Recorded June 19, 2026

After a full week at InfoComm 2026, the AV SuperFriends stagger onto the AVIXA TV set for one final wrap show: tired feet, fried brains, louder-than-necessary opinions, and just enough caffeine to mistake exhaustion for insight.

This episode is the team's end-of-show download after days of booth demos, hallway meetings, badge scans, lukewarm coffee, live shows, sketchy product pitches, and enough walking to qualify as either professional development or a cry for help. The crew talks through what actually stood out on the show floor, including the quiet rise of REST APIs, AV gear that's finally opening up to outside control, middleware boxes that make existing systems smarter, and AI that might be useful when it isn't just being sprinkled on brochures like tradeshow glitter.

They also pick their favorite finds from the week, including Inogeni's IP2USB tools, Ross Vertex's "wait, it does what?" visualization platform, Nureva's HDX audio approach, larger-chip PTZ cameras, decentralized DSP, and Epson's beautifully boring direct-view LED display that does the one thing AV people keep begging for: display the image without trying to become a smart TV.

It's the InfoComm wrap show: part trend report, part group therapy, part warning label for anyone who thinks "quick booth visit" means anything under 45 minutes.

News article: https://www.avinteractive.com/news/fire-breaks-out-on-ba-flight-packed-with-infocomm-visitors-16-06-2026/

Alternate show titles:

Acoustic chicken
Rise of REST
Just use these and put it in there
This is my excited face
Costco Down
I might actually trust NDI now
Down to one tchotchke and life is good
There's AI built in!
Level 17 master guru ninja
Known mistakes over unknown mistakes
You messed with my code, man
That horse ain't pushing that cart
You can't defeat physics but you can try
It might be possible today
The future is now
We're going to buy all your stuff, blow it up, and re-do it
I can't even explain what it is
How many vertices do I need?
More affordable; that's what better meant
I want to marinate on it
Beyond the IO

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