AV Week - MP3 Edition

Sennheiser leadership is changing. Making social media work for you and your business. Will Thread become the control and automation standard? Plus, we talk about a digital media company going analog. Host: Tim Albright Guests:  Dawn Meade, Bradford Benn, and Brad Grimes Record Date: 12/19/2014 Running Time: 1:10:02     Story Links Dr. Frank Heinricht takes over at Sennheiser [...]

The AVnu Alliance has announced a new market; the industrial control. What does it take to make the SCN Top 50? Plus, keeping up with technological changes. Host: Tim Albright Guests:  George Tucker, Chris Neto, and Josh Srago Record Date: 12/12/2014 Running Time: 1:04:26   http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/d1qfzqjehw0dc8.cloudfront.net/avsweater.mp3Hi Phi’s (Phil Cordell) new AV Christmas Song Story Links SCN’s Top 50 Integrators [...]

It is our year end reporters round table. Editors from SCN, Residential Systems, Commercial Integrator, AVTechnolgoy, and Tech Decisions join us to put the year in focus. What were the biggest stories and trends? What’s on tap for next year? Sit back and listen as they dish on the latest in AV. Host: Tim Albright Guests:  Tom [...]

Home Depot has a new home automation evangelist. Time Square unveiled the world’s largest digital signage. Plus, how do you prevent, or manage, scope creep? Host: Tim Albright Guests:  George Tucker, Harry Meade, and Sam Malik. Record Date: 11/28/2014 Running Time: 50:48   Story Links Home Depot’s automation evangelist Coping with scope creep InfoComm’s ISE 2015 education offerings The [...]

Is Sony on the way up or out? There are two stories this week about the electronics giant and they seem to point both directions. InfoComm is trying to push more Green Building initiatives. Plus, we talk about how to get middle America hooked on smart homes. Host: Tim Albright Guests:  Kelly Perkins, Heather Sidorowicz, Shaun Robinson, [...]

We check in with Tim Albright and Tom LeBlanc on the last day of the CI Summit, Walmart has a Chrome “Killer?, quality vs quantity, NHK revels plans for 2020 Olympics and Scott gets personal about Haptics Host: George Tucker Guests: Scott Samsal, Hope Roth, and Michael Brathwhite Record Date: 11/14/2014 Running Time: 1:00:22   [...]

George Feldstein, the Crestron founder, passed away this week. We talk about his impact on the AV industry. Who will come out on top of the connected home battle? Plus, we talk about the future of automaton. Host: Tim Albright Guests:  George Tucker, Dawn Meade, and Adrian Boyd Record Date: 11/7/2014 Running Time: 41:34   Story Links Tucker on [...]

From teaching networking to Internet of Things, we cover how the network and the Internet is impacting the industry. LG says “Plasma is Dead”. Amazon might be getting into automation. Plus, we debut two new AVNation shows. Host: Tim Albright Guests:  Bradford Benn, Anthony Zotti, Josh Srago, and Phill Cordell. Record Date: 10/31/2014 Running Time: 58:53   Story Links [...]

On this weeks episode we ask- Is the AV industry due for consolidation? Mid Market integration, not for the weak of heart and Yes, its that season again – Litigation news, Sonos Sues Denon.  Chris Neto, Richard Fregosa and George Tucker wrangle these topics and more Host: George Tucker, Co- Founder Guests:  Richard Fregrosa of Fregrosa design [...]

Netflix has started offering 4K streaming. Will this help adoption? Do celebrity endorsements influence AV purchases? We talk about smart home demos. Plus, we cover a new e-book about IT/AV convergence. Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests:   Kevin Iselli from Crestron and Victoria Ferrari of Synergy CT. Record Date: 10/17/2014 Running Time: 48:54   Story Links   IT/AV Convergence [...]

Apple TV is one step closer to taking over your Smart Home. Kinect for Windows offers finger tracking now. We also talk about Almo Pro’s decision to offer third party labor. Host: George Tucker, co-founder Guests:  Ryan Salazar Founder, Editor-In-Chief and Post Production/Broadcast Engineer, Holly Head Director of Audio Visual & Broadcast Solutions, Acu-Tech. and John Greene Vice President [...]

This week we talk about Crestron Pyng. The residential automation app that could serve a few more spaces. Should integrators be afraid of ADT entering the “Smart Home” market? Plus, should you buy a consumer display for a commercial application? Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests:  George Tucker, Chris Neto, and Bill Brown. Record Date: 10/3/2014 Running Time: 59:07 [...]

We talk about InfoComm canceling their first regional show. The IEEE wants to make a standard for the IOT. We talk the “real” 4K versus marketing and UHDTV. Plus, should we still care about “Green AV”? Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests:   Justin Kennington from Crestron and Justin Griffing and Nate Schneider of AV Shop Talk podcast. [...]

From AVEC 2014 we talk with integrators and audiovisual industry leaders about the health of the industry and the state of the economy.

We are live from CEDIA Expo 2014. There are a cast of contributors from manufacturers to integrators and programmers. Listen as they give us the run down of the latest technology and business practices from CEDIA Expo 2014. Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests:  Rich Fregosa, Matt Scott, Steve Greenblatt, Jeff Singer, Ted Green, Rebecca Villareale, Todd [...]

It’s our Commercial Integrator 40 Under 40 Show. We talk about landing HUGE contracts and when to say “no” to them. AV giving IT the standardization they are looking for. Plus, Have we entered the post-1080p era? Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests: Kourtney Govro from All Systems, Matt Slack of AV Solutions, Mike Shinn of [...]

Peq is available at Best Buy. Tivo has plans for the cloud. How do you get started offering services to your clients? Plus, Commercial Integrator accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests: George Tucker, Jamie Trader, and Steve Greenblatt. Record Date: 8/29/2014 Running Time: 1:02:22   Story Links Best Buy banking [...]

A new consortium has been created to look at OLED production. AMX has their newest processor in the Enova. How important is IP v6 to AV? We look at Kramer’s new collaboration hardware. There are two of Commercial Integrator’s 40 Under 40 on this show. Plus, AVNation founder, Tim Albright, does the Ice Bucket Challenge [...]

TiO has been bought. Google’s Nest has been hacked. And you can buy a levitating speaker. Plus, what are the specs you look for in a sub? Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests:   Gary Yacoubian of SVS, John Huntington, and George Tucker. Record Date: 8/15/2014 Running Time: 58:25   Story Links   Do subs have sound? John Huntington’s AVB recap [...]

Nortek is in trouble and Burke is out. DiGiCo and Allen & Heath are one now. Apple TV’s have lost some spark. Plus, what is Crestron Pyng? Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests:  Paule Zielie from AMX and Adrian Boyd of Avitecture. Record Date: 8/08/2014 Running Time: 1:02:48   Story Links Apple TV gets new interface Apple TV market share falls [...]