AVWeek

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests: Heather Sidorowitz from Southtown Audio Visual, Bernie Kattner of Nimbus Integration Group, and George Tucker from World Stage. Record Date: 9/13/2013  Phillips Smart TV has a Cloud component. We talk about ambient light displays. Net Neutrality comes up as Verizon and the FCC face off. We also cover analog sound and Disney research [...] See Privacy Policy at h...

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests:  Dawn Meade from Net-AV, Steve Greenblatt of Control Concepts, Mike Faulkner from Avitecture, Nathan Lively author of Sound Design Live, and Josh Srago from ICS. Record Date: 9/6/2013  The world of AV is getting involved with Microsoft Lync. Is this a good thing for the industry? You can now go to the Amazon [...] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy...

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests:  George Tucker of World Stage, Bill Brown from BD Brown Communications, Jamie Trader of AMX, and Charlie Jones from SurgeX. Record Date: 8/30/2013  There is another merger among integrators; this time in San Francisco. What does this mean about the health of the AV industry? There is a huge new camera by Panasonic. What [...] See Privacy Policy at https://art19....

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests:  Bradford Benn from Harman, Michael Drainer of Sennheiser, USA, Mark Dziekan from Wyrestorm, and Michael O’Halloran of Samsung. Record Date: 8/23/2013  OLED vs. 4K may be the running theme of CEDIA 2013. Samsung has a curved OLED display too; why? We talk control and the Internet of Things. Tim asks why Crestron has wireless [...] See Privacy Policy at https://a...

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests:  George Tucker from World Stage, Rich Fregosa of Fregosa Design, and Michael Drainer from Sennheiser. Record Date: 8/18/2013  HDBaseT 2.0 is out. What does it mean for the AV market? Should you use apps or integrated control for home automation? IP Surveillance is the next big thing in integration. Finally, we have a story [...] See Privacy Policy at https://art...

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests:  Harry Meade from CCS Presentation Systems, John Huntington from CUNY, Ben Shipman from AVA, and Ken Blecher of Powersoft. Record Date: 8/9/2013  The Black Hat hackers show how to hack your smart home. Should we up the security of our systems? Congress gets into the wireless mic spectrum. Commercial Integrator says the “customer is [...] See Privacy Policy at ht...

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests:  George Tucker of World Stage, Adrian Boyd from Avitecture, and Ellen Juhlin from Meyer Sound and the AVNu Alliance. Record Date: 8/2/2013  Conference Technologies purchases long-time integrator, United Visual. The AVNu Alliance gears up for certification. Will Nest give control programmers an API? Plus, Control 4 goes public.  Running Time: 1:01:49 Story Links...

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests:  George Tucker of World Stage, Tom Andry from AVRant.com, Nate Schneider of Image Stream Medical, and Ronnie Anne Spang. Record Date: 7/26/2013  Microsoft is taking another run at home automation. Should Crestron or AMX be concerned? Home owners want wireless security, and there’s a company giving it to them. Aero is going to give [...] See Privacy Policy at htt...

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests:  George Tucker of World Stage, Dawn Meade from Net-AV, Matt Scott of Omega Audio Video, and Michael Drainer from Sennheiser USA. Record Date: 7/19/2013  Dr. Bose has passed away. What will his legacy be? Why is Thunderbolt losing favor with PC manufacturers? InfoComm has been talking about “Smart Building” control, and now electrical contractors [...] See Privac...

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests:  Bill Stiteler from Apple Tell, Aaron Wilson, and Ted Green from Strata-Gee.com Record Date: 7/12/2013  We talk about CE Week and what the CES has to say about the forecast for 4K display sales. Where can the HDMI infrastructure go from here? Touchscreens are everywhere, so should our pilots use them? We talk about [...] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/p...

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 [...] See Privacy...

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 [...] See Pri...

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. [...] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privac...

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, [...] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pr...

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. [...] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pr...

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 [...] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califor...

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 [...] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pr...

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 [...] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.co...

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 [...] See Privacy Policy at https://a...

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 [...] See Privacy Policy at https://art19....

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 [...] See Privacy Policy at https:...

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 [...] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.co...

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? Runn...

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 [...] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.co...

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. [...] See Privacy Policy at https://art19....