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Vistacom Tech Expo 2023: Spotlighting Legrand AV with Insights from Bob Hivner

A veteran AV executive reveals how brand consolidation is reshaping the technology infrastructure landscape for integrators and consultants

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By James Kent · Av InsightsBob HivnerLegrand AvVistacom
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A veteran AV executive reveals how brand consolidation is reshaping the technology infrastructure landscape for integrators and consultants

The Vistacom Tech Expo 2023, celebrating its 15th anniversary, serves as a convergence point for key players in the Audio-Visual (AV) realm to spotlight their latest innovations. Amid a series of booth interviews, the expo facilitates a deep dive into the evolving AV technological landscape.

In one of the engaging booth dialogues, Bob Hivner, the Solutions and Consultants Manager at Legrand AV Brands, unpacks the new offerings from his company. Hivner points out the consolidation of reputable brands like Mid Atlantic, Body, Chief, Daylight, and Luxol under Legrand AV, enhancing the infrastructure portfolio in the AV industry.

Hivner points out the consolidation of reputable brands like Mid Atlantic, Body, Chief, Daylight, and Luxol under Legrand AV, enhancing the infrastructure portfolio in the AV industry.

Among the fresh releases, Hivner emphasizes the Chief Tempo Wall Mount, a sleek space solution requiring a close wall mount with a mere two-inch gap between the display and the wall. He also introduces the handy adapter rings, a go-to for easing connectivity transitions from USBC to HDMI or DisplayPort to HDMI.

On the audio front, the Easy IP solution garners attention, blending Dante audio with AV over IP in network settings, streamlining signal mixing and bridging. Moreover, the innovative SightLine screen design features a neat aesthetic with screens suspended by aircraft cables, which has been well-received by customers.

The innovative SightLine screen design features a neat aesthetic with screens suspended by aircraft cables, which has been well-received by customers.

Through this conversation, attendees get a glimpse into Legrand AV's commitment to aligning with the shifting demands in the AV sector; a narrative echoed across the various booth interviews at the Vistacom Tech Expo 2023.

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My name is Bob Hibner. I work for La Grande V. I'm the solutions and consultants manager working with consultants and end users. La Grande Bay has been a consolidation of a number of different brands. We have mid Atlantic, Body, chief, daylight, Luxol, that are infrastructure products used in the AV industry. How you get your signal from a to b and how you get it out of the room where you're in are all things that we address. All of our brands are leading brands. We know the industry is changing a So flexibility is an important part of what we need to do as well. Couple of things that we're showing, or new that were released this year. One is on the screen here beside me. Is the chief tempo wall mount. The tempo wall mount is designed for those places where being close to the wall is important. So you only have a two inch gap between the wall and the back of your display. In the cables to go department on on our table here, we have some adapter rings that are used for the solution that comes when an user is working with a computer and they have different connectivity that they need to get the signal out. So the adapters allow you to go from USBC to HDMI or display port to HDMI Those sorts of things are all on the adapter ring. In the Audio World, we have our easy IP solution, easy IP is a solution that allows for Dante audio coupled with AV over IP in a network environment so that you can mix your signals and and do your bridging from from that environment as well. Siteeline is a, new part of screen that we've come out with, where a normal screen hanging from a ceiling, if you have to drop from the ceiling, you would put black drop above the screen. And the new sight line has, as you can see in this picture, aircraft cables on the top that are holding the screen so that all that you see is just the screen itself, which gives you a very clean, aesthetic, especially in a place where maybe you have a glass wall or a nice architecture wall, you can drop this down in front of coming out next year on that will be a wall mount or a ceiling mount version that's not a recessed ceiling mount on the screen. It's been very well received by by many of our customers.

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