim Albright Notes: In migrating over to a new site we discovered, I suppose, a lost episode. This is actually episode 28. So enjoy.

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Bradford Benn, Steve Greenblatt, and Ty Pendlebury of CNET. Record Date: 2/5/2012  On this episode of AVWeek Bradford Benn and Steve Greenblatt talk with Ty Pendlebury from CNET about TV remotes not going away anytime soon, we do a brief ISE wrap-up, Alan Brawn has a new job, a 3D [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: George Tucker and John Huntington. Record Date: 1/29/2012  On this episode of AVWeek George Tucker and John Huntington join in a conversation about the Kaleidescape and DVD CCA ruling, security of video conferencing, InfoComm and IATSE teaming up, Hitatchi stoping their display manufacturing, and the next great untapped market. Running Time: 1:13:53 [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Kevin Iselli, Dawn Meade, and Rich Fregosa Record Date: 1/22/2012  On this episode of AVWeek we give a recap of CES, talk about the retirement of Dr. Randy Lemke from InfoComm, wireless audio, a new, old player in the world of Control, and the newest solution for digital video from AMX. Running [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Matt Scott, George Tucker, Chris Neto, Adrian Boyd, and Rich Fregosa. Record Date: 1/15/2012  On this episode of AVWeek Rich Fregosa, who is guest-blogging for CEPro, joins us from the show floor of CES. We discuss Crestron and their Siri connection, the new Vizio ultra-wide screen displays. Lowe’s is getting into [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Gary Kayye from rAVe Pubs, Julie Jacobson of CEPro, Phil Cordell, and Michael Drainer. Record Date: 1/6/2012  On this episode of AVWeek we discuss the new OLED display from LG, the new glass-free 3D display, and an iPhone Projector. Plus, are you geek enough to work with Stephen Hawking? We ask [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: George Tucker, Matt Scott, and Dawn Meade. Record Date: 12/30/2011  Episode 22: We talk about Sony getting out of the LCD business, Crestron’s new single-gang touchpanel, reflections of 2011, and predictions for 2012. Running Time: 1:13:17 Story Links   Note: If you experience any difficulty playing back the podcast in Internet Explorer, [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests:  Record Date: 12/25/2011  Episode 21: This week we look back on the first six months of AVWeek. These are the best clips we could fit in about an hour. It is our Christmas present to you. Included are: an interview with Sam Malik from Sanyo, Johnny Mota and Bring Out [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Brad Grimes from InfoComm, Bradford Benn of Crown, and Michael Drainer. Record Date: 12/18/2011  Episode 20: This week we give away an idea to smaller control companies on a way to leapfrog AMX and Crestron, talk about whether CEPro got it right with their inaugural Person of the Year, a great [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: George Tucker, Kevin Iselli, Michael Drainer, and Chris Tatton. Record Date: 12/11/2011  Episode 19 of AVWeek: Utz Baldwin is out at CEDIA, we’ll talk about why. Commercial Integrator has named AVI-SPL as the Integrator of the Year. Are the Christie Microtiles a revolution or just a really cool product? From System [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Rich Fregosa, Matt Scott, and Sam Malik. Record Date: 12/4/2011  Episode 18 of AVWeek has us talking about a scoop from rAVe Pubs and what really is happening with the Panasonic/Sanyo product line, President Obama says “let’s all use Video Conferencing”, the distribution model for Crestron er… Prodigy, Clear One’s RU [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: George Tucker and Dawn Meade. Record Date: 11/27/2011  Episode 17 of AVWeek: This week we cover the new InfoComm 2012 Board, why you should care about 4k, AMX’s Vision2, and the future of “you” based control (SIRI and Kinect). Plus, the new Surface display is here. How you can own one [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Gary Kayye from rAVe Pubs, Adrian Boyd of Vector Sketch, and Craig MacCormack of Commercial Integrator. Record Date: 11/20/2011  Episode 16 of AVWeek: We talk about how “Black Friday” is a good thing for the ProAV market, Tim takes issue with comparing the Amazon Fire to the iPod, and Craig ponders [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: Matt Scott and Chris Neto Record Date: 11/14/2011  Episode 15 of AV Week: Matt Scott and Chris Neto join Tim Albright to talk about the week’s AV industry news. Singapore is one of the first countries to mandate minimums for wiring homes. Is this something the US and Canada should implement? [...]

Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder Guests: George Tucker, Dawn Meade, Michael Drainer, and Johnny Mota. Record Date: 11/6/2011  Episode 14 of AV Week: George Tucker, Dawn Meade, Johnny Mota, and Michael Drainer talk about the fall of Roscor, the first edition of GovComm, Fred Wilson’s blog on getting and staying connected, why some tech/AV reporters simply post [...]