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MusicCast comes to the market not as a reinvention of the same product, but a new world of wireless. Their system is for the...

My best advice is to make sure you take accurate notes and write everything down. Here is a list of the five most beneficial...

Twenty years is a long time to be in business, and a metric of success by any means. Here are 10 principles that I’d...

Once he officially assumes the role of CEDIA CEO and the dust clears from EXPO next month, Vin Bruno will begin to put his...

Being a leader doesn’t mean being on site every day and showing everyone how to do everything. That’s the job of a foreman. A...

According to CEDIA, Innovation Alley is where you can find “new manufacturers breaking into the industry and discover new products and vendors that are...

There is potential in this new product, along with installation pitfalls somewhat unique to the custom world. It will be interesting to see how...

The much anticipated and hyped Apple streaming TV service launched Wednesday with a whimper (an intentional whimper). I’m surprised the media didn’t do a...

In a world of cheaper and cheaper streaming devices, can Apple introduce a better Apple TV unit with a better interface that changes TV...

From the opening seconds of the film, the soundtrack instantly immerses you in the world of Mad Max, with voices that swirl, echo, and...

In our tech world, we have to be masters in many areas, which makes also being an expert in business very difficult. That’s why we...

I conducted a small audit of proposals and invoices from the past couple of months, and one of things that stood out is how...

Dolby Atmos Blu-ray discs continue to trickle out, and The Divergent Series: Insurgent, is lucky number 13 to come to market.

Employees need structure, goals, mission, vision, and values laid out for them. This is another lesson that's taken me years to grasp.

Recently we had an issue with a showroom piece that took out some lights at our store and no tech available to fix it....

ABC's show Mr. Robot got me to thinking about all of the different hats we wear as integrators and how schizophrenic we all feel...

Marketing is one of those things that confound many of us. How do you do it? Where do you start? How much should you...

Sometimes help appears in a form we don’t immediately recognize. Take, for example, CEDIA Expo.

Put yourself in the shoes of the companies with which you do business—there is surely a reason they are doing what they are doing....

PRIMA Cinema’s newly appointed CEO, Shawn Yeager, flew out to Myrtle Beach, SC to meet with me last week, wanting some face time to...

Moving forward, look at your control vendors through this lens and ask them questions based on the assumption they're heading in this direction. If...

In this digital age, impressions happen long before we meet a client face to face.

All four major U.S. carriers have given blanket consent for the use of each of the booster models approved by the FCC.

I know our industry loves IP control, and the vast majority of time it is terrific. But it is also a bit of a...

What can we do to take the other approach—and look at it from the perspective of making sure that we start creating good habits,...

There’s no shame in ignorance. No one is born knowing anything. But it is a shame if we pass up the chance to learn...

If you don’t take this critical downtime, you are doing yourself, your family, your business, and your clients a disservice.

We now have part of the answer about where superMHL stands with regard to “productization” with the announcement yesterday by Lattice Semiconductor that it...

I had always thought that Atmos ceiling speakers were truly made to convey overhead rain sounds, but after hearing how well they are employed...

The appeal of RMR is also its biggest weakness. It's not shiny and builds slowly. Consider, however, how great is it that no single...

The quick answer is that it’s the trade organization CEDIA, that stands for Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association, but who is CEDIA—really?

Until Core Brands' new online intellectual property protection program is better established, the company's entire sales team is empowered to step in and make...

There was a time when most devices for the home looked homogenous. Product manufacturers, quite literally, did not think outside the box: a square...

Will you take an extra hour (or even 20 minutes) scouring for the best price to save the company a few bucks, or do...

You need to maintain chain of custody for your jobs. It doesn’t matter how small a change may seem, but you need to roll...

In business as in love, sometimes there comes a point in a relationship when you know that it is just no longer working out...

This is a cautionary tale. A tale of a company fat and happy with a ton of inbound calls and internet traffic. One day...

I went to the jobsite and took pictures of channels with wire in them and channels with conduit in them. I also took pictures...

With each Atmos viewing, I continue being impressed with how immersive this new format is. Today I listen to Jupiter Ascending, the Wachoswki, umm,...

Today’s Milestone Millennials are young adults in their late 20s to mid 30s who are currently reaching major milestones in their lives—landing a job,...

Notably missing from the iPhone 36 is iTimeTravel, which Apple spokespeople say has been delayed at least until the end of the year. To...

Sonos will bring customers into your store—both new ones and existing ones. And every opportunity that you have to make a customer impression is...