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Polk Audio Fans Show Love and Affection
In these finicky consumer times, for a manufacturer to have diehard loyalists is a wondrous thing in and of itself, but Polk Audio's...
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Bush Enacts Pro-IP Anti-Piracy Law
In what could be another blow for companies like RealNetworks and even consumers and integrators involved with digital media, President George...
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CBS Affiliate Leaves Me in the Dark
Given all that’s happening with the U.S. economy, it seems petty to complain about missing a couple of football games in high-definition over...
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CEDIA’s Remedy for the Financial Freefall: Invest in Education, Share Best Practices, Explore Retrofits
The Bureau of Economic Analysis stated this week that consumer spending, which was anemic for the past two quarters, sharply declined in the...
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RealNetworks Cites Kaleidescape in Hollywood Lawsuit
RealNetworks , most popularly known for digital music service Rhapsody and digital media player software, RealPlayer, didn't get much of...
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My Disneyland Dream Home Experience
I found the exhibit in the heart of the Tomorrowland section of Disneyland to be a notch above what most of us have seen...
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Fesco Rewards Dealers at Queens NY Event
Brooklyn-based Fesco Distributors' second-annual Expo welcomed more than 1,000 dealers to do business, demo new products, and network.
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CEDIA Opens Up
As I searched for a song on iTunes I thought of the exciting developments that made this year's CEDIA EXPO (my eighth) the most...
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Hot from the Show
For the second year in row, my sense at CEDIA was that while we once saw monumental shifts in technology on an annual basis,...
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Where the Chips Fell at CEDIA EXPO 2008
In the mind of many die-hard home theater pros Ive talked with over the past year, the biggest news in the chip world, i.e....
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How was your show? Good show? Have a good show!
At last weeks CEDIA EXPO this typically trite topic of trade show conversation took on a greater sense of importance as we all tried...
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Economy Triggers More Innovation at NuVo
NuVo is previewing Renovia technology at CEDIA EXPO 2008 in an effort to educate new and prospective dealers about the retrofit market, discuss the...
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A New Approach to 802.15.4
Among the products that will flood the exhibition halls of CEDIA EXPO next month in Denver, Crestron is confident that its new crop of...
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Getting to Know SE2 Labs
Until seeing the ITC One product in person, I had no idea how cool it really was.
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PSB Introduces New Affordable High-End Line
While sales for invisible, architectural audio continue to grow around the world, interest in boutique, two-channel loudspeakers remains high. This was again proven at...
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A Faster Way to Buy Stuff
TiVo and Amazon hope to provide consumers with the ability to purchase physical products from Amazon.com on their TV sets, using their TiVo remote...
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Utility Companies Address Energy Woes
Last week at the Waldorf-Astoria, The Edison Electric Institute held a spirited panel discussion on ways energy providers and consumers can work together to...
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The Big Unveiling
A perk of serving as host to our neighborhood July 4 party was that I finally was able to show off my home theater...
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B&O Strengthens Luxury Appeal
On New York City's Renwick Street, just west of Hudson, towers a new architectural marvel. It is the very first residential property to feature...
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Savant Conference Report
"Savant" comes from the French word for "knowing." While waiting for the coffee to kick in this morning, I realized that this etymology anchored...
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Mandate to Innovate – Catching Up with Sunfire
After all the white papers and experiments, after all the PhDs on the science of sound, do we know why we hear what we...
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Product Review: Fun with Boston Acoustics’ SoundWare Speakers
Every once and a while I see a new product that I've just got to try out for myself.
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Hi-Fi in the iPod Era: Behind the Scenes at Snell Acoustics
Snell Acoustics is a rare breed. During 32 years of operations, the Massachusetts manufacturer has remained innovative without sacrificing quality or craftsmanship. I had...
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My Control Systems Cup Runneth Over
I made an off-hand remark in an earlier blog that I was in search of a control systems option for my evolving basement home...
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Nuevo Runco — A Postcard from Cabo
Runco's annual Mexico Getaway provides a retreat for the manufacturer's top-performing dealers, as well as reassurance about a new post-Planar acquisition corporate culture.
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My Mixed Feelings About the XMSirius Merger
There's a part of me who is happy about the Justice Department's approval of the XM/Sirius satellite radio merger. But the other part of...
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Back to the Future
While teleportation wasnt on the menu of the Future Technology Forum at last weeks CEDIA Management Conference in San Diego, I was still amazed...
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Third HD Format Competes with Blu-ray and HD DVD
Industry pundits think the new HD VMD format will be a serious challenger to Blu-ray and HD DVD.
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Bring Out Yer Dead?
Format battles in the consumer electronics business don't always end up with a clear-cut winner, but this one will.
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How the Economic Stimulus Package is Good for Small Businesses
In an article this morning in the New Yorks Times, Mickey Meece writes that the economic stimus legislation passed by Congress last week could...
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Getting Control of My Home Theater
Im learning more than I ever knew before about control products sold through the custom installation channel, specifically Universal Electronics Inc.s Nevo Q50 remote...
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My Home Theater Installation School of Hard Knocks
The most important thing that I have been reminded of during my quest to create a real home theater is that at a certain...
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My CES… Minus the Hype
What this review provides is not so much what the mass media would cover, but the stuff that most interests professional integrators.
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CES 08: First Salvos in the New Video Display War
At the biggest, and first AV trade show of the year, it can be hard to separate the truly innovative technology introductions from those...
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It’s Census Time Again for Your Business
In December, businesses in our industry will receive 2007 Economic Census forms from the U.S. Census Bureau. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke has...
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Comments from the CEDIA President
Last week, I had the opportunity to talk with CEDIA president Utz Baldwin about the cancellation of Spring EXPO and the importance of EL...
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Thoughts on the Demise of CEDIA Spring EXPO
I hate to say I told you so regarding CEDIAs Spring EXPO news.
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My DVR Ate My Shows Again
The big realization that Id forgotten to protect our saved content before leaving home for a week was when I finally made my way...
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An Inside Look at CEDIA
In a typical year, September is the big CEDIA month for most of us. This was the first time that my direct contact with...
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Why Some Are Not Slumping
There was an interesting contrast in opinions at CEDIA EXPO last month regarding the effect the slump in the new home construction market has...
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My CEDIA Favorites
CEDIA EXPO was bursting at the seams again this year at Denvers Colorado Convention Center, with media servers, 1080p video products, speaker innovations, and...