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In the Age of COVID, Savant Recasts The Showroom Experience in NYC

October 28, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

photo of the interior of Savant's New York City Experience Center

In what constitutes just one more sign that the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to have a lasting impact on how we do business for the near-to-medium-term future, Savant has come up with a cool way to cleverly optimize the showroom experience in this new difficult environment. The company was in the process of building an all-new Savant Experience Center in New York City when the pandemic hit. Then, when construction was completed, company managers looked at each other and said, now what?

What did Savant come up with? Read on…

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Filed Under: Management, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Technology Tagged With: experience center, New York City, Savant, showroom

Crestron Intros New 70 Series Touch Screen Line That’s Both Elegant & Tough

October 27, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Crestron TS-770 touch screen
Crestron TS-770 [Click to enlarge]

Don’t Be Fooled by the Pretty Face, It’s a Beast

The innovation train keeps rolling down the track at Crestron who has had a string of new introductions in 2020. The company announced today a new line of touch screens in what they say is their “next generation” design known as the 70 Series Touch Screens. But if you only see photos of it, you won’t truly appreciate what it offers – a balance of both elegant design with tough, all-aluminum construction and a solid weighty feel.

Learn more about the Crestron touch screens…

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Filed Under: News, Products, Technology Tagged With: control devices, Crestron, John Clancy, touch screens

Help Lightning Virtual Support Offers Free 60-Day Trial to CEDIA Members

October 23, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

photo of Help Lightning merged reality

Help Lightning, a new support solution the company likes to call “virtual expertise,” not only offers a new potential benefit for integrators to increase the amount of safe in-home support for their clients in these COVID-19 times – they also offer CEDIA members a free 60-day try-before-you-buy experience to test it out in your market with your clients. And in the middle of the pandemic, there has never been a better time to look at offering clients a new support solution that adheres to strict safety standards by limiting person-to-person exposure.

Learn more about Help Lighting’s free trial

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Filed Under: Associations, News, Promotions, Technology Tagged With: CEDIA, Help Lightning, technical support

Harman’s Mark Levinson Brand Launches Lower Cost 5000 Series; Seeks Expansion into Broader Market

October 21, 2020 by Ted 14 Comments

Lifestyle photo showing LPs and  turntable in a home

Last week, in dramatic fashion, Harman (part of Samsung) brand Mark Levinson announced the launch of an entirely new 5000 series family of products, whose lower price tag is designed to appeal to an expanded share of the market of audio enthusiasts. In a combination of well-produced video segments, coupled with live presentations to the industry media, Harman executives laid out their vision for the brand and presented the details of the engineering and craftsmanship behind their new line of electronics and sources that included a preamp, power amp, turntable and streaming SACD player

Learn more about the new Mark Levinson 5000 Series…

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Filed Under: Manufacturers, News, Products, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: 5000 Series, Harman, High resolution audio, high-end, Mark Levinson

SnapAV Unleashes a Broad Array of New Products at Snap Pro Live

October 13, 2020 by Ted 1 Comment

New Control4 Touchscreen T4 launched at Snap Pro Live
New Control4 T4 Touchscreens [Click to enlarge]

Kicking off their first ever virtual dealer event called Snap Pro Live, SnapAV unleashes a broad array of new products covering their wide gamut of product and service segments. Snap Pro Live runs for three days and kicked off today (Tuesday) afternoon with a keynote from CEO John Heyman – and this major product launch.

See what new products SnapAV launched at Snap Pro Live…

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Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Products, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Araknis, automation, Control4, PCNA, Snap Pro Live, SnapAV

Automation Players URC & Somfy Collaborate for Luxury Comfort Solution

October 7, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Somfy blinds now integrate seamlessly into URC Total Control systems

URC and Somfy announced last week that they have come together in “a new phase of collaboration in smart home automation.” Building on the established strengths of the partners, both URC and Somfy end users will benefit from a seamless integration of Somfy products with URC control solutions.

See more on this URC & Somfy integration…

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Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, Manufacturers, Products, Technology Tagged With: automation, smart home, Somfy, URC

At Crestron NEXT, the Company Reveals Trends Driving the Future

September 29, 2020 by Ted 1 Comment

Photo of Ranjan Singh of Crestron at Crestron NEXT

As previously reported by Strata-gee, the Crestron NEXT event of two weeks ago was a remarkable accomplishment for one company to pull off. With a full two-day agenda – Crestron NEXT offered lots of great content, such as its perspective on the tech business today, seminars on their key current tech products, and more importantly, advice on where things are going tomorrow.

Probably one of my favorite presentations was actually the closing presentation – where Ranjan Singh, Crestron’s Executive VP of Product and Technology summed up the key points of the last two days…and more importantly…offered some details on trends to watch today that will drive the future in a presentation titled “Future Innovations, Next & Beyond.” This is the kind of smart insight that most integrators never get to hear.

See Crestron’s trends driving the future…

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Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, Management, Manufacturers, News, Shows & Events, Strategy, Tech Trends, Technology Tagged With: Crestron, Crestron Home, Crestron NEXT

Savant Expands Integrator Opportunities via Alliances

September 25, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Savant has partnered with Devialet speakers, shown here in white

Cuts Tech & Distribution Deals with Robern and Devialet

No question about it, Savant is on a roll. Just four months ago in May, the company surprised the industry by announcing their acquisition of GE Lighting, instantly transforming the company into one of the top lighting providers in the US. But, clearly, they weren’t done yet, as the company announced two new partnerships at CEDIA Expo Virtual – one with Robern, a luxury bathroom furnishings manufacturer…and the second with Devialet, a unique design-centric powered speaker maker out of Europe.

See more on Savant’s expanding partnerships

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Filed Under: Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Products, Shows & Events, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Devialet, Robern, Savant, Savant Systems

With Lots of Expo News from AudioControl, Here is My Favorite

September 24, 2020 by Ted 3 Comments

AudioControl, a specialty electronics manufacturer of residential, commercial, and mobile audio products, had several announcements at last week’s CEDIA Expo Virtual. While many of those were announcing, for example, the shipping availability of previously announced products, one announcement in particular caught my eye. And it’s not about a product at all!

See the announcement from AudioControl that I feel is the most significant…

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Filed Under: Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Products, Shows & Events, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Audio Control, AudioControl, CEDIA Expo Virtual, Director 2.0, upgrade

Has Sonance Solved the Last Mystery of Invisibility?

September 18, 2020 by Ted 4 Comments

New Invisible Series Speakers Rivals Performance of Visible Models

At the dawn of the custom integration industry (then custom installation industry), it became clear to many that there was strong consumer demand for a more custom solution that allowed clients to reclaim floor space lost to big box speakers. This demand led to the creation of in-ceiling and in-wall speakers. Certainly, for many consumers, this was a dramatic step forward in regaining control of their interior design. Yet as time went by, it was clear that what many clients really wanted was…completely invisible sound.

CEDIA Expo Virtual logo

But invisible speakers generally don’t match the sound quality of traditional visible in-ceiling/in-wall models – a major performance compromise that causes many integrators to refuse to offer them. But in a press conference at the CEDIA Expo Virtual this week, Sonance told the gathered media that they have solved the conundrum of the sound quality compromise of invisible speaker performance.

See the innovative new Sonance Invisible Series…

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Filed Under: Integrators, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Products, Shows & Events, Technology Tagged With: CEDIA Expo Virtual, Invisible Series, Sonance

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