Cable wars heat up as Chinese powerhouses unleash GPMI—the fee-free standard that makes HDMI look like dial-up! Smart AV engineering hits the classroom in China's education overhaul, but can degrees keep pace with real-world tech? Fake L-Acoustics gear nearly brought the house down literally as counterfeiters gambled with lives using half-strength metal components!

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This week, we’re bringing in industry experts to break down the latest developments reshaping the commercial AV landscape, including the emergence of GPMI as a challenger to established cable standards, whether specialized AV degrees are the future of industry education, and how companies like L-Acoustics are fighting back against dangerous counterfeits.

Host: Tim Albright

Guests:

• Jennifer Weaver – Laia Technologies
• David Maldow – Let's Do Video
• Andrew Page – Empirical

This Week In AV:

• Commercial Integrator – Kramer's Tariff Updates
• Mimo Monitors – Mimo Displays TAA Compliant
• Shure – Shure IntelliMix Certified for Teams Rooms
• AVNation – UCLA Partners with PlaceOS for Connected Campus

Roundtable Topics:

• rAVe Pubs – New Potential Cable Standard, GPMI
• AV Magazine – China Introduces Degree in AV
• Front of House – L-Acoustics Wins Counterfeit Cases in Germany & France

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Going green while saving green? AVer's trade-in program is a win-win knockout! And Hackers turned chicken menus into political billboards overnight, is your network next?

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This week on AVWeek, Tim Albright and industry guests dive into the latest updates reshaping the commercial AV landscape, including the business and environmental benefits of AVer's new trade-in program, critical security lessons from the massive Canadian restaurant menu board hack, and the growing need to educate AV users and integrators on network security through essential best practices.

Host: Tim Albright

Guests:

• Dawn Meade – Dawn on LinkedIn
• Gina Sansivero – AtlasIED
• Luke Jordan – Electro Acoustics

This Week In AV:

• AV Magazine– Blackmagic Design Halts Plans for US Factory
• AV Network – Remembering Martijn van der Woude
• CNBC – Google Says Return To Office Or Quit
• rAVe Pubs – SNA Displays Giant LED Screen at 5 Times Square
• Business Wire – AVI Systems Becomes FORTÉ

Roundtable Topics:

• AV Buyers' Club – AVer Tech Trade-in Program
• AV Magazine – Chicken Shop Screens Hacked

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Forget “Is AV-over-IP the future?”—the real question is: how much of your AV stack has it already replaced? InfoComm 2025 is putting old-school education in detention with gamified, VR-enhanced, AI-boosted learning experiences.

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On this week’s AVWeek, Tim Albright is joined by expert guests to unpack the future of commercial AV. From the rise of AV-over-IP protocols to the introduction of IPMX standards and the growing need for AV security in enterprise IT, we explore how these advancements are revolutionizing education, from K-12 classrooms to higher education campuses.

Host: Tim Albright

Guests:

• Kelly Teel – Kelly on LinkedIn
• Ryan Gray – Yavapai College
• Steph Beckett – rAVe Pubs

This Week In AV:AVNation – QSC's Response to Tariffs

• US Customs & Border Protection – Reciprocal Tariff Exclusion
• AVNation – Crestron's Response to Tariffs
• TechRadar – Zoom Outage
• Commercial Integrator – Chris Neto Named AV Living Legend

Roundtable Topics:

• Commercial Integrator – The Future of AV over IP
• AV Network – State of IPMX
• AV Buyers' Club – Focus on Learning Spaces at InfoComm 2025

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