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3 Tips to Light Right for Video
You’ve got the top of the line HD video camera, so why does your video look so bad? One word, lighting. At Audio-Video Group we see this a lot, and we’ve put together three tips to getting lighting right for your video. Don’t fall into these traps that turn a big video investment into a disappointing video mess. First, you might not have enough light in your setup. What we mean by enough is something professionals call a “wash” or the fill lighting that is needed on stage. You don’t want your subject moving in and our of the light…
Going Digital with your Retail Displays
You are seeing them everywhere now. Once they were just the newest TV and now flat screen digital displays are coming up in retail, corporate, and restaurants everywhere. So what is the big deal? Beyond the cool factor, we’ve got three ways you can use digital displays to enhance your retail presence. The one that is the most obvious is the use for menus and retail pricing displays. The problem of having signage reprinted for price changes used to leave you few options. You could have cheap signage created frequently, or DIY signage that lacked a professional feel. Now with…
Going Big on a Budget
At Audio-Video Group, we know very well that Christmas and Easter are the busiest times for many houses of worship. With more people in attendance, it means more demand on worship spaces, and sometimes you just need a little more support to make sure your message goes out. But how do you get big AV on a small budget? For these high-attendance days, AVG offers a full range of rental equipment to help you reach your full potential. The first thing you might consider upgrading for your Easter service for the most impact is basic sound equipment. To get a…
Why Accreditation is Important
Here is a question for you. How do you know you are getting the right equipment for your needs? Well, you could spend hours researching, or talking to other novices, but that advice can only point you in a direction. It can’t give you the real peace and security of working with a professional. Even then, how do you know your “professional”, isn’t just a hobbyist in disguise? They might have a fancy proposal, and seem to know what they are doing, but how do you know it won’t all fall apart once you sign on the line? The only…
Five Keys to a Great Easter Service
Creaster: a twice-a-year church attendee, generally popping his or her head in on Christmas and Easter, and representative of the greatest area of potential growth in your community. You see them in the supermarket or the coffee shop, or at your favorite restaurant. Every Easter, across the country, they swarm through your door via some kind of invisible magnetism. And though your heart goes out to those two-services-a-year attendees, it remains so difficult to plug them into your faithful flock. Audio-Video Group knows that it’s not your message—no, that’s been working well for over 2,000 years. Maybe all that’s needed…
3 Common Mistakes in Projection Video
Could there be a more embarrassing mistake than a poorly devised projector setup? Your audience squints to see the screen, as the faint image and text of something that resembles a PowerPoint, stretched out of its intended proportions. Yes, you are playing with a possible AV disaster with the wrong projector setup. To help you avoid an upset team, disgruntled management, and cancelled meetings, Audio-Video Group wants to share with you three common mistakes that you can avoid to make your projector setup run smoothly and get the most our of your projector investment and meeting time. Your projector may…
Audio-Video Group, LLC Achieves Diamond Level Cert
Audio-Video Group, LLC has earned the prestigious designation of InfoComm International Diamond Certified AudioVisual Solutions Provider (CAVSP), the only such designation available in the commercial audiovisual industry. InfoComm awards individual Certification to audiovisual professionals who have demonstrated knowledge and comprehension of the science and technology used in communications including audio, video, display and systems. Technicians, engineers, designers, salespeople, customer service personnel, managers and executives are eligible to take the individual certification test. Audio-Video Group, LLC is the only company in the State of Maryland to hold the Diamond Level CAVSP designation. “Obtaining this designation has been an important milestone for…