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Lutron Takes Its ‘Experience’ on the Road
Lutron is one of the pioneers from the CEDIA-channel manufacturing community behind the whole “experience center” demo facility concept. Now other companies in...
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Why I’m Looking Forward to CEDIA Management Conference 2010
I had the unique opportunity to sit down and talk, face-to-face, about CEDIA’s Management Conference plans for March 3-6 in New...
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Sonos Takes its S5 to the Masses
Multi-room audio systems developer Sonos has never been shy about touting the superiority and functionality of its products. Driven...
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Sonos Takes on Bose
Multi-room audio systems developer Sonos has never been shy about touting the superiority and functionality of its products. Driven by the world’s healthy appetite...
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Monitoring Your Systems with eServices’ Black Box
One of the new recurring themes in the CEDIA channel involves the development of software to remotely diagnose and monitor residential AV systems....
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Russound Enhances Brand with Colorado vNet Addition
When I spoke with Russound’s new VP of sales and marketing, RJ Hirshkind , about his company’s pending acquisition of...
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LiteTouch Opens Retrofit Option to Dealers
It’s good to see more manufacturers embracing the ever-important retrofit market for electronic systems contractors. Litetouch , the lighting control company out...
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projectiondesign: New Owners, Same Entrepreneurial Drive
In a private conference call earlier today with Gary Plavin, projectiondesign’s U.S. president from his office in Teterboro, New Jersey, and Jørn Eriksen,...
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More About CinemaPlus with PMI and Triad
In his column this month, Residential Systems contributor Tony Grimani, of PMI , writes about his rewarding work...
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SpeakerCraft CEO Reflects on Nortek’s Chapter 11
News that Nortek Inc. had filed Chapter 11 to eliminate approximately $1.3 billion in total debt, sent shock...
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Epson Adds Improvements to Family-Friendly Projector Lines
During its annual press tour this past July, Epson underscored its commitment to the residential systems entry-level projector market when the company unveiled...
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My Post-EXPO Assessment
I just got back from CEDIA EXPO 2009 in Atlanta, and man are my legs tired. All hype aside,...
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The Day Before CEDIA EXPO 2009…
The day before the show officially opened at CEDIA EXPO in Atlanta featured several press conferences, two of the most substantial being SpeakerCraft...
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SpeakerCraft has Some Nirv!
So I'm desperating trying to put the finishing touches on my CEDIA EXPO plans late Friday afternoon (before Labor Day weekend; thanks CEDIA!)...
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Dining Choices in Atlanta
I wrote a few months back about my visit to Atlanta when I found out how much that city’s downtown area had improved...
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Digital Signage Training at CEDIA
I’ve been to more than a few CEDIA expos…. But this year will see a very interesting new addition to the show…. New...
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Cash for Clunkers, AV-Style
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Conversations on the Economy
In the past couple of weeks I’ve had very similar conversations about the state of the economy and product development from two very...
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SpeakerCraft Mini Gig Invigorates Business Owners
Riverside, CA -- With the energy of a music festival, SpeakerCraft's Mini Gig transformed Atlanta's Crowne Plaza on Powers Ferry Road into Business...
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Sonos Adapts to Rapidly Changing Control Environment
Last October, multi-room music system manufacturer, Sonos debuted a sleek, comprehensive iPhone application that effectively overshadowed its then clunky system controller, the CR100....
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How Crestron is Like the Yankees
Sometimes you think that you know a person (or a company, in this case), but only after you visit their home (or headquarters,...
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Stopping Off at Schlage
After announcements about new IP-controlled door locks at CEDIA EXPO last year, followed more recently by Gordon van Zuiden’s excellent analysis ...
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My At-Home Demo Alley
My cup runneth over lately with in-home product demos. My latest round of review samples has included HomeLogic’s iPod touch home...
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Lutron Lights Up New York
Last month, Lutron Electronics opened a 1,800-square-foot Experience Showroom--the fourth in its stable of showrooms/experience centers--on the ground floor of New York's historic...
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Schneider Electric Makes Energy Visible
Global warming, energy market volatility, and geopolitics have converged in the past decade. What's required to prevent irreparable climate change is action, not...
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Savant Takes a ‘Swipe’ at Control Market Dominance
During its relatively short history in the industry, I was never sure what to make of control systems manufacturer Savant. Like many a...
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Behind the Electrograph Liquidation
Electrograph Systems Inc., one the country's leading national distributors of AV gear to the professional, commercial, and high-end consumer markets, announced late Friday...
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NuVision Leads the Way to Luxury
New York, NY--Nestled in Manhattan’s ultra-hip Meatpacking District, the plush Library room of the Soho House hotel set the scene for the ...
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Catching Up with Polk Audio’s Al Baron
It’s always nice chatting with an industry friend away from the hustle and bustle of a trade show environment. Such was the case...
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Why Atlanta is a Great Convention City
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...
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Detailing Denon’s Big Product Launch
Denon announced so many new products at its New York City press conference on Monday that I could hardly keep up with all...
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Catching Up with RTI in Minnesota
My visit to Minnesota last week, along with my colleague Kirsten Nelson editor of Systems Contractor News, provided a thorough update of Remote...
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Velodyne Adds to Green Initiatives
Morgan Hill, CA -- In 1995, long before reducing the carbon footprint entered the public consciousness, Velodyne Acoustics Inc., a manufacturer of powered...
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Behind the Scenes at Lucas Oil Stadium
My behind-the-scenes tour of the massive Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, began with a preview conversation with Alpha Sales Corporation’s VP...
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Runco Reaffirms Its Commitment to Plasma
In recent months a number of manufacturers have announced significant changes within their product portfolios, abandoning plasma displays altogether and looking to LCDs...
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Four Questions for SunBriteTV
With spring finally upon us in most of the country, it's time to introduce your "stay-cation" clients to the wonders of outdoor AV...
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CEDIA Assists Professional Services Members
With staff reductions on the rise and referral business leads drying up, it is tougher than ever for a residential electronic systems contracting...
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Zenith Launches DTV Converter Box Connection Guide
Washington, DC — With less than two months remaining until full-power analog TV broadcasts go digital across the nation, www.ConnectYourBox.com and www.ConecteSuConvertidor.com were launched...
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Updated: Capitol Sales Offers $100 Credit at Training Event
I had the pleasure of catching up with a good friend of mine this past Friday to discuss his latest education initiative in...
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A Rockin’ Time at AVAD’s Vend-o-Palooza
OK, so it wasn’t anywhere as cool as the original Lollapalooza (so I've heard), but AVAD’s Vend-o-Palooza, in its second year, looked to be...
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Klipsch Explores Greener Approach to High-Performance Audio
While Earth Day, which takes place on April 22, is the perfect time to reflect on what you are doing to help protect...
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Analog Devices’ Blackfin Power Siemens’ Smart Meter Solution
Continuing its drive to enable next-generation smart energy management, Analog Devices has announced that Blackfin BF531 processors will drive Siemens'...