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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…

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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”

Perfect example of an #AVFail. Match your content to your equipment! #digitalsignage #avtweeps pic.twitter.com/WiV8GerQN3
— Megan A. Dutta (@MeganADutta) May 11, 2018

There isn’t a bad seat in the house!

What good are speakers if they’re blocking video of the audio that they’re playing? @SmoothieKingCtr #opsfail #avfail #PeliCants pic.twitter.com/q8hRVMIv73
— Carla Duran (@BalenciLaLa) April 7, 2018

@SmoothieKingCtr You’re 0-2, fellas. Way to pay attention to paying customers 👍 #opsfail #avfail #PeliCants pic.twitter.com/acKPnqJqHp
— Carla Duran (@BalenciLaLa) April 9, 2018

Thankfully Mark had an Ipad handy

Looks like my leg from SNA to DFW includes a huge #AVFail on my seat only… Lucky me! @AmericanAir pic.twitter.com/rMta8vRGtH
— Mark Coxon CTS-D CTS-I (@AVPhenom) January 7, 2018

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

This looks to spec… #AVFail pic.twitter.com/7S72aaltrm
— Mary E. Cook, CTS (@MaryCookCTS) July 28, 2017

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

It's one thing to take the battery but the whole case for the battery too? #avfail #fridayfun pic.twitter.com/7R4scpEtVj
— Peter Mitchell (@RadioMaverick24) March 17, 2017

Restart your system…just do it, already.

#digitalsignage #avfail RT @Boschkobi: @markrussinovich "just crash it!" #bsod #itpro pic.twitter.com/OgnWiWohuz
— John Birchman 😷 (@johnbirchman) August 9, 2015

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

Want your installs to last? Leave it to the pros! #wereheretohelp #avfail pic.twitter.com/2PRfS4W0Kg
— Fred's Sound Music (@fredsoundmusic) June 2, 2015

A chisel and hammer might have been used here

Impressive work RT @fredsoundmusic: What has your cable provider done for you lately? #avfail #avtweeps @AVShopTalk pic.twitter.com/9MrvRsN4uY”
— Greg Schlechter (@gregschlechter) June 3, 2015

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

#AVfail #ProAV #ithappens #thePMtoldmeto pic.twitter.com/LjxJvskAAr
— Jeff Miller (@JeffMillerCTSI) May 30, 2015

And apparently this is more common than we thought….

RT @mirwinza: Not my picture, but I couldn't help to look at this and laugh: #notliveinstall pic.twitter.com/zlTyjD4Jpr #avFail #avtweeps
— Christopher Neto CTS (@chris_neto) February 19, 2015

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