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Severtson Screens Lowers Home Theater Screen Prices
Company Also Provides Dealers and Distributors with Free Shipping in Continental U.S.
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Control and Automation Puts the Lux in Luxury Coaches
Future Home Integration Provides AV and Environmental Control Programming for High-End RV in Sanford, FL
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Not Convinced About Voice Control’s Future
Will the Category Continue to Grow or Will the Novelty Wear Off?
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Growing High-End Market, More Accessible Prices Give Projector Category New Life
With the Growth of New Technologies and Efforts to Target the Wider Market, the Projector Category is as Promising as Ever
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Going High-Tech in a High Rise
Just Add Power’s 3G Ultra HD Over IP Platform Adds Latest Video Distribution Capabilities to Australian Luxury Apartment
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Integrators Share Tips for Success in the Super-Luxury Market
In the 1987 movie Overboard, actress Goldie Hawn plays Joanna, an uber-wealthy heiress whose yacht pulls into Elk Cove, OR for repairs. Bored, she...
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Considering Kitchen and Bath Technology
International CES Presented Exciting Opportunities in This Burgeoning Tech Category
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Smarter Storage Solutions
Finding Equipment Racks to Meet the Changing AV and Smart Home Technology Needs
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Are the People, Process, or Product to Blame?
Understanding Which is Which and How to Engage When Issues In Business Arise
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RAYVA Wants to Help Integrators Sell Pre-Engineered Theaters
A year ago, a new company was formed by respected veteran members of the custom integration industry intent on offering high-end, high-design, pre-engineered home...
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Metra Home Theater Group Partners with AiN Group
Home Theater and Accessory Technology Now Available Through the Authorized Integrators Network Group
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Battle of the Streamers II
With the growth of “Smart TV” sets in almost every size and price category, some pundits have predicted that the market for external streaming...
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Azione Looks to 2018 with Science of Selling, Key Leader Meetings
Enrichment Training Sessions will Take Place in April and June
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Firmware: To Update, or Not to Update?
Avoiding the Pitfalls of System Failure From Firmware Updates
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Piecing Together the Elephant
Great Theater Design Requires the Contribution and Coordination of Many Trades
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Stranger Things as the Next Generation’s Culture-Share Moment
When My Oldest Daughter Told Me That 'Everyone' in the Sixth Grade was Talking About the Netflix’s Series, I Gave Her the Green Light...
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ELAN Transforms a Golf Simulator Game Room into a Home Theater
7,000-Square-Foot Florida Home Features Multi-Purpose Entertainment Room
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Massachusetts AV Firm is a Family Affair
Three Brothers Combine Talents to Lead Inspired Technology and Communications in Easton, MA
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Simply Reliable Provides New E-Commerce Platform with SmartOFFICE
In SmartOFFICE, the Designer or Salesperson can Create a Digital Proposal and with a Simple Link to Email to Prospective Customers
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ProSource Welcomes New Vendor ProjX360 Management Software
ProjX360 can Manage Every Aspect of a Project from the Sales Process to Creating Proposals and Ordering Products
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AV Junction Aims to be the ‘Uber of Our Industry’
Just launched this week, AV Junction is an online marketplace for AV talent where freelancers and integration firms can connect with one another to...
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James Loudspeaker Selects Sapphire Marketing as Manufacturer’s Sales Rep for New England
James Loudspeaker has appointed Sapphire Marketing as their independent sales representatives for the residential AV market in New England
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Product Launches of the Year
Manufacturers Reflect on Their Most Effective Product Launches of the Year
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Maintaining Customer Joy Through Service Plans
Moving Beyond the Break-Fix Service Model to RMR-Focused Maintenance Plans
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Choosing the Right Buying Group for Your Company
Buying groups want more members and dealers want more information about buying groups, so we’re bringing it all together and helping make it easier...
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Working Smarter With CI Business Software
If you’re like most businesses, there are probably a lot of aspects of your work that could benefit from more streamlined management. The good...
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Why Low-Voltage Prewire is Still Critical
While every home should certainly have a robust wireless backbone, it will always be preferable to hard wire fixed intelligent electronic devices in the...
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Closing Out the Last 5 Percent of a Project
When it comes to closing out a project, a detailed scope-of-work statement is one of the most important documents you can have in your...
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Eating Your Vegetables
This year’s Azione Unlimited fall meeting in Austin was another upbeat affair, but there were moments in the short time that I was there...
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The Business of Selling Simplicity
Does this sound familiar? The client wants simplicity but asks you for solutions that you know will provide the opposite result. If you argue,...
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Controlling Your Team With a Project Manager
While everyone on your team matters, the person most responsible for ensuring that a proposal becomes a living, breathing (and reliably operating) system, delivered...
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How to Maximize Dialog Intelligibility
Dialog clarity is perhaps the most important performance aspect for audio systems, and compromised quality is a very bad thing. But how does it...
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Embracing the Custom Channel
CEDIA 2017 felt busier and more crowded than prior years. It wasn’t the crowds, however, that stood out the most for me. It was...
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RTI’s APEX Programming Software Highlights Refreshed Company
RTI’s now-shipping new programming platform combines time-saving automation with the complete freedom to design custom control experiences that RTI hopes will set dealers apart...
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Manufacturers Re-Embrace Channel at CEDIA
A few companies went out of their way to express their support for custom integrators.
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Walls of Sound
Call it a renaissance, of sorts. Over the past few years, the mp3 player-led dark ages of low-quality audio have given way to a...
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Four Ways to Start Expanding Your Business
When business is good, it is easy to get caught up in daily “busy work,” tackling what is directly in front of you rather...
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Embracing Service
One of the most important business challenges left for our channel to solve is how to derive profits from client services, as margins on...