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Fear can paralyze you, but can also serve as an excellent motivator. Motivation was the answer for Russ Pritchard, owner of...

An unusual challenge has led to an opportunity for increased sales at Maine-based New England Hi-Fi, a provider of high-end audio and home...

This past October, Niles Audio invited 30 of its top dealers and distribution partners to share their thoughts about current products and to make...

At the high end of the market it is simple enough to configure a home theater PC and integrate it into a system,...

I have to admit that in between all of the wise cracks about Apple’s unfortunately named tablet PC, the iPad, one thought really...

SnapAV is so enthusiastic about its new Episode Architectural and Bookshelf Loudspeaker line, that beginning this month, the company is offering a dealer...

ELAN has taken its lumps in recent years, particularly as a result of an overly long product development cycle for its...

With James Cameron's 3D extravaganza, Avatar , purported to have made $232 million from worldwide box office sales over the past weekend,...

You might have heard about this strangely named home construction project in Rhode Island called Green Life Smart Life. We’ve run articles about it...

I’ve been writing and reading about CEDIA’s Industry Outreach Education and Registered Outreach Instructor Programs over the past couple years, but wanted to...

CEDIA’s 2009 Electronic Lifestyles Idea Book is now available while supplies last. ...

I learned two things during my visit with Runco in Beaverton, Oregon, last week. The first was to stay away from...

I recently learned how an electronic systems contractor used out-of-the-box thinking to market itself and introduce its showroom to a group of local...

Rick Komendera, former president of Richard Gray’s Power Company, has been hired by SurgeX to serve as its VP of sales. According to...

I’ve never been a big fan of the outsourcing trend in our country. Yet, the notion that electronic systems contractors can offer more...

I don’t review a lot of AV products in my day-to-day role as editorial director, but when a product offer is particularly intriguing...

The theme of next week’s IPRO Conference is “Survive and Thrive,” which couldn’t be any more appropriate than it is right now as...

Lutron is one of the pioneers from the CEDIA-channel manufacturing community behind the whole “experience center” demo facility concept. Now other companies in...

One of the new recurring themes in the CEDIA channel involves the development of software to remotely diagnose and monitor residential AV systems....

It’s good to see more manufacturers embracing the ever-important retrofit market for electronic systems contractors. Litetouch , the lighting control company out...

I just got back from CEDIA EXPO 2009 in Atlanta, and man are my legs tired. All hype aside,...

Sometimes you think that you know a person (or a company, in this case), but only after you visit their home (or headquarters,...

After announcements about new IP-controlled door locks at CEDIA EXPO last year, followed more recently by Gordon van Zuiden’s excellent analysis ...

My cup runneth over lately with in-home product demos. My latest round of review samples has included HomeLogic’s iPod touch home...