In-line with an expanded presence in the UK for brands under the Nortek Security and Control umbrella, Alltrade has announced the addition of ELAN, Furman and ...
Brand represented by UK CI distributor AWE, return to ISE 2019 with a whole host of solutions for home integration. From projectors by Sony and Epson, innovati...
Occupying its usual Stand
2C20, Crestron has a big ISE
planned with solution for the home and commercial worlds covered.
Crestron will showcase its latest ...
Invisible speakers are no longer an audio compromise in search of aesthetic approval, claims the maker, and with growing justification.
The LRx85 is the lat...
Available in the UK from Aldous Systems, the SnapAV family will be at ISE on stand 5X52 showing a range of its latest creations.
From the Luma brand, the ne...
HARMAN’s Mark Levinson has announced a firmware update for its № 519 Audio Player, presented as a versatile ultra-high-end source component designed to accommo...
Home automation platform Savant has announced the addition of high-resolution video tiling to its IP Video product line.
IP Video Tiling is now built into ...
Its CES time again folks, which in the main means giant corps boasting about their new creations, a bit of more studied AV and increasingly some home automatio...
Crestron says this new user interface integrates (UI) merges natively with Crestron Pyng OS 2 and delivers performance never seen before in a handheld remote.
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Integra integrates MQA capability, while Onkyo and Pioneer further expand MQA choices for custom install sector.
MQA, the pioneering technology delivering m...
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