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Pacific Media Associates reports that unit sales for rear-projection HDTVs grew by 23 percent for December 2005 compared with the prior month.

Pacific Media Associates (PMA) reports that rear-projection televisionsRPTVsposted a three-percent revenue gain in October.

Lighting control manufacturers and dealers are turning an artistic eye to creating great residential illumination scenes.

It is January, winter everywhere north of the Galapagos, and a new year. You can tell by the bevy of fitness advertising and New...

So its another new year, one more time to clean up all those items that have carried over from month to month, and now...

Playing a major role in this fast-moving, always-evolving consumer electronics marketplace has been as fascinating and challenging a business experience as I ever could...

OmniMount Systems has joined the D-Tools Manufacturer Partnership Program (MPP).

Broadband households in Europe and North America will re-shape the distribution of recorded music over the next five years.

Control4 is Asking Dealers to Consider Much More than Its Gear... TEXTAR Accepted the Challenge

There are three good reasons why the CI business is broken. First, very few CI companies successfully run multiple locations. Second, the average CI...

I am by nature a perfectionist, and I seem to have trouble allowing anything to go through in a half-perfect condition.Howard Hughes While Im...

It is with some sadness that I write this article, my last submission for this column. I am honored to be one of two...

Its been a good day at your business. Your team is busy, some of the techs are back from the days job site, and...

Editors Note: This column, by AMX president and CEO, Rashid Skaf is the latest in a series of essays from our most passionate business...

Revenues from sales of consumer electronics are expected to increase nine percent during the upcoming holiday shopping season, according to a new CEA survey.

Phase Technology Celebrates 50 Years with Progressive New Digital Audio Reference Theater System

Marketing Consistency Editors Note: Over the last two months Ira Friedman has explained why the custom installation industry, as is it currently stands, is...

Its a bit amazing to me how hardware-centric this entire A/V industry has gotten. Everything seems to have turned into this or that connector...

Helpful Hints on Cooling the Mid-Size A/V Enclosure

Revenue derived from annual networking hardware shipments and from equipment that incorporates a home networking connection will jump from almost $9 billion in 2004...

Troy, Michigans AVIO Uses Proven Technology to Succeeds in Whole-House Integration.

Because the custom installation business is relatively new, it is beneficial to find other analogous industries with which to compare.

Call it the little budget that grew. When Ron Romano met with his prospective clients in early 2002 to discuss ideas for the 8,000-plus...

So the annual CEDIA show in Indianapolis was, as always, quite a visual and audio treat. But this years CEDIA didnt quite capture me...

It seems that listening has become a forgotten skill in our industry. I have had several experiences recently that have reminded me that we...

Im a manufacturer in the A/V business, selling for both custom installation and retail operations. Ive noticed over the years that CI companies just...

Two custom integrators utilize programming savvy features to personalize their iPod-based audio systems.

The interface is everything; if a client isn't comfortable with it, the entire project is compromised.

What has become of all of those engineers, programmers, and marketing folks who went down with the tech-wreck?

Portable music subscription rates will decrease to grow membership.

In May 2005, 37-inch LCD televisions for the first time captured 51 percent share of the market segment that also includes 37-inch HD PDP...

Research group reports that the street price for 40-45-inch flat panel televisions dropped an average of 14 percent from 1Q2005 to 2Q2005.

Hods Home Theater streamlines home system functionality for Detroit-area client.

Authors Note: Last month, a dealer asked why there are no standards in our industry. To reacquaint yourself with that response, please visit www.resmagonline.com....

State-of-the-art technology, impeccably installed but never obvious, heard but not seen. Thats the design ticket to a 7,800-square-foot penthouse on Fisher Island.

To understand when and where to utilize fiber optics, one first needs to understand that there are multiple types of cables. The defining characteristic...

The number of broadband households with a residential gateway (RG) will reach 69 percent by 2009, according to new data.

Preliminary results of a study being conducted by Parks Associates and Residential Systems reveal that sales of media servers through integrators/installing dealers will leap...

In the 28 years that I have been in business, I have seen countless companies come and go, many that last only a few...

I love the “custom” nature of our industry, but am frustrated by its general lack of standards. Why are there no standards and what...

Once the decision has been made to actually run fiber optics between locations on one of your projects, then the real fun begins. How...