Practical articles on AV consulting, Q-SYS programming, boardroom design, and hybrid meeting rooms — for Vancouver businesses and the IT teams that support them.
Microsoft and Zoom plan HDMI sharing, rosters and dual-display layouts for cross-platform room meetings. What was announced, what wasn't, and what to do with your rooms and interop contracts now.
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Every manufacturer now makes a video bar and the spec sheets don't line up. What actually matters, what Teams and Zoom certification tells you, and a free tool that compares 65 bars side by side.
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Teams Rooms on Windows app updates no longer come from the Microsoft Store. What changed, what Microsoft hasn't said yet, and the checklist I'd run this month.
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Windows 10 is unsupported, Windows 11 has hard hardware gates, and AI features are outpacing old silicon. A scenario-by-scenario guide to refreshing your Teams Rooms compute.
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The real reasons meeting room AV keeps breaking — and a practical triage list before you replace anything.
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Why text on a brand-new 4K display sometimes looks fuzzy — a practical 4:4:4 vs 4:2:0 guide for boardrooms.
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The Q-SYS, Teams Rooms, and video conferencing booths I want to walk, and why on-site time matters for an independent consultant.
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Pair Inogeni CAMTRACK with Shure IntelliMix for voice-activated multi-camera switching — no custom programming bill.
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Where Yealink beats Logitech on camera AI, where Logitech still wins on polish, and when I'd actually spec Yealink.
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Why I left a steady AV job to start an independent firm in Vancouver — and what running it has actually been like.
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A modular all-in-one LED that ships in small boxes and scales to 48:9 — and why it changes large-format boardroom installs.
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A walkthrough of Unilumin's Shenzhen plant — COB panels at 0.7mm pitch, transparent and curved displays, and what it means for meeting rooms.
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A well-designed room doesn't need a laminated cheat-sheet taped to the table. What good AV UX actually looks like.
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Most AV complaints start at the touch panel. The difference between a room people trust and one they avoid is UCI design.
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What old Tuscan electrical work taught me about AV cable management — and why neat racks still matter in modern boardrooms.
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Bad AV quietly drains productivity, credibility, and client trust. What poor meeting room AV actually costs — and what good AV returns.
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Hybrid work only works if remote employees get a real seat at the table. How modern AV creates meeting equity and kills proximity bias.
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