Residential Tech Today

I was attending my company picnic in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY. It was an appropriately hot and humid mid-August day in the Northeast U.S., but I was enjoying the afternoon out of the office with my colleagues and our families. Then, just after 4

As a product and marketing executive at Harman International, Michael Heiss was responsible for many breakthrough audio and video products. On the entertainment side of the business, he was a promotion manager at NBC, was key to the development of ho

I typically steer this conversation in four areas: clean power, spike or drop, total loss, and reboot. I usually start with the reboot conversation as it is the easiest. I ask a client how many times has your ISP or cable company asked you to reboot

Interacting with your patio furniture may not seem like a crucial development in the timeline of human existence, but it’s changing lives in some surprising ways. As a connoisseur of the backyard barbecue, I consider myself an authority on outdoor e

The Home Technology Association is the first independent organization to educate and empower homeowners in their technology purchases, recognize exceptional businesses, and elevate the technology integration industry’s status and stature with a rigor

At Cloud9 Smart, one of our guiding pillars is that, “In our interaction with clients, trades, and each other, we focus on the collective goal.” Surely, the collective goal of our industry is to work together with our clients and other trades to buil

Kerry Penwell is a pioneer in the blending of architectural lighting design and AV integration professions. But unlike most AV integrators who are only now beginning to consider lighting, his career started there more than two decades ago. The owner

Choosing the right equipment for power protection and power management is the first step to cleaning up the “dirty” power that makes its way from the electrical grids into today’s homes. Following documented best practices when choosing and installin

RAYVA was launched in 2016 by home technology industry veterans George Walter, Theo Kalomirakis, and David Rodarte to provide turnkey dedicated home theater designs to the custom integration channel. The company has evolved in the past two years to a

Social media has become a nearly essential part of our everyday life. We’ve all found our eyes drifting to social notifications when we know we should be paying attention to a ball game, movie, or relative’s funeral that we’re attending. But, despite