Marcus JB's adventures in residential AV

Technical Director of an award-winning integrator; 25+ years experience in creating incredible control and entertainment experiences for Super-Prime residences

[Marcus JB's adventures in residential AV @MarcusJBinAV]

Always sad to hear about layoffs and especially from @crestron - hoping all those impacted can find new roles quickly and easily.

[CEDIA EMEA @CEDIA_EMEA]

It’s the day of the #CEDIAAwards 2023. We're excited for what’s to come - we can't wait to see you all for an evening of celebrations. A big thank you to our sponsors – the event wouldn’t be possible without you @MonitorAudio @DistributedbyM @Sonos @Crestron @KNX @LG @NETGEAR

[Programmer Humor @PR0GRAMMERHUM0R]

uiIsJoke https://t.co/khdqT8NdAz

[Marcus JB's adventures in residential AV @MarcusJBinAV]

It really does make your brain hurt - this is indoors.

The concept of immersive has been recalibrated.

https://t.co/1JPVekcAUV

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Hello X followers; does anyone have any recommendations for freelance video editors (UK based preferably)?

Need reframing/sizing work done for an art installation I am working on.

Let me know if you know anyone please!

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@EILiveShow - hope first day has gone well. Quick question - is there a cloakroom at the venue? Trying to figure out some logistics!

[Mike Beatty - Pulse Cinemas MD @PulseCinemas]

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@benlancaster5 @Crestron Well done to him!

A very hard edition indeed and I suspect it will have quite a low finish rate when all the numbers come out. I am gutted to have been out of time but proud to have ridden the distance again.

Hope your mate’s recovery is going well!

[Marcus JB's adventures in residential AV @MarcusJBinAV]

It’s Monday!

Hope everyone had great weekends.

Heading to London to commission a great @crestron system - all a bit of a frantic week as I head out to ride my fourth Paris Brest Paris 1200km bike ride on Friday.

Got a lot to clear off my to do list before then…

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@benlancaster5 @Crestron How did they get on?

Not so good, not so bad from me - I finished my 4th, but my first out of time (92 hours), so it won’t be a validated finish sadly.

The heat was wild this time - my first truly hot PBP and it delivered the heat in spades.

Hope your mate got it done?

[Marcus JB's adventures in residential AV @MarcusJBinAV]

@benlancaster5 @Crestron I wish them all the best this time around; it is certainly a tough old ride.

I am my least fit and heaviest for this attempt, but I do have the advantage of experience!

Tell them to say hi if they see rider H329 on the road.

[Marcus JB's adventures in residential AV @MarcusJBinAV]

@benlancaster5 @Crestron There are 2 kind of people who ride it:

Once is enough - box ticked - never again.

Or there are those of us for whom it gets under our skin. I have friends who have done it 8 and 9 times (which considering it is only every 4 years is a feat).

Best bike ride in the world.

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Dare we believe summer is here?

Hot end to what has been a tough week; trying to clear the desk before some time off at the end of the month.

So many plates spinning currently.

Hope everyone is enjoying this warmer weather though.

[Marcus JB's adventures in residential AV @MarcusJBinAV]

@PulseCinemas Congratulations Team Pulse!

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Big news!

Congrats to Mike and Kapes and I hope that @PulseCinemas is able to keep it's culture and methodology alive.

Here's to their next chapter.

[Essential Install @Install_Mag]

Midwich Furthers Its Commitment In The CI Market With Acquisition of Pulse Cinemas https://t.co/JtfGvNKXpN via @install_mag @MidwichLtd @PulseCinemas

[Marcus JB's adventures in residential AV @MarcusJBinAV]

Hail should read haul; daft ortokorectt

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Massive thank you to Emma at @CEDIA_EMEA for sending over a little hail of stickers and a pin badge to help show off my Certified status!

[Marcus JB's adventures in residential AV @MarcusJBinAV]

This is great news for our industry and our manufacturing partners.

https://t.co/0U44RXqRgX

[Marcus JB's adventures in residential AV @MarcusJBinAV]

Just to add; you don’t have to use the dark theme and can stick with classic green if you wanted.

But I find dark themes are easier to read and easier on the eyes for tasks with hours of staining at monitors.

Personally, if I have the choice, I use dark grey rather than black

[Marcus JB's adventures in residential AV @MarcusJBinAV]

Even with all the time saving tricks @Lutron software has for building up scenes; I am a bit battered having spent a couple of long days building up a project with many, many hundreds of circuits.

I am very grateful for the new dark mode (if you haven’t tried it yet, it is good)

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Feels a bit disorienting having had the green theme since the launch of QS many years ago (I am going to make a guess at around 2012/3 but my memory isn’t getting any better as I age!).

All looks a lot better than original Homeworks software when I started in the late 1990s!

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Mighty amps in a tiny package.

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