AV Nightmares: July 11th

When AV applications are implemented into a space well, they can blend in as if the room was designed around it. When done wrong, those rooms may never look the same again, if they are habitable at all. We highlighted some of the AV industries lowlights in this week’s AV nightmares.

If you have ever experienced a situation like this, first, we apologize. But make sure to tweet photos of it to @proavmkt to be featured in our next post!

 

We can boost your audio…no problem at all! We’re the pros.

https://twitter.com/UnifiedAV/status/896010933159555072

 

I don’t think this is what they meant when they said “7th inning stretch”

 

There isn’t a bad seat in the house!

 

 

Thankfully Mark had an Ipad handy

 

Apparently your 6th grade computer science teacher became a technician.

 

This might have been Mariah Carey’s mic pack (throwback joke)

 

Restart your system…just do it, already.

 

The installers might have had too much to drink on this one…

 

A chisel and hammer might have been used here

 

I have a sneaking suspicion that the fan was not turned on during this installation

 

And apparently this is more common than we thought….

 

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