Home Theater

Why the Dynamics of a Listening Room Can Significantly Impact Speaker Sound Quality

Time really does fly when youre having fun. It seems like only a couple of days ago that I was excitedly discussing the initial...

Realizing Cabling and Infrastructure Needs for the Video Content Distribution Revolution

As custom installers, many of the things that you typically put in a home theater are obsolete almost before you install them. Your client...

Where Display Technology is Going And How To Get Your Clients There

I see it all the time: award-winning home theaters with front-projection video systems and light-colored wall surfaces. It really bugs because the client is...

There can be no doubt about it. The high-definition frontier has arrived: HD DVD is here, and Blu-Ray Disc is just around the corner....

The Big Three in Game Consoles Raise the Stakes at E3

New Innovations in Video Display Technologies Are Poised to Change How Your Clients View Television.

There is endless controversy over in-wall speakers. Are they good? Are they bad? Are they a compromise? The answers to these questions arent altogether...

How to keep your custom firm a step ahead of the mass market retail competition.

A Closer Look at Speaker Impedance and Sensitivity, and How They Relate to Amplifier Requirements

It Could Cost YouIm not paying you my balance until you fix this darned thing! Those words were spoken to an installer who had...

You’ve probably noticed at recent CES and CEDIA trade shows that a number of horn-loaded speakers are popping up. It may come as a...

The recent decision by DirecTV to use XM Radio channels as their music station selections brings to mind an interesting observation about our industry....

Why Acoustically Treating Home Theaters Should Be on Your Priority List

These days the world is full of trends. Take mobile communication devices, for example. Remember when we used to simply call them cell phones?...

Ambiance Systems shows how homes can be lavish and environmentally friendly at the same time.

There are at least a few things that custom installers might really like to pull out of their stockings on December 25. So, for...

Two Interactive Showhomes Emphasize Technologys Personal Touch

Proper design and engineering of a home theater is essential, but just as crucial is the documentation of the design. Its important to know...

Custom Installers Can Expect Video Business Opportunities Whenever The Full Digital TV Transition Actually Takes Place

This year a group of my old friends decided to set up a demonstration at CEDIA EXPO to show the importance of engineering, acoustics,...

There will soon be an abundance of 1080p-capable video products.

Montreal-based D-BOX believes that its productsa family of motion simulation devices built right inside plush reclinersfulfill the promise of a full-immersion audio/visual experience.

Would you buy a sports car where the manufacturer tuned it to sound great in the showroom, at the cost of reduced real-world performance?...

If youre serious about being on the cutting edge of product offerings and technology mix, consider incorporating powered speakers into your arsenal.

In less than two decades, the annual CEDIA EXPO has grown from a show so small it fit into a party tent to one...

Subwoofers come in all shapes and forms. Some are large, some are small, most are black, and most today are self-powered. In the early...

Video displays dominate Our annual review of the product line shows.

Baumeister Electronic Architects brings 90-year-old former summer cottage into 21st century.

The stakes are so much greater on high-tech, high-end, dedicated custom home theater projects that it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out...

Catching up with products and technical advancements that will affect your business.

They call this 16×9 thing that we get on DVDs, plasma screens, and many projectors today “widescreen.” But you ain’t seen nothing yet! Imagine...

RGPC's grassroots approach to selling its parallel power delivery concept has helped it gain respect in the home install market.

Any home theater system needs to be calibrated, but do you really know all the steps involved?

Some technologies have flown under your radar since CES. But when the do surface they will have an impact on your business.

Hospitality legend MGM Grand has joined forces with manufacturer Bang & Olufsen to provide custom electronics for the Skylofts at MGM Grand, a new...

The world has many reference points: “Hotter than hell”, “colder than a summer day in San Francisco” and “faster than a speeding bullet.” Our...

Its been coming for the past 10 years. It all started in the mid 1990s with a few convergence products that combined multimedia capabilities...

Even with all of the attention given to sending audio, video and data through the air, it will be a very long time, if...

A reasonable home theater experience really needs a dedicated room.