Leveraging its recent classification as an essential critical infrastructure company by the United States government, SmartHouse Integration has begun offering H.O.P.E. to home based small business owners who are now being challenged to upgrade their technology infrastructure to remain competitive and productive during the coronavirus pandemic. “As an essential critical infrastructure company, SmartHouse Integration is not only allowed to keep operating as…
Sound United LLC, parent company to Denon, Polk Audio, Marantz, Definitive Technology, Classé, and Boston Acoustics, has announced several Denon and Marantz products received Roon Tested accreditation. This certification enables music lovers to seamlessly stream music from Roon server or Roon Core devices to 68 Denon and Marantz products for a visually rich, and easy-to-use listening experience. “A critical aspect of the listening experience is learning more about…
CEDIA has extended the entry deadline for the 2020 CEDIA Awards program. CEDIA members now have until April 30, 2020 to complete submissions. To qualify, projects are required to have been finished between March 2018 and March 2020. The premier honor for residential technology integration projects, the CEDIA Awards program accepts entries in the following project categories: Best Home Cinema; Best…
ELAC, a provider of high-performance speakers and electronics, has announced the Uni-Fi 2.0 line of home speakers. This new line builds upon the success of the first-generation Uni-Fi Family and incorporates a variety of new features and technologies. “Based on feedback from dealers and end-users, along with changes in the market, we have completely re-designed the entire line-up. Newly developed…
PowerShades, a provider of manual and automated window shades for residential, commercial and hospitality applications, has announced that the company’s manufacturing operations have moved from Florida to a new facility in Joplin, MO. Located less than a mile from PowerShades’ headquarters, the new manufacturing facility will help the company to enhance quality assurance, with in-house supervision and quality control on…
Television makers that had been planning to significantly boost their display panel purchasing in the second quarter now may be forced to curb their ambitions as concerns rise over a potential coronavirus-driven recession. South Korean and Chinese TV makers were hoping to take advantage of improving panel availability conditions in the second quarter to build up their inventory in advance…
Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions, formerly Panasonic Security Group, has announced its new line of economically priced U-Series Network Cameras. Designed for SMB, schools, and numerous other applications, the new U-Series cameras offer high quality imaging performance and many of the features found in the company’s flagship i-PRO Extreme Series Cameras at economical price points. “There are many surveillance projects where…
CEDIA is responding to the rapidly-evolving effects of COVID-19 mitigation by announcing a slate of complimentary professional development opportunities for our members. As the business and personal lives of integrators continue to be disrupted, CEDIA is providing hours of valuable learning at no charge for members. “We’re facing unprecedented challenges right now at work and at home and CEDIA is…
In more unfortunate news, the A’20 AIA Conference on Architecture has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event was scheduled for May 14-16 in Los Angeles. A representative for AIA reached out to registered press and attendees via email to notify them of the postponement. This is what it said: DUE TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK, AIA HAS MADE…
Engineerica Systems, Inc., an Orlando technology firm specializing in event technology management platforms, announced that they have formed a local partnership bringing Conference Tracker and ViewStub together to offer a Full-Service Virtual Event Management platform available now. The platform includes live/prerecorded video streaming, marketing resources, virtual event registration, virtual attendance tracking, virtual continued education (CE) tracking, automated CE reporting, comprehensive…