About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges and misconceptions in the AV industry, particularly in higher education technology.

Recorded April 10, 2026 In this episode, the goon squad takes a swing at the AI gold rush, the made-up drama of "AV-over-IP 2.0," and the growing industry tradition of rebranding the same old nonsense with shinier buzzwords. If you've ever wondered whether cloud creep, interoperability promises, and subscription pricing are solving real problems or just creating newer, dumber ones, this one's for you. Then the panel gets into one of higher ed AV's favorite recurring fights: why everyone thinks classroom tech should cost about $600, why "just throw a TV on the wall" is never the simple solution people think it is, and how furniture somehow always gets approved before the technology that makes the room actually work. Along the way, they also wander into lecterns, teaching stations, and the usual AV nerd arguing over boxes, desks, and support standards like civilization depends on it. News: https://www.avinteractive.com/news/avoip-news/there-is-no-av-over-ip-2-0-the-label-does-not-match-reality-09-04-2026/ Alternate Show Titles: HDBaseMrT Mis-interpreted from the AI bot I don't see a problem with this Shopping for a Buick, like I do There's been a bit of a culture change The new…

Topics covered

• AI gold rush
• AV-over-IP
• classroom technology
• subscription pricing
• higher education AV

Keywords

• AV technology
• cloud creep
• interoperability
• subscription pricing
• classroom tech

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