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3 Pitfalls to Avoid when Making the Jump to HD Video
Digital is here – it’s no longer just a buzzword or concept, the hype has passed, and now it’s here to stay. Everything is becoming digital and going to be around for the foreseeable future, which is why we here at Audio-Video Group want to share 3 things you should know about making the jump to High-Defintion digital video. 1.) Digital is Unforgiving There is a little give and take when it comes to using digital video. The recent transition has raised the standard regarding picture and sound quality, but that comes at a small price, as digital is…
5 Scary Installation Issues You Must Avoid
When it comes to installing audio and video systems, many people will go to great lengths to speed up the installation process. They’ll bypass safety measures, purchase inexpensive hardware, or they’ll draw up a creative solution for connecting various components that weren’t suppose to go together to begin with. While we do applaud everyone’s creativity and eagerness to get their new audio and video equipment up and running, we want to make sure you do so in a way that is not only safe, but will provide you with the best quality. That said, we have put together a list…
Taking Your Worship on the Road: AV for Your Retreat
As summer fades into fall, it’s that time of year again: retreat season. Your retreat is a time to reflect, relax, and have fun. It’s an event that you put a lot of effort into and can ultimately, have a significant impact on your attendees. While a retreat is certainly a great time to get away, you don’t want to get away from a great worship experience. In fact, you can even rent audio and video tools to help ensure that your retreat is the best worship experience of the year. Audio-Video Group has created a list of five rental…
De-mystify BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
How many of you have heard the term “Bring your own device” or “BYOD” thrown around but didn’t fully understand what it means? Well today, especially in the workplace, employers are beginning to allow individuals to bring and use their own technology at work. On the hand, this trend has resulted in an overall increase in employee satisfaction and creativity, but on the other, it has also created a sense of confusion. BYOD policies are becoming increasingly popular in today’s business world. A study by Unisys found that 44% of job hunters find employment at a business more attractive if…
Meeting Rooms That Just Work
Wouldn’t it be nice if everything just worked? Imagine: no more frustrating struggles to get your gadgets to function, one-touch simplicity, and meetings where things get done. Audio-Video Group can’t guarantee that everything in your life will be frustration-free, but we can help you construct a meeting room that will be. There is nothing more exasperating than glitches in your audio or video systems that hold up a meeting and prevent you from sharing important information. Don’t let that happen in your meeting room. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could walk into your room and have everything work perfectly,…
Leaving PowerPoint and Going Pro
A PowerPoint presentation has its place, but that place isn’t on the screen during your worship service. Your worship presentation should enhance your message; it shouldn’t be dull. Today, there are a variety of presentation programs to help you give your service a professional, high-quality feel. To help you out, at Audio-Video Group we’ve identified three options for presenting content during your church program. Chances are one of these options is the right fit to take your worship experience to the next level. EasyWorship Let’s start with one of the most basic options out there: EasyWorship. This is a…
The Things You Didn’t Know About AV Maintenance
Let’s be honest: AV maintenance probably isn’t something you think about very often. In fact, you probably think about the condition of your audio or video system only when you want to use it, because that’s when you want it to work. If you want your equipment to function properly and last longer, however, you’ll need to give it a little bit of tender loving care in the form of maintenance. At Audio-Video Group, we’re always concerned with maintaining AV products so that you can get the best use out of them. To that end, here are three things that…
Sounds of Success: 5 Basic Mistakes in Live Sound
When it comes to audio systems, everybody knows that the most important thing is having a “good sound”. Unfortunately, beauty is in the eye of the beholder- or in this case, the ear of the listener. And while good sound can be evasive, bad sound can be glaringly obvious. Here are five basic mistakes to avoid, in the hopes that you can get closer to pinning down the sound that you want. Mistake #1: Bad levels Levels, or the volume of each instrument or component in your mix, are important. We’ve all had to suffer through an event where it…
5 Myths of Digital Consoles
You’ve heard the hype, now know the truth. A digital console is the future of live audio mixing. Here at Audio-Video Group we want to help you separate fact from fiction when it comes to digital consoles. Myth #1. Digital consoles are too expensive In the big picture digital consoles are not more expensive. Entry-level consoles can be purchased for under one thousand dollars, and be controlled from an iPad! The truth is there is less hardware to setup, so your cost becomes dramatically less when you start to factor in all the other hardware you need in addition to…
Collaboration in Digital Spaces
Collaboration is a hot topic in working environments. It’s about being together, when you physically are not, and it can also be about sharing ideas at faster speeds and using technology to share that information in collaboration rooms. AVG has installed many different systems in collaboration rooms, and in this post, we are going to talk about the first step to AV collaboration, and that revolves around the connection of multiple machines into one space. Let’s dive in! There are two main solutions when we talk about collaboration in meeting spaces, wired and wireless. Wired solutions are exactly as they…