Ever wondered what sorts of technologies the AV SuperFriends would really like to see from AV and electronics manufacturers? Well, wonder no more, because the dream of ubiquitous multicast video streaming is (almost) here!

Several of the AV SuperFriends vehemently agree with each other about Dell LCDs, the history of aspect ratios and the one aspect ratio to rule them all, and hot dogs as a metaphor for hybrid learning.

With 8K displays sneaking into the market, it’s time to talk about 4K! Are we deploying 4K (no), do we have 4K content (no), and do we have the bandwidth for 4K (yes!)?. Also, where are all the 4K projectors? Seriously!

The AV SuperFriends are interviewed by Erik Ofgang of Tech & Learning about proper feeding and watering of a podcast.

This month’s theme is COVID-related… again. But, instead of re-hashing touchless AV or hybrid learning spaces, we decided to present an episode of this podcast from 20 years in the future, so we can discuss the long-term impacts COVID had on higher ed AV.

Remember when we had to use proprietary hardware appliances to host or join video calls? Isn’t it great that we got away from that with Zoom, Teams, Hangouts, et al? Also, here’s a whole new line of proprietary hardware appliances that demand to be the center of your AV system!

This episode starts with the topic du jour of InfoComm moving to October— could it be a permanent date change? We sure hope so!

Then we argue about central AV management systems. Every manufacturer has one and yet several of us are still talking about building our own. Why is there not one system to control them all?

It’s February, and as legally required by Hallmark and your Great Aunt Silvia, this show will be Valentine’s themed. We share our backgrounds and how we got into AV and why we do what we do. For a bit of future prognostication, we also cover what we’d love to see from AV in the future. 

Hey, let’s talk staffing levels. How many support technicians do you have on your team? How many programmers, project managers, specialists? Is that based on historical precedent or just luck?

Also, we review real job listings and try to determine if you want to work there.

Marc apologizes for inadvertently ending a childhood winter tradition and Rachel is not having any of it and drops an f-bomb. Chris shares way, way too much information on a single project and invites you to do the same. Justin wants to know if we’re doing away with proprietary VTC hardware for the right reasons and just replacing it with more of the same.