By John Sciacca February 25, 2011
By Derek Dellinger February 24, 2011
by Derek Dellinger dnp denmark has helped to push the potential of front projection technology with their Supernova line of screens, but with the opening of a U.S. distribution center in San Diego, the company is hoping to push aside the perception that its technology is costly outside their home market.
By Lindsey Snyder February 23, 2011
By Lindsey Snyder Meridian recently opened an East Coast showroom in New York City, which boasts a brand new, state-of-the-art theater system that demonstrates the power—rather than the variety—of Meridian’s offerings. After drastically cutting its lineup from 130 to 30 products a few years ago, Meridian chose to a
By Jeremy Glowacki February 22, 2011
Here’s what I know about the bizarre turn of events for the Russound-owned Colorado vNet brand. Last week a Colorado vNet customer leaked a confidential dealer memo from Russound CEO Charlie Porritt that announced the return of Colorado vNet. Now the company is scrambling to pick up the pieces and make all of this mak
By RES Blogs February 16, 2011
by Dave Tkachuk Ira Friedman’s thoughtful analysis in Residential Systems -- “ Will You Design or Build? ” -- got me to thinking. I’m still unsure his prediction that residential systems AV design and installation will go their separate ways is a slam dunk. The AV design and build business is compared to other “
By John Sciacca February 16, 2011
by John Sciacca At the risk of handing over the billows to help stoke what seems to be a near eternal, roaring flame war topic, I will start by saying that I am both THX and ISF video calibration certified. And regardless of what you may think about these services -- wit
By John Sciacca February 09, 2011
You probably watched the Super Bowl. And you probably watched the ads. (I don’t know what Spielberg’s new movie Super 8 is about, but I already know that I LOVE IT!) And you probably remember the ad with Ozzy Osbourne and -- did he really just say he looked like a girl? -- Ju
By John Sciacca February 07, 2011
After 41 years of walking this earth, I’ve come to learn a few things about myself. Deep, soul-searching things that come to define the man that I am today. Things like the knowledge that rapidly cramming down a ton of Taco Bell and hot sauce packets immediately before rushing off to do something physical results in b
By RES Blogs February 04, 2011
Editor’s Note: When my industry friend (she pitches me stories on her clients’ installations and sends me press releases about cool new products) approached me about running her article about working with Best Buy's sales and installation team (based on her personal experience), I was reluctant but curious. Reluctan
By RES Blogs February 04, 2011
At first thought, the idea of utilizing two projectors to generate a 3D image seems like a very logical approach. After all, standard 60Hz projectors can be employed, on screen brightness is doubled and the application automatically benefits from redundancy for 2D applications. The dual projector 3D design, however, i