Everything was going fine today until one of my techs walked in and dropped this bombshell on me.

So for the past 10 years or so, we've been stocking the Phantom Cables/Infinite Cables 6 outlet metal power bars for use on our installs. They were a rebranded version of the Prime Wire & Cable PB801120. They had a bunch of really great features that made them perfect for when you just need an extra couple of outlets behind a TV or under a table. They look pro so nobody ever questioned them and they held up very well. They also came at a price point that if you had to throw one on a job to make it work, it didn't impact the bottom line in a noticeable way.

Apparently they may no longer be available and we're on the hunt for something to replace them with.

I am looking for suggestions for a power bar that ideally looks like this or is really close.

• Metal housing
• UL/ETL certified or some equivalent
• Comes in 3' and 10' cord lengths
• External mounting tabs (none of this trying to line up holes you can't see)
• 6 outlets or something between 4 and 8 outlets
• Costs less than $40? The Prime ones were around $20 which probably should have been a clue that they were too good to be true.
• Doesn't need surge (which is usually sacrificial at this price point).

We've only got around 30 of them left on our shelves and our book of work is over 100 projects deep so I need something pretty quickly.

Hi all,

I'm primarily a camera operator and guarantee in broadcast, streaming and events in the UK.

I also last year started working as an AV technician for conferences and corporate events, often at ICC Wales but via a sub contractor they use.

I'm a little unsure on whether I should up my rates or not. As a cam op in sports and streaming, I usually charge £350-£400 per day, but for my AV work I only charge £300 per day (for local jobs, up to a 1 hour drive away).

This is usually either managing video in rooms (switching powerpoints, ISO records with PTZs etc) or speaker preview (taking in all the powerpoints, checking them and sorting them on a network drive ready for techs in rooms).

This is all for work in the south west of England and Wales, I rarely tend to bother with AV in London due to the hassle of travel.

For this sort of stuff, what is everyone else charging? I'd like to up my AV rates but I'm scared this will lower the amount of days I work!

Any ideas, advice or thoughts are appreciated.

PS - I'm aware rates here are much lower than in the US, so please don't rub in your $1000 day rates in the comments!

Thanks

Hi all, I work in an IT department and was asked to find a display mount for a 43” display. The group would like the mount to be extendable/articulating and have the ability to be rotated in portrait and landscape views.

I personally have never seen a mount that is capable of this but figured I’d ask this group since AI hasn’t given me any good results.

I appreciate your advice/recommendations.

Hi all,

I'm having an issue with a Neat Bar and Neat Pad.

The Neat Pad is able to discover the Neat Bar during setup. The Bar's serial number appears in the list, and I can select it to start pairing.

However, after the pairing process starts, it eventually fails with the message: "Unable to find Neat Bar"

The Neat Bar only shows the serial number and network information screen the entire time, and nothing changes on the Bar when pairing is attempted.

What I've checked:

- Both devices are connected via Ethernet & on the same subnet

- Network team confirmed the required rules are in place

- Factory reset performed multiple times on both devices

Additional information:

- During setup, the Neat Pad only shows "Meeting room" and "Room availability"

- I don't see the "Set up Neat Bar" option that I expected

- The Bar is reachable via HTTPS using its IP address, but only device information is displayed (Status & Network). No firmware update or administration options are available.

Has anyone seen this before?

Pessoal, tudo bem.

Gostaria de saber se alguem ja passou por isso.

Adquirimos um sistema Logitech com uma empresa, inclusive eles instalaram, ele é composto por 1 Camera, 4 mics de Teto, um soundbar, uma table hub e um Display Hub, o display esta conectado com um cabo de rede cat6 categoria A, conforme manual da fabricante, os mics estavam com um cabo de rede e conversor ate o tabble hub, porem mudei comprei um cabo proprio dele de 10 metros. O que acontece é qque em uma reunião, no nosso caso das 09 as 17 a reunião de diretoria (dia todo) pelo menos 3 vezes o sistema trava, no meet não acontece nada não mostra erro, apenas as pessoas param de ouvir la do outro lado, ai eles comecam a chamar no chat informando que não estão ouvindo nada, e o engracado a camera continua funcionando. Ai tenho que sair da reunião e entrar novamente. Algumas vezes tenho que desconectar o cabo usb do computador e fechar a reuniçao e reabrir tudo. Tambem tive problema de travar a camera e audio, porem meet não travou, descobri ao tentar dar zoom com o controle remoto da camera, mas no meet eu mudei a camera para o notebook e funcionou ou seja meet ok e sistema travado. Ja atualizei tudo, computador e todo sistema, ja mudei de navegador, de computador e mesmo assim acontece sempre. Desde que compramos o sistema nunca funcionou perfeitamente. Gostaria de alguma dica, ja ate abri chamado na logitech mas nem eles deram resolução.

Hi all,

I’m looking at upgrading one of our meeting rooms and I’m considering a Logitech MeetUp 2, mainly because there’s quite a significant price jump to a Rally Bar.

The room is approximately 6.5m × 4m (21ft × 13ft) and normally has 6 tables, with around 4–5 people in the room. Depending on where people sit, they’d be roughly 3–5 metres from the camera.

We currently just use the integrated webcam/microphone on a laptop sitting on the table for Teams meetings. It’s obviously not ideal, but the remote side can see the room and everyone in it reasonably well.

The proposed upgrade would put the MeetUp 2 centrally at the front of the room with a 75" display. Users would continue joining Teams from their own laptops/BYOD.

I know Logitech positions the MeetUp 2 for smaller rooms, so I'm interested in real-world experience rather than just the spec sheet.

Has anyone used a MeetUp 2 in a room around this size?

In particular:

• Can people around 5m away still be seen reasonably clearly?
• How well do the microphones pick up someone speaking from the back?
• Does RightSight/framing help at that distance?
• Would you consider a Rally Bar necessary, or is MeetUp 2 perfectly adequate if the requirement is a good whole-room Teams view rather than close-up video of every participant?

Our installed quote jumps from around £4K + VAT with MeetUp 2 to £7K + VAT with a Rally Bar/Rally Bar 2, so I’m trying to establish whether the extra cost would actually be justified.

Thanks!