All Articles Tagged Steve Moore

Jason Knott | 10/21 06:16 AM, 48 Comments

Guys like big racks in their home theaters. But there are several key trends affecting the future of rack size. According to Steve Moore, principal of SMC, a U.K.-based custom installation and consultancy company, the size of racks is getting smaller and will continue to do so. Photos: 15 Impressive Racks During the upcoming CE Pro LIVE! keynote “8 Megatrends and How They Will Affect Your Business,” Moore says, “The days of your dad’s giant rack behind smoked glass taking up the big portion of the closet or corner of… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 02/03 07:45 AM, 1 Comment

Steve Moore, founder of London-based SMC (one of the better-known integration companies in Europe and elsewhere), can’t understand the utter lack of power conditioning products in Europe. At Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) in Amsterdam, after scouring the show floor, Moore told CE Pro, “There’s still no decent power conditioning here. There’s so many in the U.S.” Why the discrepancy? Obviously U.S. manufacturers can’t simply add a “220v” button on their power products for the European market. “It’s completely different physics," Moore notes. Is the lack of product because each country… View this story