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about our latest technology

We are very excited to have Maris Ensing on the latest episode of the “Mad About AV” podcast! Tune in for an in depth Q&A session regarding the newly awarded patent that covers personalized media delivery through recognition technology with …

World Class Customer Service

How to create world class customer service? What about starting right at the beginning, by recognizing your customers so that you can greet them by name. What about knowing who they are, and what they’re likely to want to talk …

Ideas bigger than the budget?

Big ideas, and not so big of a budget? Let’s see if we can help you fit your ideas into your budget. Why waste your budget on hidden infra-structure and pay for things no one will actually ever see – …

System Longevity

Do you buy your AV for today, or are you positively preparing to live with it for the next 20 years? A simple question – yet we are still seeing previous generation systems with built-in obsolesce going in. What will …

Self-healing tech – do you need it?

Self-healing technology. Do you need it? Well, that depends on who you are. If you’re an AV company that makes their money out service contracts, you probably wish we had not invented it. However, if you’re an end-user with a …

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Dormouse, an audio companion

`Suppose we change the subject,’ the March Hare interrupted, yawning. `I’m getting tired of this. I vote the young lady tells us a story.’ `I’m afraid I don’t know one,’ said Alice, rather alarmed at the proposal. `Then the Dormouse …

AV for your multi-national

Wouldn’t it be nice if ALL of your international businesses and projects could share the same AV equipment, so that anyone on the team had the same reference and experience, and so that all of your team’s expertise was accumulative? …

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AV in 2020 – a view of the future

Here’s a snapshot of AV in 2020: Our “DrinkMe” design and auto-configuration software will get you into the world of Mad AV where basic AV design and configuration is mostly automated. You’ll just draw your AV system on a plan …

Immersive Audio

Let’s talk some more about immersive audio, and in particular about reasons you’d want to use immersive randomizing audio environment generators instead of those loops that drive you crazy. Some 30 years ago we were working on a pretty prominent …

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LEED’s dirty little secret

LEED buildings? It’s time to talk about a dirty little secret: power management of AV systems – something that should be a basic requirement does not appear to be obligatory. Power Management, so often forgotten in RFPs, really matters. This …