Crestron hosted a town hall webinar for its residential dealers on Monday, August 29, 2022 that specifically address the COVID-19-related supply chain challenges facing the company and most of the rest of the world over the past two years. In the panel discussion, Crestron’s EVP of Marketing Brad Hintze, EVP Residential John Clancy,...
The Delta variant of the COVID-19 global pandemic has hit event planners for the residential AV technology industry right when things seemed to be headed back on track.
For the past two weeks, CEDIA Expo planners have watched the Delta variant drive down the event’s already smaller than usual exhibit floor shrink from about 250...
At 3:00pm on Tuesday, August 10, less than a month until the return of CEDIA Expo’s first in-person trade show since 2019, Robert Madonna announced that his company, Savant, would not be exhibiting in-person, “…to best protect our employees, our customers, and all industry associates from the impact of COVID-19 and the...
CES 2022, scheduled January 5-8 in Las Vegas, will require in-person attendees to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination for attendees. For those who may be unable to travel to Las Vegas, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) will again create a digital event that will run in parallel with the in-person program.
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The AV industry evolves at a rapid pace, with a steady supply of trends in the commercial and residential spaces providing new revenue opportunities for integrators and guiding product development for manufacturers.
The rise of video over IP solutions to meet the growing need for cost-effective video distribution in a wide range of...
Home theaters, whether as a dedicated room or an multi-purpose family room with the latest audio and video, are seeing a surge in interest as the global pandemic forces more time at home. Even with vaccines becoming readily available in the U.S., enjoying movies, video games, sports, etc. in the living room is still a safe bet when it...
The COVID-19 pandemic may permanently change the way we gather and communicate through a process I now refer to as Zoomification. Any scenario where each of us sits in front of a computer or other device will probably continue along much the same way, with cloud providers like Zoom, Google, Microsoft, and others making incremental...
Our service calls spiked in the morning because of poor Wi-Fi and bad upload speeds. They also picked up in the evening as people attempted to bring a little entertainment into their life.
