Recorded July 19, 2024

It’s the summer doldrums, so instead of news, Marc shares the AV experiences from his summer vacation to the House of Mouse. Oddly painted speakers, immersion breaking VR, and RF-beacon driven proximity audio broadcasts are just some of the highlights. 

Then we respond to a Reddit forum post about how university AV teams are structured.  Everyone is a bit different and we didn’t even get to full division organization charts.  Some of us have partner teams on campus, some do it all, and some even do other teams’ jobs for them.  How are you structured?

Finally, who is buying all these capturing-recording-streaming boxes and why?  This concept breaks Chris’s brain and causes him to lose sleep. 

Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/CommercialAV/comments/1e40pxi/university_jobs

Alternate show titles:

• The Surprise AV Experience
• Fuschia not Chartreuse
• The Costco Experience
• Dollywood After Dark
• Subpar AV
• We do some advanced systems
• A lot of twirling
• How do you do all that work?
• The Cabling Crew
• If our internal team is in the hospital…
• Legitimate Programming
• Nobody’s responsible for anything ever
• It’s hard to know what everybody does all the time
• It’s not a flat service

We stream live on the first and third Friday every month and you can listen to everything we record over at AVSuperFriends.com 

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► Chris Dechter: @cdechter

► Jamie Rinehart: @avsfjamie

► Marc Cholewycynzski: @avdiplomat

► Rachel Bradshaw: @tempurity

► Larry Darling: @lsdarling1

► Justin Rexing: @justinrexing

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Recorded July 12, 2024

We’re bookending the show with SMPTE 2110 stories, so we start with discussion of Cisco hosting a webinar on Precision Time Protocol (PTP).  If you don’t know what all that is, it’s potentially huge news for AVoIP to play nice on enterprise networks from the sleepy giant of networking. 

Then we discuss the non-electronic products we prefer for building equipment racks, mounting projectors, hiding gear behind display monitors, and working with conference tables.  We’re pretty well all over the place, but we all agree that ADA compliance and keeping things clean go hand-in-hand.  

Finally, we consider an odd product from Blackmagic Design.  This could be the greatest thing we didn’t see at InfoComm or the worst thing ever created.  And it’s SMPTE 2110 native!

Cisco webinar: https://blogs.cisco.com/sports-media-entertainment/take-your-st-2110-workflow-to-the-next-level

Blackmagic Ethernet switch: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagicethernetswitch

Alternate show titles:

• Whatever the other acronyms are

• It nerdily excited me

• It’s going to have to trickle down a lot

• They have to do things and figure it out

• Keeps hands out of places

• It’s a 15 lumen projector

• Bop-it!

• There’s always a better way to do it

• Be careful of people’s knees

• It was kind of a b*tthole move on my part

• I’ve done weirder

We stream live on the first and third Friday every month and you can listen to everything we record over at AVSuperFriends.com 

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Individual Twitter links:

► Chris Dechter: @cdechter

► Jamie Rinehart: @avsfjamie

► Marc Cholewycynzski: @avdiplomat

► Rachel Bradshaw: @tempurity

► Larry Darling: @lsdarling1

► Justin Rexing: @justinrexing

Donate to AVSF: https://www.avsuperfriends.com/support

Recorded June 26, 2024

No topic was provided this month, so instead we’re going to make this our summer Fourth of July special.   So, get out your flags, wake up the kids for the renewal of their annual loyalty oath, fire up the grills, smoker, or barbecue, light off the sparklers and firecrackers, and let’s celebrate America by blowing up a small part of it.  

We’ve each collected our favorite AV products, solutions, services, or approaches that we’d like to blow up.  Larry doesn’t like formal instructor stations in conference rooms, Marc hates giant card frames, Chris despises giant amplifiers powering only a few loudspeakers, Justin is not a fan of professional PTZ cameras with only USB output, and Jamie detests displays with onboard operating systems.

Happy Fourth of July everyone!

We stream live on the first and third Friday every month and you can listen to everything we record over at AVSuperFriends.com 

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Individual Twitter links: ► Chris Dechter: @cdechter ► Jamie Rinehart: @avsfjamie ► Marc Cholewycynzski: @avdiplomat ► Rachel Bradshaw: @tempurity ► Larry Darling: @lsdarling1 ► Justin Rexing: @justinrexing

Donate to AVSF: https://www.avsuperfriends.com/support 

Recorded June 12, 2024

In something of a lost recording that Chris couldn’t find, Justin, Larry, and Chris visit with Liberty AV and speak with Kevin Peterman about AVoIP solutions, Corey Briggs about cloud monitoring, and Ed Jankowski about Liberty’s approach to the AV industry.

Special thanks to Brad Thomas for wrangling colleagues.

We stream live on the first and third Friday every month and you can listen to everything we record over at AVSuperFriends.com 

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► Chris Dechter: @cdechter

► Jamie Rinehart: @avsfjamie

► Marc Cholewycynzski: @avdiplomat

► Rachel Bradshaw: @tempurity

► Larry Darling: @lsdarling1

► Justin Rexing: @justinrexing

Donate to AVSF: https://www.avsuperfriends.com/support

Recorded June 21, 2024

The AV SuperFriends have returned from InfoComm which means it’s an InfoComm recap show! Short version: there was far less “AI” braggadocio and way more cloud cloud cloud. For those of you who weren’t able to join us on our traditional Friday AM show floor tour, we review our selections from that and links are below. We also discuss some additional products and solutions that we missed and didn’t read about until the following week but wish we could have seen in person.

Products from the best InfoComm show floor tour:

• Inogeni Toggle

  • https://inogeni.com/product-category/byod-byom-switcher/

• Hovercam eGlass

  • https://eglass.io/

• Hovercam Pilot wireless lectern

  • https://www.hovercam.com/teaching-stations

• Liberty CX Detect

  • https://cxunify.com/cxdetect.html

• Apantac Dante on-ramp - DA-HDTV-Dante-Tx-UHD

  • https://www.apantac.com/products/mt-hood/hdmi-to-dante-converter

• Revolution Acoustics SSP6 Multiducers

  • https://www.revolutionacoustics.com/products/ssp6-multiducers

• Squirrels Ditto wireless sharing software

  • https://www.airsquirrels.com/ditto

• Listen AURI Bluetooth system

  • https://www.listentech.com/auri/

  • https://www.bluetooth.com/auracast/

• Catchbox Plus system

  • https://catchbox.com/catchbox-plus

Alternate show titles:

• Stupid browser

• This is awesome and here’s why

• It’s gonna be kumbaya

• Nano-whatever-the-hell-technology

• No OSHA, no rules

• Sorry if I gave you my COVID

We stream live on the first and third Friday every month and you can listen to everything we record over at AVSuperFriends.com

▀▄▀▄▀ CONTACT LINKS ▀▄▀▄▀

► Website: https://www.avsuperfriends.com

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► Email: [email protected]

► RSS: https://avsuperfriends.libsyn.com/rss

Individual Twitter links:

► Chris Dechter: @cdechter

► Jamie Rinehart: @avsfjamie

► Marc Cholewycynzski: @avdiplomat

► Rachel Bradshaw: @tempurity

► Larry Darling: @lsdarling1

► Justin Rexing: @justinrexing

Donate to AVSF: https://www.avsuperfriends.com/support

Recorded June 14, 2024

Larry, Justin, and Chris visit with Zach Snook from Biamp (while sitting on the most comfortable chairs on the show floor) to discuss their newest announcements and product updates, including the long-awaited analog input on the VBC conferencing bars. Jamie will be disappointed at no AVB connectivity for expansion, so he’ll have to be satisfied with LAN control and monitoring… for now!

We stream live on the first and third Friday every month and you can listen to everything we record over at AVSuperFriends.com 

▀▄▀▄▀ CONTACT LINKS ▀▄▀▄▀

► Website: https://www.avsuperfriends.com

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► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/avsuperfriends

► Email: [email protected]

► RSS: https://avsuperfriends.libsyn.com/rss

Individual Twitter links:

► Chris Dechter: @cdechter

► Jamie Rinehart: @avsfjamie

► Marc Cholewycynzski: @avdiplomat

► Rachel Bradshaw: @tempurity

► Larry Darling: @lsdarling1

► Justin Rexing: @justinrexing

Donate to AVSF: https://www.avsuperfriends.com/support

Recorded June 14, 2024

Larry, Chris, and Justin review their thoughts from Day 2 and what they’re looking for during Day 3. There’s been more LED displays (including lots of all-in-one units) at far more reasonable prices, lots of USB-C (could it actually be an option for wide deployments in the future?), and some dude on the very top of a ladder.

We stream live on the first and third Friday every month and you can listen to everything we record over at AVSuperFriends.com 

▀▄▀▄▀ CONTACT LINKS ▀▄▀▄▀

► Website: https://www.avsuperfriends.com

► Twitter: https://twitter.com/avsuperfriends

► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/avsuperfriends

► Email: [email protected]

► RSS: https://avsuperfriends.libsyn.com/rss

Individual Twitter links:

► Chris Dechter: @cdechter

► Jamie Rinehart: @avsfjamie

► Marc Cholewycynzski: @avdiplomat

► Rachel Bradshaw: @tempurity

► Larry Darling: @lsdarling1

► Justin Rexing: @justinrexing

Donate to AVSF: https://www.avsuperfriends.com/support

Recorded June 13, 2024

(Note: Our super duper awesome recorder died right in the middle of this episode, so it cuts off abruptly; see the episode artwork. Unrelated: anyone want to buy a multichannel recorder?)

Larry, Justin, and Chris invade the Computer Comforts booth to talk classroom furniture, the development process, partnerships with university customers, and even some new ideas that Chris totally invented on the spot. We also welcome by a motley crew of fellow higher ed tech managers from the adjacent HETMA booth to talk about their experiences at InfoComm thus far.

Thanks again to Chris Kolavo, Vince Barletta, and Chad Asay at Computer Comforts for letting us drag cables all over their booth!

We stream live on the first and third Friday every month and you can listen to everything we record over at AVSuperFriends.com 

▀▄▀▄▀ CONTACT LINKS ▀▄▀▄▀

► Website: https://www.avsuperfriends.com

► Twitter: https://twitter.com/avsuperfriends

► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/avsuperfriends

► Email: [email protected]

► RSS: https://avsuperfriends.libsyn.com/rss

Individual Twitter links:

► Chris Dechter: @cdechter

► Jamie Rinehart: @avsfjamie

► Marc Cholewycynzski: @avdiplomat

► Rachel Bradshaw: @tempurity

► Larry Darling: @lsdarling1

► Justin Rexing: @justinrexing

Donate to AVSF: https://www.avsuperfriends.com/support

Recorded June 13, 2024

Larry, Justin, and Chris share their thoughts about Day 1 at InfoComm and trends they’re seeing at the show. AI is MIA, there’s lots of iterative software improvements to existing hardware, and be sure to stop by the Panasonic booth to see the mist display. We also discuss our approaches to automatic cameras and hybrid seminar spaces.

We stream live on the first and third Friday every month and you can listen to everything we record over at AVSuperFriends.com 

▀▄▀▄▀ CONTACT LINKS ▀▄▀▄▀

► Website: https://www.avsuperfriends.com

► Twitter: https://twitter.com/avsuperfriends

► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/avsuperfriends

► Email: [email protected]

► RSS: https://avsuperfriends.libsyn.com/rss

Individual Twitter links:

► Chris Dechter: @cdechter

► Jamie Rinehart: @avsfjamie

► Marc Cholewycynzski: @avdiplomat

► Rachel Bradshaw: @tempurity

► Larry Darling: @lsdarling1

► Justin Rexing: @justinrexing

Donate to AVSF: https://www.avsuperfriends.com/support

Recorded June 12, 2024

Justin, Larry, and Chris are joined by Mike Brandes, David Maksa, and Jonathan Moore from Q-SYS for an unorthodox and honest discussion of product ecosystems, working with partner manufacturers, computes vs. computeRs, adding software features years after shipping hardware, NDI emulation mode, and darn near everything in between. Thanks for sitting in with us! Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikebrandesav/

David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-maksa-05527322/

Jonathan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonmicmoo/

We stream live on the first and third Friday every month and you can listen to everything we record over at AVSuperFriends.com 

▀▄▀▄▀ CONTACT LINKS ▀▄▀▄▀

► Website: https://www.avsuperfriends.com

► Twitter: https://twitter.com/avsuperfriends

► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/avsuperfriends

► Email: [email protected]

► RSS: https://avsuperfriends.libsyn.com/rss

Individual Twitter links:

► Chris Dechter: @cdechter

► Jamie Rinehart: @avsfjamie

► Marc Cholewycynzski: @avdiplomat

► Rachel Bradshaw: @tempurity

► Larry Darling: @lsdarling1

► Justin Rexing: @justinrexing

Donate to AVSF: https://www.avsuperfriends.com/support