Savant Systems has partnered with Sony and Megapixel to sell their products. Savant is now offering the Sony ES Home Cinema Laser Projector series through the Savant Store. The Sony ES front-projector lineup is an ultra-premium digital entertainment solution that enables integrators to deliver the finest video experience to discerning clients, while taking full advantage […]

Visionary announces Nic Danielson as technical support engineer. In this role, Danielson will expand Visionary’s in-house customer service and technical support to provide expert, consistent technical support — a unique benefit to integrators. Danielson has nearly a decade of experience in technical support in the professional AV industry. Prior to joining Visionary, Danielson served as […]

Stewart Filmscreen Corp launched its new next-day QuickShip program for its two most popular screen materials in order to keep up with customer demand. Customers can now order StudioTek 130 G4 and FireHawk G5 on the WallScreen Deluxe and Balón Edge frame systems in diagonal sizes of 110”, 120” and 135” (16:9 HD Format) that […]

Leon is always looking for innovative ways to add an artistic twist to high-fidelity loudspeakers and soundbars. Leon demonstrates the natural harmony that exists between fine art and immersive audio with its Ente SoundTiles. This unique product transforms a traditional stereo system into a modern piece of wall art, blending art and audio into residential […]

Building off its Terra LuminSound outdoor speaker portfolio, Leon Speakers adds a new taller model to the line. The Terra LuminSound Bollard speaker features the same handcrafted components and built-in low-voltage lighting as the shorter landscape version but stands taller, thanks to a 21-inch aircraft-grade aluminum base. At an overall height of 32 inches and […]

Logitech just unveiled its Brio 300 series, a line of UC-based USB webcams with Full-HD 1080p resolution, auto light correction and a noise-reducing mic, for more natural and productive video call experiences at an “attractive price.” The Brio 300 series (Brio 300 and Brio 305) are Full-HD 1080p webcams with high dynamic contrast, auto light […]

Barco just announced the 2nd generation of its CX-50, the premium ClickShare Conference model. The ClickShare CX-50 2nd generation brings dual screen support, allowing content to be shown on two room displays side by side. During video meetings, one of the screens is dedicated to the remote participants, where they remain visible at all time […]

Leon Speakers is helping systems integrators strengthen their presence and bring more value to their corporate clients by offering AV storage solutions custom-designed for easy and beautifully installed video conferencing equipment. With more and more companies adopting hybrid work strategies, thoughtfully integrated video conferencing equipment has become crucial to effective communication and collaboration. Leon’s Tonecase […]

The Home Technology Association (HTA) announced its new HTA Design Partner program. The new HTA Design Partner professional designation identifies design-centric home technology integrators as a service to architects, interior designers, builders and end users. The program was created to recognize the home technology professionals that not only offer technology consultation and design but those […]

PHABRIX has announced the availability of the latest update, V4.8, for its acclaimed Qx and QxL rasterizers. Utilizing PHABRIX patented technology, this new class of waveform Instrumentation delivers all the fine detail needed for camera shading or image grading while retaining the flexibility of real-time operation and support for the wide range of SDR and […]

Screen Innovations (SI) says it has entered 2023 laser-focused on several key initiatives for continual growth, advancement, and leadership as a premier provider of projection screens for myriad applications. SI has “refined and streamlined its procedures, policies and resources across all departments, tightened up quality control, and strengthened its sales, service, and support teams to […]

While many consumers reportedly love how Samsung’s “The Frame” looks more like an art piece than a TV, there exists a struggle for integrators to add high-end audio to the installation — especially high-end audio that also looks sleek and artistic, and not like a speaker bar or tower speakers. Leon Speakers claims to put […]

New research from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) projects U.S. technology retail revenues of $485 billion in 2023. This new data puts revenues slightly above pre-pandemic levels, following a three-year surge in consumer technology spending that peaked at a record-breaking $512 billion in 2021. While CTA anticipates a looming recession and inflation will weigh against […]

Control Concepts has expanded its development team with the hiring of industry veteran and residential expert Jen Edelstein. “As we partner with more manufacturers and control system platforms in all areas of the AV industry to provide solutions that address the need for ease of control, programming and API integration in the form of modules, […]

Just Add Power announced its support for the tp-link TL-SG3428XMP switch. The JetStream 24-Port Gigabit and 4-Port 10GE SFP+ L2+ managed switch with 24-Port PoE+ can be used in single and multiswitch Just Add Power installations. Its features include 4× 10 Gbps SFP+ slots enable high-bandwidth connectivity and non-blocking switching capacity, 24× 802.3at/af-compliant PoE+ ports with […]

If you are old enough, some of you will remember a TV commercial from the 1980s in which an actor said, “I’m not a doctor, although I play one on TV…” I want to preface this column by saying that I am not a project manager, nor have I played one on TV. But I […]

A celebrated CES tradition was back this year — bigger and better after the pandemic hiatus — from LG Electronics with the LG OLED Horizon, the latest exhibition welcoming visitors into the company’s massive CES booth. Constructed with 260 flexible and open-frame 55-inch displays, the CES 2023 installation demonstrated LG OLED’s picture quality and ability to […]

Dirac announced the debut of Dirac Live Active Room Treatment, designed to address bass resonance and room decay time to produce a “cleaner, tighter bass experience.” Dirac Live Active Room Treatment will debut in all StormAudio AVRs through a Spring 2023 firmware update. Dirac Live Active Room Treatment leverages Dirac’s expertise in MIMO mixed-phase impulse […]

Harman Luxury Audio Group announced the JBL 4329P Studio Monitor Powered Loudspeaker. The 4329P includes two speakers, each featuring a patented JBL 2409H 1-inch compression driver, High-Definition Imaging (HDI) horn, and JW200P-4 8-inch pure-pulp black paper cone woofer with a cast frame. Each speaker is powered by a 300W amplifier, with 250W delivered to the […]

Harman Luxury Audio Group announced the debut of the new JBL L10cs Classic Series 10-inch down-firing powered subwoofer at Harman Explore. The L10cs’ 10-inch, down-firing polycellulose white cone woofer is driven by an advanced 250W RMS (500W dynamic) built-in amplifier. Additional features include auto on/off, adjustable crossover, phase, and volume, and a bass reflex system […]

Harman Luxury Audio Group today announced the debut of the SA550 Classic integrated amplifier, MP350 Classic streaming media player, CD350 Classic CD player, and TT350 Classic turntable. Harman’s SA550 Classic integrated amplifier and MP350 Classic music player claim to make it simple for users to stream music services and personal libraries from their smartphones and […]

Pure Fi just unveiled the new Pure Fi USB Type-C Active Optical Cable (AOC). As one of the first USB-C active optical cables offering speeds of up to 40 Gbps up to 30 feet, this new cable is “ideal for applications that require high-speed connectivity between devices not located in close proximity to one another.” […]

Before COVID, I spent a lot of work time in the field in a lot of public places: offices, retail stores, shopping malls, parking lots. Especially parking lots. I joke that I have two offices: my home office, and the Tim Hortons parking lot on 39 Ave NE in Calgary where the Wi-Fi signal is […]

Netgear introduced the WAX220 WiFi 6 Access Point. The dual-band WAX220 claims to provide a “budget-friendly WiFi solution as part of the NETGEAR Business Essentials line of access points, the WAX220 delivers the fastest WiFi speed under $200.” Offering up to 4.2Gbps total Wi-Fi throughput and equipped with a 2.5 Gbps Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) port, the […]

Pure Resonance Audio just launched a 70-volt outdoor surface mount speaker, the S6. A big brother to the smaller S5, this 6.5″ all-weather commercial speaker is designed for foreground and background music, paging and general-purpose audio in any indoor or outdoor business setting. Water-resistant IP65 rated, the S6 ensures protection against direct contact with water […]

Blaze Audio just debuted the Wall-S1 Smart Networked Controller to complement the company’s Smart PowerZone Connect DSP amplifiers, including seven current models ranging in power from 120W to 3000W across up to four zones depending on model and application. (PowerZone Connect 122, 252, 254, 504, 1002, 1502, 2004 and 3004). The Wall-S1 claims to enable […]

For a residential integrator looking to get into the “resimercial” (and therefore home office) segment of the market, what are some steps you’d recommend? After experiencing a global pandemic, we have all realized that remote work productivity has often outpaced in-office work; many workers experienced significant value in working from home. Working from home is […]

URC and Colorbeam Lighting announced a new phase of collaboration in smart residential and commercial automation technology. Starting immediately, URC and Colorbeam Lighting have created “seamless control of Colorbeam’s DMX GATEway processor and compatible devices with Total Control, URC’s residential and commercial automation platform.” This integration includes native use cases in Total Control’s Scenes menus […]

Draper has announced an outside sales team focused solely on residential shading and AV. The residential sales team is part of the company’s ongoing effort to prioritize the residential market. Tom Brochard is the new residential regional sales manager, Northeastern United States. Brochard has more than 22 years in the consumer electronics industry with well-regarded […]

Savant Systems is creating a dynamic new pop-up gallery that offers a truly unique smart home experience. Savant is celebrating the grand opening of Savant SOHO on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Located at 120 Wooster Street in New York City’s trendy Soho neighborhood, the bi-level 3,700 sq. ft. smart home space will be open Monday […]

The Z-Wave Alliance, the Standards Development Organization (SDO) dedicated to advancing the smart home and Z-Wave technology announced the completion of the Z-Wave Source Code project, which has been published and made available on GitHub to Alliance members. The Z-Wave Source Code Project opens the development of Z-Wave and enables members to contribute code to […]

Legrand‘s lighting control brand Vantage announced that its lighting control solutions “can be easily integrated with Meljac and Forbes & Lomax push-button and toggle keypads.” Via Vantage’s Design Center software, Legrand says integrators can also effortlessly program the timeless keypads to be part of any Vantage project. (With Design Center, partner keypads can utilize the […]