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Renting Ain’t A Crime*
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!
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.
- Jennifer Weaver – Laia Technologies
- David Maldow – Let’s Do Video
- Andrew Page – Empirical
- 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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