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Washington, DC–The deadline to become a Certified Retailer for DTV Converter Box Coupon Program is March 31, 2008. To apply for certification, retailers must...

If you are new to custom installation or simply in need of a refresher course on backbone technologies, industry veteran, Todd Adams of DI...

The HDMI consortium has very specific test requirements for HDMI cables. The other way to test an HDMI cable's quality is to send a...

Dallas, TX–Service providers are rapidly increasing their deployments of residential gateways for connected home applications, according to “Networks in the Home: The Global Service...

Arlington, VA–With a record 1.85 million net square feet of exhibit space – the largest in show history – featuring more than 2,700 companies...

Premier Mounts' Jason Cole provides installation advice for hanging projectors and flat panels.

Happy New Year. Now, its time for a selling skills review for you and your employees. Surely business isnt as good as you would...

Leveler Protective Technology's Michael Januszewski offers advice on understanding, finding, and eliminating ground loop conditions in an AV system.

Just where did the phrase “off the top of my head” come from? Essentially it refers to “quick and approximate answers.” It comes from...

Arlington, VA–Consumer electronics products dominate the holiday wish lists of adults and teens and will generate $48.1 billion in fourth quarter sales, according to...

Yonkers, NY–Bigger, better, cheaper–those three words sum up the major trends in LCD and plasma TVs this year according to Consumer Reports Annual Electronics...

A couple of years ago, a young lady speaking at the annual CEDIA Management Conference began her presentation by running through the complete list...

Large sizes dominate as three out of four units sold were 55 inches or larger.

Overall revenues grew on the strength of shift to 1080p LCD models.

Sometimes its luck that gets you a sale. But alas, even those of you deserving electronic system contractors who are working your bumpers off,...

Arlington, VA–Seventy-two percent of online adults in the U.S. are using their home computers to listen to audio content, according to a new study...

3LCD technology, named for its advanced 3-Chip liquid crystal display design, in 1Q07 and 2006 led all other projection technologies combined in sales in...

The research firm reports a nearly 10-percent drop in average street price makes it the most popular at that size.

Pending home sales, a forward-looking indicator, show sales closed in April are likely to remain soft, with some drag possible in May as well,...

The average U.S. household owns 25 consumer electronics (CE) products.

The next time you are working at your desk and all of your employees are in-house, take a long and introspective look around you....

The display market research firm reports that unit sales for flat-panel televisions and business displays in North America fell another 14 percent in February...

According to iSuppli Corp.'s Steve Rago, the ADSL market will grow when existing subscribers begin to upgrade to higher-speed services like Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH).

For those of you who attended the CEDIA Management Conference last month, this will be a good refresher, a reminder, and perhaps a nudge...

BlissHTA Traveled to the Rockies to Create a Multi-million-Dollar Project for a Long-Time Client

Consumer Electronics Association research finds demos are key to audio sales.

Life Safety and Security Systems Look to Become More Comprehensive and Easier to Install as Security and Custom Installers Cross Paths

Builders and contractors are turning to custom technology installers as often as they employ security and electrical installers.