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Buying Advice: A meeting space of minds

Paul Bray — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:46:36 +0000

A meeting of bodies, or a meeting of minds? Modern meeting rooms must increasingly support both. Paul Bray finds out how the latest developments in meeting technology can ensure that hybrid meetings achieve what they set out do to, and that nobody ends up feeling like the poor relation.

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Inside Tech: Cutting the umbilical cable

Paul Bray — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 16:23:16 +0000

Flexible, tidy and quick to install, wireless technology has a lot to offer the AV industry and its customers. Paul Bray tunes into the latest technologies, explores their pros and cons, and finds out how to endear them to end users.

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Intelligent AV: Who’s a clever endpoint, then?

Paul Bray — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:06:33 +0000

The intelligence now being built into AV devices is mind-boggling. Paul Bray explores the world of cameras that can recognise us by name, microphones that can pick up a whisper but ignore a hand clap, and automatic stenographers that write the minutes.

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Soho House’s Brighton beach retreat

Clive Couldwell — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 14:21:31 +0000

Soho House Brighton recently underwent a comprehensive upgrade to its audio and visual systems for that high-end exclusivity. Clive Couldwell finds integrator Tateside’s longstanding client relationship central to project execution quality and consistency.

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AV Essentials: All under control in the control room

Paul Bray — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:10:45 +0000

Increased workloads, consolidation of operations, remote working, and proliferating volumes and sources of data, are all imposing higher demands on control room solutions.

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How AV can take the problem of poor lighting seriously

Paul Bray — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:00:38 +0000

Poor lighting is a significant issue in offices and classrooms but does not typically fall within AV's remit. Now AV consultants have bravely entered the domain, says Paul Bray.

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Sound advice: Can concert touring be carbon neutral?

Phil Ward — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 09:50:57 +0000

Climate change is all too often a lip-service topic, but many companies in the supply chain are trying hard to be climate ethical, says Phil Ward.

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AV services: AVaaS, me hearties!

Paul Bray — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 16:30:23 +0000

AV-as-a-service enables businesses to spread the cost of AV purchases, obtain regular refreshes of hardware and software, outsource critical support and maintenance, and scale up or down according to need. Paul Bray finds out how to make it work, and explains the benefits and pitfalls for would-be suppliers.

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Digital signage & DooH: Who’s looking at you, kid?

Paul Bray — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 16:20:43 +0000

Digital signage is everywhere, thanks to improved display technologies and the ubiquity of the cloud. But it’s most effective if the content can be cleverly matched to whoever is watching. Paul Bray lifts the lid on interaction, customisation and analytics, and discovers that, while content still counts, context is king.

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Sound Advice: Tuning OFCOM into AV’S PSME needs

Kevin Hilton — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 16:10:19 +0000

The PSME sector has struggled to access enough frequencies as mobile’s share of them gets bigger, says Kevin Hilton.

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