AV SuperFriends

Recorded June 15, 2023 Jamie visits the Forward Thinking Designs booth at InfoComm 2023 Forward Thinking Designs: https://www.forwardthinkingdesigns.com/

Recorded June 15, 2023 Jamie and Marc visit the Visionary Solutions booth at InfoComm 2023 Visionary: https://visionary-av.com/

Recorded June 15, 2023 Justin sits down with Joe Cornwall to reflect on InfoComm 2023 Joe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeCornwall Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephcornwall/

Recorded June 15, 2023 Justin and Chris visit the Q-SYS booth at InfoComm 2023 Q-SYS: https://www.qsys.com

Recorded June 14, 2023 Marc visits the Stewart Audio booth at InfoComm 2023 Stewart Audio: https://stewartaudio.com/

Recorded June 14, 2023 Marc and Chris visit the Evertz booth at InfoComm 2023 Evertz: https://av.evertz.com/

Recorded June 16, 2023 For our final group recording at InfoComm 2023, we invaded the Biamp booth where we were joined by Shirley Imai, Richard Mitchel, and Michael Hooper to discuss how the week went, the most interesting things we saw at the show, and what InfoComm is like from a manufacturer's perspective (hint: they don't get to leave the booth). Alternate show titles: Michael Boltron What do...

Recorded June 16, 2023 As we were setting up for our Day 3 preview, we noticed Frank Padikkala nearby and corralled him into our nonsense to talk about networking, IT as people, and the importance of diversity in everything we do. Alternate show titles: The Most Amazing Moderator I've ever had Get your sh*t off the network The Perfect Network (You're not going to) become a cybersecurity expert in...

Recorded June 15, 2023 In our wrap show for Day 2 at InfoComm 2023, we're joined by very good friend of the show, Darryl Krall from Panasonic Connect to talk about trends such as Chat GPT, AI, AVoIP, and gathering data and analytics from all our stuff. Thanks to Panasonic Connect for letting us take over their booth for the waning hours of the day Alternate show titles: Has this system ever worked...

Recorded June 15, 2023 We're back LIVE from the InfoComm show floor before the show floor is open with our thoughts on Day 1, trends we're seeing, products of interest, and noting that simply everything is on the network these days. Alternate show titles: Everybody's big to Jamie It's about switch protection Cool, but unnecessary Using AI as a brand to sell it

Recorded June 14, 2023 We're celebrating our 100th full episode! When we started our podcast adventure, it was simply a way to continue sharing ideas during COVID and we're all heartened to hear just how many people really enjoy our nonsense. For this very special episode, we were prepared to share our thoughts about Day 1 of InfoComm, but instead we invited a cadre of friends, listeners, supporte...

Recorded June 14, 2023 For the first time ever, all six AV SuperFriends are in the same room… like close enough to touch each other… and touch each other we did! We recorded on the show floor before the show floor opened and shared our thoughts on InfoComm 2023, our plans for the day, where you can find us, hosted sessions, network challenges, and the possibility of gaining knowledge by… eating br...

Recorded June 13, 2023 It's our first ever live recording with five of the six AV SuperFriends in the same room, so prepare for a show with an even more rambunctious atmosphere. We cover Apple's announcements of their new Goggles On Please Pro headset, Apple's overlooked announcement of FaceTime (and by extensions Zoom and Teams) coming to the Apple TV and thus to a conference room near you (we do...

Recorded May 19, 2023 It's June and, for the pro AV world, that means InfoComm… and that also happens to be the topic of this month's episode. Our download numbers show that you're likely listening to this before you travel to Orlando, so this episode is all about what we're doing there all week long. Justin is teaching a 3-day course, Chris is leading a HETMA workshop, Larry is presenting a case...

Recorded June 2, 2023 It's a veritable smorgasbord, a cornucopia, a plethora of topics! In our last show before InfoComm, we cover such diverse elements as fear, surprise, a ruthless efficien… wait. We discuss the announcement of a 16K (consumer) display that isn't 16K or for consumers. It's weird, but most importantly, it's not in 21:9 but instead in 16:9 (AKA the correct aspect ratio). Then, we...

Recorded May 12, 2023 Well, it finally happened; a big school is going all in on VR in a big, general ed program. Goggles on, please. Arizona State is replacing their introductory biology lab classes with VR. Chris is not amused. Then, we review recent technologies to determine if they are just marketing or if these are real, long-term solutions. Marc doesn't like term "broadcast" anywhere near yo...

AV SuperFriends #AVintheAM - May 21, 2023

Recorded May 5, 2023 We start with a news story about making digital content accessible and that leads to a larger discussion of accessibility in AV. Look for that on a future show. Then we talk "selling" our campus clients on AV in order to deliver the experience they think they want; especially in conference rooms. Marc leverages the client's business case to convince them how to spend, Justin h...

Recorded April 14, 2023 Is it over yet? While the topic for this month's show wasn't clear, it was assumed to be about the approaching end of the school year. Instead, we opted to discuss technologies that we're just sick and tired of discussing. And, if you know us, you know we just love VR and the metaverse. And while we don't wish anyone ill will, we do enjoy our schadenfreude. News articles: h...

Recorded April 28, 2023 Instead of AV news, we return to the topic of digital canvases only a few days after our previous discussion. We're joined by Atkins Fleming who has a suggestion for a software platform that seems perfect for digital canvases and remote teaching and learning, but the company seems unaware of the education market. Then we hash out the support tools and skills necessary for m...

Recorded April 27, 2023 We begin with a follow up to a news article we covered a few months ago regarding the University of Arkansas buying the University of Phoenix. Has the deal soured? Are there concerns of propriety and branding? Oh, my, yes! Next, we're joined by Raul Burriel from Oregon State University (and current President of NWMET) to talk about the NWMET 2023 conference at Carroll Colle...

Recorded March 10, 2023 Who wants some riveting discussion of IT budgeting? Yeah, neither do we, but we make a heckuva effort to stay awake for this. Chris budgets projects with massive contingencies and with market pricing, Marc budgets by time, Larry is concerned about trying to make up all of last year's projects and complete this year's projects, Jamie borrows used gear from the rich to give t...

Recorded March 29, 2023 Ever wanted a 360 camera paired with a camera bar below a display? Me neither, but here's a news story (well, product announcement) from our favorite inappropriate UCC solution. Then we hash out the various options for BIG displays (and we all agree that anything over 85" falls into the category of big displays). Does projection still win the day? Are we still building LCD...

Recorded March 24, 2023 We're joined by Paul Ziele to talk networking… and we get waaaay into it. We're talking Mariana Trench, Kola Borehole, Hollow Earth. Record deepness… and we really only scratched the surface. We'll have Paul back to continue this talk. Paul shares his frustrations with AV people not knowing networking, Network people not knowing AV, and no one willing to budge more than a f...

Recorded February 10, 2023 It's the coldest part of winter, so let's talk Spring Cleaning! Remember to fully submerse your touch panels in bleach before re… oh, not that kind of spring cleaning. We're joined by Joe Way to talk through our plans for Spring Clinging— that is, what we should be thinking about replacing, what we are holding on to, and what things we should be getting rid of entirely....