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DCI: The Next Era of High-Performance Home Theaters

Once reserved for the “Bel Air circuit” of private cinema owners, reference, Hollywood level of home theater is becoming more attainable for luxury homeowners.

2025 CE Pro Shade Controls Deep Dive Report

From Add-On to Anchor Category: Shading Solidifies as Custom Integration’s Growth Engine in 2025

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Rocket taking off signifying the explosive growth and popularity of motorized shading as part of the CE Pro Editor's Note

Ed Note: It’s Not in Your Head, Shading Systems Have Become Explosively Popular

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Hello Darkness My Old Friend: Giving Credit to Shading’s Other Half

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St. Regis Penthouse by Wicked Smart Homes meant to symbolize integrated lighting design

Designing for Atmosphere: How Integrated Design Defines Success in Lighting Collabs

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Maverick Technical Institute Places 80% of First-Class Grads in Jobs

Maverick Technical Institute (MTI) in Nashua, N.H., has 100% graduation rate; places 80% from inaugural class in technician jobs immediately.

News May 17

Why Customer Service Is the Last True Smart-Home Differentiator

Changes in the smart-home landscape — like IP-control, open-API’s, drag-and-drop programming and pre-configured UI's — are bringing technological barriers down and making it easier for competitors to enter the market.…

News May 17

LG’s Clever Tech for Commissioning Smart Lights Melds ZigBee with VLC Light Waves

Introduced at Lightfair 2017 LG Electronics’ new ZigBee Connector plugs into an Android mobile device, discovers smart lights via visible light communication (VLC), and enables on-the-fly programming via LG's Sensor…

News May 16

Sound United: Heos vs. Play-Fi Debate Continues after D+M Group Merger

Sound United still defining sales roles, wireless platforms for Polk, Def Tech with D+M Group brands Boston Acoustics, Marantz and Denon.

News May 16

Polk Audio’s MagniFi MAX Soundbar Pairs with Wireless Speakers, Google Home

The MagniFi MAX SR soundbar system from Polk Audio includes SR1 wireless surround speakers to produce an immersive 5.1 surround sound experience.

News May 16

Vivint, Best Buy, ADT Top CE Pro 100 List of Smart-Home Integrators of 2017

CE Pro's 2017 list of the highest revenue custom installation companies saw a whopping 24 percent increase in revenues over the last year, led by smart-home giants Vivint, Best Buy…

News May 16

Why GAFA’s Interest in the Smart Home Actually Presents Significant Opportunity

GAFA's (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon) entrance into the smart home market presents two big changes for integrators: more customers but less product revenue.

News May 16

Who Should be the Next CEDIA CEO?

As we say goodbye to Vin Bruno, grateful for his work on behalf of home-technology integrators, let’s ponder who might be a great CEDIA CEO.

News May 15

Vin Bruno Resigns as CEDIA President/CEO

Vin Bruno steps down after almost two years as president and CEO of CEDIA. Tabatha O'Connor, CEDIA COO, will take over Bruno's duties until the organization appoints a new president…

News May 15