{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"AV SuperFriends: On Topic - I\u2019m not doing this under my desk","description":"Recorded November 14, 2025 The AV SuperFriends kick off their first holiday special of the season with a spirited look at the gear, gadgets, and AV workflows that should make life easier, but only if you also bought the missing accessories, licenses, adapters, or seventeen extra widgets the manufacturer forgot to mention.&amp;nbsp; In classic Christmas fashion, the crew shares their \u201cBatteries Not Included\u201d frustrations: software that secretly requires expensive hardware, switchers that almost solve every problem but miss the basics, power supplies that mysteriously vanish from product boxes, and cloud-connected ecosystems with more prerequisites than a graduate-level course. Along the way, the panel detours into holiday lights, dubious Best Buy happenings, the return of RDL-style power-supply roulette, and the annual reminder that USB extension is still cursed. They also preview an upcoming deep-dive on enterprise cloud AV, tease the December call-in show, and, of course, deliver an unhealthy dose of seasonal immaturity. If you\u2019ve ever unboxed a \u201cperfect\u201d AV solution only to discover it needs three more boxes, a license key, an aggregator VM, and a Christmas miracle to function, this episode is for you. &amp;nbsp; Alternate show titles:   Holiday Mode   The setting on your doohicky   Don\u2019t put it in holiday mode   Who dropped the dogs off   Allen Head Doll House   It does everything you want but nothing you need   Least offensive to \u201cyou gotta be kidding me\u201d   You can\u2019t get this to that   You can buy HDBaseT out, you just can\u2019t get it in   Similar to Larry, but different   You always have to buy the power supplies separate   They mostly last   That\u2019s not the answer; stop it!   Some adult supervision required   I want that in my stocking   &amp;nbsp; We stream live every Friday at about 315p Eastern\/1215p Pacific and you can listen to everything we record over at AVSuperFriends.com&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; \u2580\u2584\u2580\u2584\u2580 CONTACT LINKS \u2580\u2584\u2580\u2584\u2580 \u25ba Website:  https:\/\/www.avsuperfriends.com \u25ba Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avsuperfriends \u25ba LinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/avsuperfriends \u25ba YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@avsuperfriends \u25ba Bluesky: https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/avsuperfriends.bsky.social \u25ba Email: mailbag@avsuperfriends.com \u25ba RSS: https:\/\/avsuperfriends.libsyn.com\/rss &amp;nbsp; Donate to AVSF: https:\/\/www.avsuperfriends.com\/support ","author_name":"AV SuperFriends","author_url":"https:\/\/www.avsuperfriends.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39142545\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/195748065"}