Best Buy Plans Thirteen New Stores As Other Retailers Fail

Best Buy just announced plans to open 13 new U.S. Best Buy stores in the second fiscal quarter 2010, including its first store in Wyoming and second in Alaska. The new stores are set to open this summer in the......Read More

BIDMAGIC SHOWS 'MOBILE CONNECT' TO CONNECT INSTALLATION AND SERVICE TECHS

New Scheduling and Dispatch System Connects With Field Techs Using Laptops and Cell Phones Via Web. BidMagic, a provider of professional proposal software is showing Mobile Connect, a new service for project managers, installation crews and service techs. Mobile Connect......Read More

Can The Home Theater Business Re-price Itself Back Into The Hearts and Wallets of Consumers?

This recession is a bitch. The talking heads on the Sunday morning shows were shooting off this weekend about the fact that the American economy was headed into recession no matter what, but the collapse of the real estate market......Read More

CEDIA 2009 Show Report - Andrew Robinson

While not quite as jammed packed or exciting as previous years, CEDIA 2009 still proved to be the place to be for new product launches, as understated as those launches may have been. Before I get into what excited me......Read More

CEDIA 2009 Show Report - Jerry Del Colliano

For most of the past decade CEDIA has been picking up steam while the winter Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has struggled with its identity as it struggled to digest COMDEX and the computer geeks that came along with the merger.......Read More

CEDIA 2009 Show Report - Ken Taraszka, MD

CEDIA has been blowing up with new video technology over the last few years. 1080p was the big news just years ago, and while talk of 2K, 1440p and other formats have been thrown around and to some extent even......Read More

Circuit City Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy After Years of Bad Decisions and Aggressive Tactics

Today, after last week's announcement of the closing of 155 retail stores, Circuit City said they would seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in hopes of restructuring the ailing big box retail chain. This move comes amidst a technological boom in......Read More

DENON TO PROVIDE ADVANCED PRODUCTS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS AT CEDIA

Special Presentations at Denon Booth #204 Throughout the Show Denon Electronics will provide product demos and educational presentations for custom integration professionals at CEDIA. Attendees will be able to participate first-hand in Denon®'s "Boundless Opportunities" proposition in three separate booth......Read More

HDMI 1.4 - Another New Example of Planned Obsolesce Imposed On The Home Theater Market

I just read an editorial by controversial filmmaker Michael Moore last week on the Huffington Post about one of his most popular topics, General Motors. Before he got to a pretty empowering outlook for what the company could do going......Read More

Meridian Offers Summer Trade-up Promotion

Meridian Audio has announced that it is offering owners of its CD players and Surround Sound Controllers a unique opportunity to trade-up to a higher level of performance this summer. The "Excellence to Perfection Program" will run from June 15th......Read More

Radio Shack Earns New Sales With Green Trade-in Program

If you thought sex sells then wait until you see how green sells. Radio Shack is the latest player in the consumer electronics space to cash in on the opportunity to open a sales dialog with consumers by suggesting that......Read More

WITH INTRODUCTION OF HDMI MODELS, NILES PROVIDES INTEGRATORS AN EXPANDED, UP-TO-DATE ASSORTMENT OF CAT-5 BALUNS

New HDMI Baluns Provide Connectivity Solutions for Installations Requiring Signal Distribution Over Long Distances. Niles Audio Corporation has expanded its line of CAT-5 Baluns to include HDMI connectivity solutions for installations requiring extended signal runs over long distances. Available in......Read More