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by John Sciacca My second day (third if you count media day) at International CES 2012 started with a breakfast...

by John Sciacca CES is definitely about time management; there is more than you could see in a month, let...

by John Sciacca The January 8 morning press sessions at International CES 2012 here in Las Vegas included events from...

by John Sciacca The annual International Consumer Electronics Show kicked off on Sunday night with CES Unveiled, offering attendees...

At my age, I don’t get a lot of toys for Christmas anymore. From a purely “gift” standpoint, this...

by John Sciacca   Immediately prior to my leaving for CES, I figured it was a good time...

by John Sciacca Some of the biggest news out of CEDIA EXPO this past September was talk of higher resolution...

by John Sciacca When a custom install job totally falls apart, and you end up dealing with some nightmare client...

by John Sciacca The job market is tough right now; I totally get that. If you’ve got a job, you’re...

by John Sciacca Black Friday – the annual shopping rite of passage where stores drop pricing on...

It’s not easy being a trade association in an era of mass media overload, social networking chatter, and instant-answer...

by John Sciacca For many home theater aficionados—including 26 of the 29 projects up for the 2011 CEDIA Electronic Lifestyles...

For ADI, Sony offered the right brand at the right time. Once known as the security alarm professional’s...

by John Sciacca   I love watching movies. Dramas, action, suspense, sci-fi, comedies, animated, romantic, foreign...really, pretty much anything....

by John Sciacca I am fascinated with product placements in movies. Seriously. I *live* for...

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by John Sciacca Like many of you, I am sitting here right now trying to come to terms with the...

Don’t expect any drastic changes after Control4’s leadership moves last week. According to the company’s co-founder and new chairman...

by John Sciacca As I mentioned over the weekend, I succumbed to the subtle yet insistent pressure...

I’ll admit that it’s pretty easy to get jaded about cool toys as a technology journalist. I mean, we routinely see and experience...

I’ve never been a numbers guy, and the focus at every trade show I’ve ever attended on attendance numbers has always annoyed me....

  by Michael Heiss The Society for Information Display’s (SID) Display Week is unlike most trade shows, because...

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Back in May, Lenbrook America created a stir among independent reps when it announced that it would begin selling most of its NAD...

By John Sciacca You want to know the call that you DON’T want to get at 7:56 in the morning...

by John Sciacca One of the constant questions that we face as custom installers — beyond, of course, the,...

by John Sciacca Was at a client’s house this morning and after walking through his home discussing the various...

by Michael Heiss Since the Electronic Entertainment Expo — known more popularly as E3 — wrapped up in Los Angeles,...

Hopefully AVAD hasn’t started a trend by skipping the exhibit hall at this fall’s CEDIA EXPO. I’d like to think that...

by John Sciacca At the Control4 dealer meeting a few weeks ago, one of the things...

by John Sciacca Last year about this time I went to a Sony press meeting...

Many people hear the word “outsourced” and think of Lou Dobbs, India, lost jobs, and a bad NBC sitcom....

by John Sciacca Dealer summits, events, and road shows are nothing new; many manufacturers travel the country, setting up...

It seems like a long time ago that URC began promoting its Total Control line of home automation products...