CEDIA Expo 2023: All News from North America’s Biggest Smart Home Event

Lights, commercial, AI and more: CE Pro is here to pull together all the hottest news coming out of North America’s biggest event for the smart home and professional AV industry.
Published: August 16, 2023

Trinnov Audio to Hold First U.S. WaveForming Demo at CEDIA Expo 2023

Trinnov Audio CEDIA Expo 2023

The French audio manufacturer’s home theater demo at CEDIA Expo 2023 (booth #4233) will include partnership with Ascendo, madVR Labs, KaleidescapeBarco, Seymour-Screen Excellence and Officina Acustica to bring a true reference-level immersive experience to showcase the audio and video performance available at the highest levels of private cinema, the company says…

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Here’s All the Exhibitors Coming to CEDIA Expo 2023’s Destination Outdoors

CEDIA Expo 2023 Destination Outdoors Coastal Source Draper Just Video Walls

As outdoor technology continues to remain as hot as the country’s August heat wave, CEDIA Expo announces the return of Destination Outdoors, bringing a 24,000-square-foot area that provides attendees a first-hand look at what is possible for outdoor spaces. The outdoor pavilion will offer grassy areas, patio furniture, lawn games, outdoor seating and canopy tents while displaying and demonstrating the latest solutions from the partnering exhibitors. And this year, Denver’s concrete jungle will play host to some new power players joining the Destination Outdoors lineup…

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Hunter Douglas Rolls Out its Illuminated Shades

Hunter Douglas Aura Illuminated Shades CEDIA Expo 2022

Back at CEDIA Expo 2022, Hunter Douglas showcased a super nifty set of automated, backlit smart shades. Well, now, the company has officially announced almost a year to the date that those shades will be making a return appearance for CEDIA Expo 2023, only this time, you can actually buy them. Very nice…

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Mandy Beckner Shares the Education Highlights at CEDIA Expo 2023

CEDIA Expo 2023 education Mandy Beckner
CEDIA’s Mandy Beckner outlines some of the key sessions and other learning opportunities at CEDIA Expo 2023.

We’ve done the rough math. Between sessions, trainings, panels, and symposiums, CEDIA Expo 2023 is shaping up to have hundreds of opportunities for integrators to learn on both a technical product level and a broader industry insight level. It’s a little overwhelming to think about how many hours of potential education that might be, but thankfully CEDIA’s VP of education and training has the lowdown on some highlights…

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Commercial Integrator Expo Teases Networking, Education Opportunities

Showroom floor, CEDIA Expo highlighting future stage for Commercial Integrator Expo, resimercial integration

The co-location of Commercial Integrator Expo with CEDIA Expo 2023 really goes to show how much the industry has expanded. What were once heavily siloed sections have now become a little blurred with resimercial and light commercial serving as a continued opening of opportunities for both sides. Perhaps unsurprisingly, that means the showrunners have plenty of opportunities for cross pollination planned…

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Snap One’s Going to Need a Bigger Booth

Control4 Core Controllers at CEDIA Expo 2023

With a strong announcement that it’ll have over 20 unique products on display, Snap One is certainly coming on strong before the show. The company also stated that attendees at the Snap One booth this year will be able to walk through three separate demonstration areas for its smart home, AV and networking products that include a mock control room, an entertainment room and an outdoor bar area. It makes sense considering how big the company has grown over the years but it’s definitely going to require a big time investment to comb through everything on offer…

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AV Yoga at CEDIA Expo 2023

AV Yoga at CEDIA Expo 2023

Take a moment to step back, relax and breathe while you’re on the show floor. Also stretch. With all the walking you’re going to be doing, your body will thank you. Hosted by Katye Bennet and featuring a live DJ mixing relaxing and uplifting music for the crowd, AV Yoga will be welcoming all practitioner levels on September 9th 7:30 – 9:00 AM MT prior to show open…

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Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) Presents Sports Streaming Discussion

DEG CEDIA 2023 presentation

Between the attempted revival of Fubo by Ryan Renolds and the move by Amazon to acquire the streaming rights for Monday Night Football, everyone sees the money in sports. But how do you tap into that as someone working the CI channel?

Rob Stecklow, senior vice president of marketing, sports & news at Paramount+, and Brian Gilmore, vice president of Peacock and digital programming at NBC Sports have some ideas…

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Legrand Brings Lighting ‘Experience Room’ to CEDIA Expo 2023

Interior shot of a kitchen featuring the Vantage LHUMAN human centric lighting system alongside Legrand Shading System solutions to highlight the company offerings for Lightapalooza 2023.

In tandem with AI, lighting is shaping up to have a major presence at CEDIA Expo 2023, and Legrand is certainly aware of that is it preps attendees for the lighting ‘Experience Room.’ While at the show, attendees will be able to view live demos of Vantage’s LHUMAN system, test out fixtures from Vantage’s Lighting Fixture Alliance, and work with shading from Legrand Motorized Shading solutions…

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