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AVI-SPL

Score8.5 out of 10

348 Reviews and Ratings

What is AVI-SPL?

AVI-SPL is a digital workplace services provider that works with organizations globally to improve team collaboration through video and audio technology.

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AVI-SPL is great to work with

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use AVI-SPL as our preferred Integrator. We have a service contract with them for 6 of our training rooms. If our rooms go down, we have multiple options of ways they can help us. A simple phone call or email can get the ball rolling and I can expect responses and support ASAP.

Pros

  • Responds to problem calls quickly
  • Helps troubleshoot over the phone to try to resolve sooner
  • Will come to site to further troubleshoot, or replace equipment
  • Is quick to provide quotes or proposals upon demand

Cons

  • Quicker response to initial calls, (doesn't happen often)
  • On quotes, I'd like to have shipping on the original quote so I don't have to modify PO after. Not huge, but helpful

Return on Investment

  • Feedback of our Training rooms is great! People rely on them for large conferences, meetings, and Trainings. The rooms are easy to use and reliable.
  • Having the peace of mind of a service contract keeps me doing my job instead of troubleshooting a broken room. I get to work with my customers to make sure they always have what they need.
  • Rooms going down is a major disruption to our business. We have dozens of conference rooms that are used constantly. Without these rooms up and running, we lose business. AVI-SPL helps keep our rooms up to date and reliable so we can keep doing business.

AVI-SPL has significantly improved our AV spaces.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a higher education institution, we need to keep our classroom audiovisual systems not only functional, but also modern to match changing pedagogy. AVI-SPL helps us maintain, upgrade, and innovate these spaces. Although we at SPU aim to design spaces internally, we trust the guidance of AVi-SPL to fill in the gaps of our expertise or suggest stronger alternatives.

Pros

  • Collaboration
  • Efficiency
  • General AV design.

Cons

  • Communication (a general statement; many team members have always been prompt & responsive).
  • Thorough descriptions of hardware selections.

Return on Investment

  • Positive: helped us innovate hybrid spaces to meet the changing needs of students/faculty.
  • Positive: simplified systems while upgrading classrooms for easier management/troubleshooting.
  • Positive: increased the value of spaces that were previously under-utilized, such as our large lecture halls.

Other Software Used

Logitech Rally, Microsoft Teams Rooms, Extron Collaboration Systems

Virginia Tech loves AVI-SPL

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use AVI-SPL for the majority of our product purchases for projects around the VT campus. All of our purchases through AVI are in the form of box sales, as we do most of our installations in-house. We have worked with Kirk Ritari for the past 3 years and could not be happier. He provides the most prompt response out of our multiple vendors, so we typically go with AVI, even though we do shop our RFPs around.

Pros

  • Quick Response
  • Low Prices
  • Great Communication

Cons

  • Preemptive estimates on gear shipping dates
  • No further thoughts
  • No further thoughts

Return on Investment

  • Project volume increase due to quick quote and purchasing turnaround times.
  • Ease of communication with AVI, keeping our customers satisfied
  • Stress relief on our end in times where a quick turnaround is needed

[...] College Digital Classroom upgrade

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

the are a AV integrator for us, we had several rooms that need new cabling and equipment to be installed. there were classrooms lecture halls and our auditorium needed complete replacement to upgrade for AV to become compliant with our institutional needs. the team had to replace all cables in the walls and ceilings to accomplish this.

Pros

  • bring enough staff to accomplish the task in a timely manner
  • work well with team our to come up with a design that meets our needs
  • communication down the line as to what will be accomplished each day
  • clean up after themselves no reminders to run a tidy project

Cons

  • from the quote stage to actual install could be quicker
  • constancy from the team with scheduling
  • over- communication on the tasks to be preformed is preferred

Return on Investment

  • we will be able to rent our spaces for a market rate because of these updates
  • Our students will notice the improved equipment in there classrooms
  • the district employees that come to the campus will mention that our campus is so updated and new

Other Software Used

Extron Collaboration Systems, Panasonic Professional Displays

Lakeshore Lobbies.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

AVI-SPL is a subcontractor that installed three large video displays in the lobbies of two locations. As a single source, they addressed a turnkey solution for the client.

Pros

  • Single source for material, installation, and content.
  • Knowledgeable of products and technical expertise.
  • Strong customer service.

Cons

  • We had one project manager who did not follow through on processes.
  • Incomplete submittal package, lead to changes in the field.

Return on Investment

  • Increased value of building.
  • Created a sense of place.
  • Sense of improved connection.