Do You Need An AV Company?

There are so many terms used in the audio visual industry it may be challenging to figure out which company to call when you need help. The same equipment can be used in your conference room at work, your kid’s school, and at the awards dinner. How do you know where to start?

Companies and customers use different terminology based on their personal experience. If there was an AV club in your high school I’m willing to bet you get a certain image in your head when anyone mentions audio visual services.

Companies that provide sound, lights, video, and staging equipment for one-off events are part of a relatively small, niche industry described by a variety of names:

event production
audio visual services
presentation technology
show support
event rental and staging
special events technology
show technology
AV services
event technology

Every firm has a slightly different mix of skills but the fundamental need of our customers is always the same, to communicate a message.

Event Tech has more than 30 years of experience helping customers amplify, magnify, and beautify their ideas. In the Baltimore and Washington, DC region our particular craft is called special events production or audio visual services and when there’s something we don’t do it ourselves, we know experts who do.

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Should You Rely on the Hotel’s Wifi?

CLIENT: Can you test the hotel's WiFi connection so we know if our application will work on the day of the meeting?

ET: We can, except testing is sort of pointless.
The hotel says they've got a 100MB broadband link that can adequately handle the client's application but the connection is not an isolated line and the bandwidth they need is not guaranteed. A hotel's WiFi is shared with hundreds of guest rooms and there is no way to predict or control how those other guests will use the service at any moment. Usage patterns aren't consistent and any time traffic increases and network congestion grows, there is a risk that link quality will be compromised. Do you know how many guest rooms and meetings are booked on the day of your event? Even if you could predict accurately, the risks stem not only from the other hotel guests, but from every other user in a city that shares public network infrastructure. Remember, to the ISP you are not special or a priority, you're just one of millions of users. What if there are attacks on the network? If there is a problem, how quickly can the ISP or hotel's support staff resolve the problem, considering their many simultaneous obligations other than just your event? By the time a problem is noticed during the event, it is to late to take corrective action. The bottom line is, there is no way to test the hotel's WiFi for your event because we can't replicate the conditions. There are too many variables that are out of our control. When WiFi performance is critical to your event, there is no better way to add certainty and guarantee success than to install a dedicated, isolated line which was engineered end to end to deliver low latency and the capacity required with plenty of headroom to spare. Event Tech partners with experienced broadband providers that specialize in meetings and events. We help clients determine their needs, fit the budget, and create a plan to make it happen - relieving them of the burden of the technical details. Inspiration for this article came from a conversation with Tom DeReggi of Rapid Broadband, Inc.

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Improving Event Planning and Communication With Vectorworks

There are so many terms used in the audio visual industry it may be challenging to figure out which company to call when you need help. The same equipment can be used in your conference room at work, your kid’s school, and at the awards dinner. How do you know where to start? Companies and customers use different terminology based on their personal experience. If there was an AV club in your high school I’m willing to bet you get a certain image in your head when anyone mentions audio visual services. Companies that provide sound, lights, video, and staging equipment for one-off events are part of a relatively small, niche industry described by a variety of names:

event production

audio visual services

presentation technology

show support

event rental and staging

special events technology

show technology

AV services

event technology

Every firm has a slightly different mix of skills but the fundamental need of our customers is always the same, to communicate a message. Event Tech has more than 30 years of experience helping customers amplify, magnify, and beautify their ideas. In the Baltimore and Washington, DC region our particular craft is called special events production or audio visual services and when there’s something we don’t do it ourselves, we know experts who do.

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There are so many terms used in the audio visual industry it may be challenging to figure out which company to call when you need help. The same equipment can be used in your conference room at work, your kid’s school, and at the awards dinner. How do you know where to start?

Companies and customers use different terminology based on their personal experience. If there was an AV club in your high school I’m willing to bet you get a certain image in your head when anyone mentions audio visual services.

Companies that provide sound, lights, video, and staging equipment for one-off events are part of a relatively small, niche industry described by a variety of names:

event production
audio visual services
presentation technology
show support
event rental and staging
special events technology
show technology
AV services
event technology

Every firm has a slightly different mix of skills but the fundamental need of our customers is always the same, to communicate a message.

Event Tech has more than 30 years of experience helping customers amplify, magnify, and beautify their ideas. In the Baltimore and Washington, DC region our particular craft is called special events production or audio visual services and when there’s something we don’t do it ourselves, we know experts who do.