Press Releases

Do You Know the Cost of Your Own Labor?

Written 2016-05-05 by Chris Bianchet

At the end of every project, integrators tend to do a rundown on their project costs. They factor in their installation labor, engineering, programming and then they apply that against their costs to come up with a profitability on the...

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Are you Charging Enough for Your Most Limited Resource: AV Labor?

Written 2016-03-03 by Chris Bianchet

Having been around the AV integration industry for some time I have witnessed a lot of change. From rapidly eroding product margins to CRT becoming Plasma becoming LCD becoming LED and so much more. We are, without question, in a...

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Best Practices for Working with AV Subcontractors from a Technician in the Field

Written 2016-01-29 by Chris Bianchet
AV Installer

Every month I write a blog from the perspective of an owner of an AV company.   This month, however, we thought it would be great to hear from one of our leaders in the field, Scott Straw and his perspective...

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HERMAN Announces Distribution Partnership with West Penn Wire

Written 2012-08-10 by Herman_Digi

Industry-leading wire and cable manufacturer expands choices for commercial AV customers MIAMI, FL., August 10, 2012 – Herman (www.HermanProAV.com), one of the nation’s leading providers of connectivity and infrastructure products and services to the broadcast and commercial AV industries, announces...

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Herman Recommends Belden Shielded Network Cable

Written 2012-08-07 by Herman_Digi

The AV landscape now demands HDMI, DVI or Display Port capability in any well designed system. Due to the well known distance limitations of these platforms it is almost always necessary to use an extender to achieve reliable performance beyond...

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