Products

UEI’s New ‘Nevo Home’ Extends Device Discovery to Remote Controls and Home Automation

Remote-controls giant Universal Electronics Inc. (UEIC) is working on Nevo Home, a cloud-based device discovery and home-automation app that could complement Ecolink, the Z-Wave developer acquired last year.

Jan 03, 2017

Wolf Cinema to Demo TXF Theater Extreme 4K Projector Series at CES

The Wolf Cinema TXF Theater Extreme 4K series provides for improved performance in the affordable home cinema projection class, while adding a new high-output flagship 4K laser/phosphor three-chip D-ILA home theater edition.

Jan 02, 2017

Most Important Home-Technology Products and Smart-Home Happenings of 2016

From the possible Alarm.com acquisition of Icontrol to the proliferation of voice control for home automation, these are the most important products and smart-home happenings that shaped the custom-installation and smart-home industries in 2016.

Jan 01, 2017

Control4 Finally Integrates Directly with Ring Video Doorbell … Sort Of

BlackWire introduces Ring Events Driver for Contro4 home automation systems, integrating motion sensing and doorbell presses directly (no cloud required), but not yet video.

Jan 01, 2017

CE Pro’s Top 20 Most-Clicked Articles of 2016: IoT Dominates

Control4, Crestron, Logitech, doorbell cameras, other home-automation and IoT developments generated most of the clicks on CEPro.com for 2016; Star Trek, Sonos, Atmos and Kaleidescape grab eyeballs, too.

Dec 31, 2016

Top 2016 Mergers & Acquisitions in Home Automation, A/V, IoT, Security, Networking

Samsung, Nortek, Honeywell, Harman, SnapAV, Control4, AVAD, Somfy, Alarm.com, TiVo, B&W, Alarm.com and Icontrol were just some of the home-technology companies involved in mergers, acquisitions and investments in 2016.

Dec 30, 2016