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Every once in a while, you get to be part of something that feels bigger than the day-to-day. For us at BZBGEAR, being named one of the 40 small businesses in the Sacramento Kings Small Business Partner Program is exactly that kind of moment — and we don't take it lightly. If you're not familiar […]

HDMI 2.1 has raised the bar for professional AV testing. With bandwidth up to 48 Gbps and support for formats such as 8K60 and 4K120, traditional signal testers are no longer sufficient. Proper validation now requires advanced HDMI 2.1 test pattern generators and analyzers capable of verifying not only video resolution, but also HDR formats, […]

A question I get a lot when a client first walks into a video wall project is, "How big does the controller need to be?" And almost without fail, the answer is smaller than what they were quoted somewhere else. Video wall controllers are one of the easiest pieces of AV gear to overbuy. The […]

Wireless HDMI extenders are one of those product categories where the marketing is way ahead of the physics. Every box promises "ultra-low latency," "rock-solid signal," and "4K without compromise." Buy two kits that use the exact same chipset and one will look gorgeous while the other drops sync every time someone opens the microwave. The […]

A question I get a lot when IT teams start rolling out huddle rooms across a floor: "Which PTZ camera should we standardize on?" And honestly, that's the wrong question. The better one is whether a traditional PTZ camera even belongs in a huddle room in the first place. Huddle rooms are their own animal. […]

On paper, a video wall controller and a multiview unit might be easy to confuse. Both of these accept more than one source and both manage layouts. Both of them help operators organize what appears on screen and yet they solve different problems. This means that choosing the wrong device can turn a clear design […]

HDMI Testers Explained: Analyzers, Pattern Generators, and When to Use Them AV troubleshooting can be expensive when the problem is hiding in plain sight. Image problems could come from the source, the cable, the connector, the sink, or even the display, and each and every wrong guess adds more time and labor. Instead of trying […]

When it comes to managing several sources and displays it can easily become a daily puzzle. When one screen needs a laptop, another needs signage and the third needs a camera feed deciding how to handle this is paramount to success. If you don’t have a proper routing platform you might be forced to depend […]

For a traditional AV design, they usually will be relying on fixed cabling and a fairly complex hardware system that isn’t always best suited to expansion. Once a space outgrows the limitations of the original matrix you’re looking at a new switcher, more wiring or more labor. But that’s where AV over IP comes in. […]