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Behind the Business: Bullish of the Future
A Conversation With Russound Ceo Charlie Porritt While some notable companies are contracting their presence at CEDIA EXPO this year,Russound is bullish on the...
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It Happened in Vegas
Eagle Sentry Finds A Client With A Big Budget For A Small Space All of the video components are centrally located in the two...
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Touch and Go
These days, there are more universal remotes than satellite channels. The trick is selecting the right product for your project. Here’s a round up...
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The New Theater Aesthetic
How To Artfully Blend Your Room’s Form And Function Together A professional theater designer will work out the details in every application, from millwork,...
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Lessons from Our Founders
The year was 1989. The B-52s and Duran Duran topped the charts. Driving Miss Daisy took the Oscar for Best Picture, and a new...
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Quality Over Quantity
Why Now Is The Right Time To Provide A High-Quality Experience The last two decades of strong economic growth and powerful technological evolution have...
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One Size That Can Fit All
Maximizing Your Picture Size Across A Range Of Video Formats I just got back from dinner with a prospective client. It was quite enjoyable,...
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Finding Face Time
The increasing use of technology in place of in-person business communication has never bothered a naturally introverted person like me. I always have preferred...
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Commercial AV Pitfalls
Why residential escs should think twice before ‘going pro’ A high school basketball area installation of Electro-Voice speakers like this one is not a...
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Negawatts, not Megawatts
Networking Solutions For Electrical Energy Management One of the higher priorities on our clients’ cost-cutting list has become their monthly electrical bill. This is...
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Obsolete Yourself Daily
As I gaze across hundreds of eyes in crowds of business owners I hear many points of view on where our current “industry” is...
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The Battle of 3D vs. 4K
While 3d Will Remain Elusive, 4k Video May Be The Next Big Thing At this past April’s National Association of Broadcasters Expo (NAB)—the defining...
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Clarke Infinity’s Double Vision
A two-sided visual spectacle that you can check out from two adjoining rooms... therein lies one of the cornerstones of the high-tech, 18-zone...
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Trade In and Up
As an industry trade journalist I’m always on the lookout for business and technology trends. Typically three or more occurrences of something, will pique...
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Getting Served
Tough times don’t always call for drastic measures, and it seems that residential electronic systems contractors have caught on to the ideal device for...
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Get Your Game Face On
New Technology From E3 Will Help Change Our Business Focus During Microsoft’s E3 demo, the movements ofthis gamer were accurately captured by the ProjectNatal...
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The Home Theater’s Engine
Steps That Will Give Your Client A Theater They Really Want A great home theater is no accident. Designers cannot merely show up with...
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Industry Outreach
Helping Architects Become Your Best Sales people Having a solid working relationship with an architect is a great idea for several reasons. First, architects...
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The New Value Chain
How To Determine The Right Performance At The Right Price As the economy continues to struggle, consumers are hungry for the best deal that...
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Mexico’s CI Market Can Benefit from More N. American Interplay
Invited to contribute our perspective, as a Mexico City-based company, of what is happening in the electronics systems market is an immense challenge, especially...
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Getting in the Game at E3
In tough economic times, when family travel is cut back and “stay-cations” replace traditional vacations, families increasingly look to things that they can do...
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Surprising ATL
I’ll admit something to you. When the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce offered CEDIA’s PR department the opportunity to invite a few members of the...
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Learning to Sell, Again
Proactive Techniques Will Keep You In Control Of Your Business No matter where I’ve traveled this year, I hear a similar tune: “It’s not...
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Back to the Drawing Board
Why Project Drawings Can Be So Critical To Your Success Most people familiar with the workflow of a typical, new-construction, residential project can likely...
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Dumb as a Door Knocker?
New ip-controlled door entry systems come a-knockin’ Initially, IP-enabled devices were found only in the home office, and then there was a spread of...
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Concerned About Compression
Lossy Audio Is Acceptable When You Understand Its Limits With the evolution of video download services, discussions of video compression have become wildly popular....
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Baumeister’s New Home
Over the past four months, John Baumeister’s stellar reputation as one of Chicago’s preeminent custom integrators has taken a beating. After his company, Baumeister...
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Information is Power
Exploring The Ip And Green Trends In Power Management And Protection Systems Power is like water; we expect it to be there. When it’s...
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Tapping Into the Next Generation
Catering to a group that loves music, diversity, and technology Music is all about living in the moment. Although most of us enjoy and...
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Under the Big Top
OK, so maybe it wasn’t as cool as the original Lollapalooza, but AVAD’s Vend-o-Palooza, in its second year, was a lively and worthwhile event...
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Targeting Your Product Mix
When It Comes To The Lines You Sell, Sometimes Less Is More As electronic systems contractors, we all make a variety of decisions every...
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Behind the Business: OmniMount
Manufacturer’s New AV Mounts Take Environment into Consideration Several years ago, OmniMount took a clear look at its impact on the environment. Senior VP...
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Total Invisibility
Aesthetics and Performance Drive In-Wall Speaker Designs Let’s face it. It’s been a tough year for small businesses. Some AV and systems manufacturers had...
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A Hands-on Review of VOD
Assessing Ps Store, Xbox Live Marketplace, Apple Tv, And Vudu In our business, if you spend too much time maintaining the status quo, then...
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Spring Renewal
Given what we’ve all been through over the past six months or more, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect as I walked on...
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Working on the Business
Cedia Offers Strategic Roadmap During Arizona Management Conference The goal was to help attendees create a strategic plan for their businesses, but the CEDIA...
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High-Performance Choice
A conversation with projectiondesign llc president gary plavin Founded eight years ago in Fredrikstad, Norway, projectiondesign has begun to gain traction in the U.S....
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More Training, Less Pitch
Manufacturers Respond To Changing Dealer Needs With Targeted Educational Programs Technical and business training in the residential electronic systems contracting business has come of...
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Tightening the Ties that Bind
How Manufacturers’ Rep Firms Can Better Serve Our Industry During these challenging times, every company in our industry should be looking for better ways...
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Balancing Form and Function
Home Theater Design Benchmarks For Successful Installations The home theater is experiential in nature, and there are fundamental elements and attributes required to deliver...
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Are You on Facebook?
Leveraging Social Networks To Advertise Your Services I recently returned from the annual CEDIA Management Conference, and as usual I came back with some...
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Using Your Head
Cranium Creator Richard Tait Makes The Case For Passion, Fun, Creativity, And Profit Life is an unpredictable journey. The old adage that “life is...