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Brad Grimes is the editor of PRO AV magazine and PRO AV Online.

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Why Sustainability Matters

Have you been waiting to take the next STEP in your green AV initiative? Pretty soon, you'll have the tools necessary to ensure your users...
Lessons from the Charratte

Having collaborated with architects all over the world, one AV consultant shares his real-world experiences and insists that things are...
A Meeting of the Creative Minds

Could this finally be the year when AV professionals and architects get on the same page in the interest of finely tuned, integrated...

Pete Putman is a PRO AV senior contributing editor and president of ROAM Consulting in Doylestown, Pa.

Parallax View of InfoComm 2011

Not to toot his own horn, but PRO AV's Parallax View columnist has a good idea of the major tech trends at this year's InfoComm show. After...
Wireless AV: No Strings Attached

PRO AV's resident streaming media experts has seen enough wireless versions of the technology to know moving AV over the air is getting...
CES 2011: You Had to Be There

Did you miss the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show, where trend-setting products affect pro AV? No problem. Here are 10...
It's Just a Box

Long live the lowly overhead projector. Schools still use it today because, well, it gets the job done. What does that tell us about more...

Thom Mullins is a senior consultant with Affiliated Engineers NW in Seattle.

Lessons from an iPad

AV technology is heavily influenced by consumer electronics. Customers often want things in their commercial applications that they have at...
BAS, BIM, and IPD: The Magical Trifecta

What do building automation systems, building information modeling, and integrated project delivery have in common? One AV consultant has...
Who's Ready for Integrated Project Deliver?

Integrated project delivery may be just what the AV industry needs to become a bigger part of the commercial design and construction team...
Know Your Worth

What's your real worth as an AV professional? Hint: You store it between your ears. The sum of your AV education isn't the classes you...

Digital Signage is All Grown Up

When it comes to digital signage, industry maturity means technology that can handle any client scenario, without too much cost or extra...
Digital Signage Software Lament

The vast majority of digital signage software tools are designed with a power user in mind, or at the very least a user who will learn the...
With Success Comes Confusion

For the past five years, I've attended Digital Signage Expo (originally called the Digital Retailing Expo but rebranded to focus on what...
What Does a Digital Signage Setup Really Cost?

One of the most difficult things to do is determining how much something will cost when it's beyond one's knowledge base. I'm sure every...

Q&A with Allen Weidman, InfoComm International

Here's how important sustainbility if to InfoComm and the pro AV community: InfoComm recently hired a dedicated sustainability officer...
Q&A with Paul Depperschmidt, Cisco Systems

A long-time member of the pro AV industry and former executive at companies like Polycom and Tandberg now works for Cisco to build bridges...
Q&A with Mark Brunner, Shure

The FCC finalized rules for operating wireless devices and pro audio systems in the TV spectrum. Shure lobbied hard to protect pro AV. In...

Seize the Tiger By Its Tail

As an industry, pro AV has gone through careful deliberation and education regarding green AV initiatives. But now it's time for the movement to walk the walk. February 2010 marks the end of the Oxen's year of planning and steady persistence and ushers in the Year of the Tiger. Time to spring into...
Ken Berger, Co-founder of EAW, on the iPhone

For 30 years Ken Berger distinguished himself as one of a handful of entrepreneurs to create and develop a high-end professional audio brand, namely EAW loudspeakers. After selling EAW, he became a senior VP at Loud Technologies. Now he's co-founder (along with the late Wayne Freeman) of Bond Music...
Jack Wrightson, WJHW, on Stadium Audio

Jack Wrightson is a founding principal at Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon & Williams, an acoustical consulting and electronic systems design firm in Dallas. While well known for work in sports, convention center, and concert venues, WJHW also provides services on corporate, educational, and performing...