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Companies that supply home builders with entertainment and automation products are venturing with related service providers to create more robust offerings to builders.
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Both 3D and Blu-ray players are gaining fast traction in the consumer market.
Takes the light-emitting diode one step further.
Survey by leading customer electronics trade publications says Blu-ray is the first choice for home theaters.
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CEA and CEDIA Standards Committee creates a roadmap for home theater audio design.
Builders and integrators are discovering that presented properly wireless whole-house audio can be very profitable.
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Guys need their own space, too—whether that getaway spot is used for woodworking, macramé, late night fantasy football trades on the waiver wire, or having friends over to watch “Tommy Boy” for the 23rd time in surround sound.
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A builder in Bellvue, Wash., offers home automation as a part of a luxury condo project.
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IRVINE, CALIF. -- When Lennar began plans for Irvine, Calif.'s Central Park West, a mixed-use, pedestrian-focused, urban master planned village, one of the challenges the home builder faced was how to show the public the 82 different floor plans for the 1,380 units. And then Mollie Carmichael...
With its warm woods and decadent finishes, this upscale residence offers proof that a high-tech home needn't be sterile to get its groove on. The ideal home-automation system is so seamless that it's nearly invisible, and can happily coexist with any style of interior design, including one that...
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SOMETIMES, YOU JUST HAVE TO DECIDE THAT your company is different; one condo developer in Philadelphia offers a full home-technology package as standard.
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SOMETIMES, YOU JUST HAVE TO DECIDE THAT your company is different; one condo developer in Philadelphia offers a full home-technology package as standard.
MOVE-UP BUILDERS LOOKING TO ADD profits to their projects may find that the new IntelliControl Integrated Control Solutions (ICS) system from Niles Audio is the differentiator they've been waiting for.
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TECH PIONEERS AND VISIONARIES sometimes talk like the digital home will happen overnight. The reality is that the home-technology industry is making only gradual progress in winning over home builders, home buyers, and other consumers.
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A NEW JOINT STUDY ON HOME TECHNOLOGY by Parks Associates and Builder finds that 56 percent of home builders look for new products to set them apart from the competition. Leading devices include home controls, security systems, central vacuums, and entertainment systems.
NETSTREAMS OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, IS among the few home-tech providers that can offer builders a distinct path to creating home systems that run over Internet protocol (IP).
Colorado Vnet has developed a new audio system that lets builders install distributed audio in four rooms for a builder cost of about $3,000 to $4,000.
A big builder and an electronics retailer form an agreement to market audio/video systems.
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If you aren't actively selling digital technology, you're leaving some serious money on the table.
Musicians know that Musicians know that adagio means to play music at a slow, leisurely pace.