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CEDIA is hosting its annual Management Conference, March 24-27, 2004 in Huntington Beach, California. In an Industry Q&A, learn more about this three-day event's...
New plasma and flat-panel display products just don't jump on the wall and secure themselves. To take care of that, you will need a...
Weinstock Media Analysis, a research and analysis firm led by Neal Weinstock, has completed a survey on issues critical to the custom installation industry....
Along Route 59 in Naperville, Illinois, a consumer electronics retail corridor has sprouted up like stalks of corn along a Midwestern country road. Within...
This year at CEDIA EXPO, Crestron was awarded the Best Home Networking Product Award for its e-Control 2 system, an updated version of the...
Have you ever watched the pros at the Amp Toss during the annual Installer Olympics at CEDIA EXPO? They grab a 78-pound metal box...
Last month, CEDIA elected Ray Lepper as its new president after a successful two years of leadership from Jeff Hoover. Lepper is the former...
There is a rising home networking trend that bodes a disturbing if not fearsome response from veteran residential system designers and installers alike.
There isn't a company in our industry that has not been affected in some way by the economic downturn of the last two years....
As business gets more and more complex, doing "seat of the pants" calculations of everything from room acoustics to project pricing is less likely...
As we look at the events surrounding this year's CEDIA EXPO, I am reminded of an interesting comment made by a participant in one...
When talking about the formation of Signature Media Groupthe first true national brand in the custom install marketfounding members use words like "natural," "intuitive"...
Ten years ago, a virus had you bed-ridden and worms were for the birds. Today, anyone with a computer comes into contact with both...
As a prelude to the selling season, it is appropriate to describe what is becoming a red-hot product category on a number of fronts:...
Editor's Note: With the help of Weinstock Media Analysis (WMA), Residential Systems magazine is launching a new, long-term research initiative to learn many important...
You have designed, installed, debugged, and verified proper function of all components of a full-blown high-end multichannel audio system, and you are ready to...
In the more than a decade since the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Assocation (CEDIA) was founded, the industry has successfully convinced tens of...
When it comes to home networking, it seems that there are as many definitions as there are homes.
"Don't bother hiring a rep to cover this territory. Instead, credit us back the rep's commission and we'll sell more of your dedicated home...
Last month's E3 Expo in Los Angeles provided some interesting news for the world of video same consoles, and for once that news pertained...
Pick up any one of the top 10 women's magazines, and you are bound to find an article on "keeping your relationship alive." While...
Despite the doldrums in the consumer electronics retail market recently, one category produces standout--if not record--sales each month: DVD. At the same time, however,...
As the implementation of home networks increases, custom installers are forced to contend with an added number of unfavorable circumstances, especially when conducting retrofit...
Today's business owners and the professionals who work for them are called on to meet an increasing number of challenges posed by competition, the...
Early last month, Klipsch Audio Technologies announced a bold new distribution strategy that includes ending relationships with two key dealers and adding a major...
According to the U.S. Consumer Product and Safety Commission (CPSC), over 40,000 fires are caused each year by residential electrical wiring. Over the last...
Management Four Agreements for Improving Client Relationships By Rick Schuett In his book The Four Agreements,...
If last year's post-CES sentiment was for the industry to proceed with caution, this year could be summarized by saying it is time to...
These are exciting times for the custom installer involved in high-end residential control systems. In just the last 12 months we have seen an...
There are good experiences and bad experiences. People are good at remembering both, but unfortunately, the human psyche is such that we like to...
Hard drive content management has the clamor of any burgeoning technology category. But unlike just any new product line, the hard drive systems genre...
One of the prominent themes emanating from this year's consumer electronics show (CES) held in Las Vegas last month was that digital audio and...
Continuing a trend from last year, the widespread adoption of DVI/HDCP (Digital Visual Interface with High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) on DTVs and high-definition set-top...
This past Fall, a group of specialty audio/video retailers and manufacturers sat down at a conference table and developed the latest strategic plan for...
Customers say that it's the kind of place where they would like to stay for the weekend. It literally has all of the comforts...
While a percentage of the country's more affluent homeowners prefer to simultaneously stay at home while going to the movies in a purpose-built space,...
Home Theater Sorting Out the Final Details of Your Theater Tuning Process In this final installment of the...
In the grand scheme of things, it wasn't all that long ago. Two or three years back I was about to deliver a series...
While the soft economy has resulted in fewer dollars being spent on research and development in many high-tech businesses, there is little evidence that...
The past few months for Texas-based control systems manufacturer, AMX, have been some of its strongest months to date. Not only has the company...
Back in the late 1990s, the residential systems industry was only just beginning to seek out the basic management and business training necessary to...
Every now and then, custom installers are lucky enough to work with what you might call a "dream client." Technologically savvy, organized and boasting...