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There’s always been a Catch 22 for the custom installation channel when it comes to mass-market retail competition. On one hand, most retail...

In what could be another blow for companies like RealNetworks and even consumers and integrators involved with digital media, President George...

Given all that’s happening with the U.S. economy, it seems petty to complain about missing a couple of football games in high-definition over...

For the second year in row, my sense at CEDIA was that while we once saw monumental shifts in technology on an annual basis,...

Depends on how strong they are...

At last weeks CEDIA EXPO this typically trite topic of trade show conversation took on a greater sense of importance as we all tried...

TiVo and Amazon hope to provide consumers with the ability to purchase physical products from Amazon.com on their TV sets, using their TiVo remote...

A perk of serving as host to our neighborhood July 4 party was that I finally was able to show off my home theater...

There's a part of me who is happy about the Justice Department's approval of the XM/Sirius satellite radio merger. But the other part of...

Format battles in the consumer electronics business don't always end up with a clear-cut winner, but this one will.

In an article this morning in the New Yorks Times, Mickey Meece writes that the economic stimus legislation passed by Congress last week could...

What this review provides is not so much what the mass media would cover, but the stuff that most interests professional integrators.

In December, businesses in our industry will receive 2007 Economic Census forms from the U.S. Census Bureau. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke has...

Last week, I had the opportunity to talk with CEDIA president Utz Baldwin about the cancellation of Spring EXPO and the importance of EL...

I hate to say I told you so regarding CEDIAs Spring EXPO news.

In a typical year, September is the big CEDIA month for most of us. This was the first time that my direct contact with...

There was an interesting contrast in opinions at CEDIA EXPO last month regarding the effect the slump in the new home construction market has...

CEDIA EXPO was bursting at the seams again this year at Denvers Colorado Convention Center, with media servers, 1080p video products, speaker innovations, and...

ReQuest Inc. has enhanced its whole-house audio control feature set with fun widgets, the ability to control legacy devices, Ethernet connectivity for a 15-inch...

Its getting to the point where you need a scorecard to keep up with which blue laser format is winning the format war.

With its new Play Smart mantra, Boston Acoustics is diving with both feet into the Apple-inspired world of eye-catching industrial design and playful corporate...

In an effort, apparently, to convince skeptical regulators who must approve their proposed merger, that they are more consumer-friendly, the countrys two satellite radio...

So back to this CEDIA Spring EXPO thing again. Ive received a smattering of thoughts on the subject, and to be honest, most people...

Im sure that many of you are wondering what CEDIA was thinking when the trade association announced plans for a second CEDIA EXPO. Another...

The news this week that the former king of home video rental, Blockbuster Inc., had sided with Blu-ray Disc in the so-called blue-laser format...

I was as shocked as anyone when I read the announcement that Runco International had been bought by Planar today. After all, Runco is...

In our business, even if youve never heard of Ray Dolby, youd better know his namesake technologies, or youre in the wrong business. But...

During my recent trip to Cabo San Lucas for Runco's annual dealer appreciation "Getaway," I was struck by the longevity and consistency of a...

My colleague, Llanor Alleyne, and I were treated to an impressive video demonstration today from Epson, in a warehouse district on the westside of...