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AVWeek Episode 279: AVNation’s Consolidated Christmas
It is our annual look back at the year. From security issues to mergers and acquisitions. We talk about the biggest stories of 2016. We also look ahead to 2017. We predict more changes to control,...
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ResiWeek 49: Discreet Codes
Sony has come to win with their announcements of OLED products at CES, a move with potential to change the marketplace. Does this leave Samsung out in the cold? Also, Making The TV the speaker? An...
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Control Podcast
In the back rooms of the AVNation headquarters there have been discussions about various new shows to produce, which ones to drop, and what our future holds. This is, after all, a labour of love. We...
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Of TVs and OLEDs
This week we have a couple of significant display stories that are worth a closer look. First there is news that Samsung has purchased a 3% stake in Sharp. That deal makes Samsung the biggest single...
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Go To School
When AVNation began, one of the constant topics of conversation was the lack of an audio-visual “degree”. You know, a BS in Audio-Visual Design or AV Implementation. All apologies to John Huntington...
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A State of Control Episode 2: Tear Down These Walls
Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder and Steve Greenblatt of Control Concepts Guests: Rich Fregosa, Dan Worth, and Julia Cooper from AVI-SPL Record Date: 3/18/2013 More control companies are getting...
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InfoComm Today Episode 4: InfoComm Show 2013
Host: Tim Albright & George Tucker Guests: Jason McGraw and Betsy Jaffe from InfoComm International. Record Date: 3/03/2013 Jason McGraw, InfoComm Senior Vice President of Expositions, and...
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InfoComm Today Episode 5: InfoComm Live
Host: George Tucker Guests: Duffy Wilbert & Betsy Jaffe from InfoComm International, and Kevin Goodrich of Drape Kings. Record Date: 3/20/2013 Live events can be fun and spectacular, but...
View ArticleYour Rights
This past week, the American Supreme Court struck a victory for consumers over copyright holders. In the case of Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley and Sons, the highest court ruled that if you obtain copyrighted...
View ArticleWoohoo… Warranties
There are few things in the world of AV, or any industry for that matter, that equals the excitement level as warranties. Where else can you get lost in the levels of legal-ese and contract vocabulary....
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Skipping Speakers
Most of the time this blog deals with the 50,000 foot view. What does the Sequestration mean for AV, Extended Advanced Replacements, and the AV Degree. This week, we are going to do something I’ve...
View ArticleApples and Oranges
Oh, what the heck. Everyone else has commented on the Extron “smoke and mirrors” press release from El Presidente, Andrew Edwards. My friend from the EdTech podcast, Scott Tiner, wrote a post about it,...
View ArticleIs HD Dead?
On the latest episode of AVWeek (Episode 87) we had a story talking about a new 4K display from Seiki. Here is the kicker; it has a list price of $1,499. Let’s just round it up and say a $1500 4K TV....
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InfoComm Today Episode 6: Sustainability
Host: George Tucker Guests: Allen Weidman and Brad Grimes from InfoComm International, and Raymond Kent of Westlake Reed Leskosky. Record Date: 4/22/2013 Our special Earth Day edition of InfoComm...
View ArticleOnline and Offline AV Stores
Let’s talk about stores for a moment. No, let’s talk about customers; the real end users. As a technology manager, I am sometimes referred to as a sort of end user, but I’m not the professor really...
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A State of Control Episode 3: The LaVecchia Code
Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder and Steve Greenblatt of Control Concepts Guests: Rich Fregosa, Mark LaVecchia from BMA Software Solutions, and Troy Morgan of Pantech Designs. Record Date:...
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State of Control
As we all gear up to meet in Orlando for InfoComm 2013, I wanted to take the next few weeks to introduce (or re-introduce) you to our various podcasts. At the end of these introductory blogs I will...
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DIY
As we all gear up to meet in Orlando for InfoComm 2013, I wanted to take the next few weeks to introduce (or re-introduce) you to our various podcasts. At the end of these introductory blogs I will...
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AV Nation Special: Hidden Dangers
Host:George Tucker AVNation Co-Founder Guests: Nick McLain of CEDIA and Ken Erdmann of Erdmann Electrical Record Date: 5/6/2013 As AV integrators we pride ourselves with a dedication to knowing...
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EdTech
As we all gear up to meet in Orlando for InfoComm 2013, I wanted to take the next few weeks to introduce (or re-introduce) you to our various podcasts. At the end of these introductory blogs I will...
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