Control4 is having a busy CEDIA show as expected and most significant is the confirmation of its expected tie up with KNX. Availability immediately is a new C...
This compact sound-bar packs a decent audio punch and
provides some useful options for installers.
Sonos says it has created this product to deliver a solu...
All the up-dates are expected to be available before the end of this year after being announced at IFA 2018.
In conjunction with German designer and creati...
UK distributor
Habitech and U.S cinema design service provider CinemaTech are joining forces
to offer installers a complete design, specification and presentat...
Available from February of 2019, this announcement also includes a deal
to work with Sonance to create a range of integrated architectural speakers to
compleme...
Savant is showcasing an expanded entertainment offering for integrators with new options for IP Music Servers and in-wall invisible speakers, while offering ac...
Immersive audio hardware brand StormAudio has announced that its first 20-channel preamp / processor, the ISP 3D.20 ELITE is now shipping. The unit joins the b...
The new projectors all come with evolved 4K Motionflow enabling smoother and clear motion by adding extra frames to reduce blur and maintain brightness, e...
Anticipation has been building recently as news spread that JVC would launch a new line of its popular home cinema projectors at the IFA event in Berlin.
De...
20 years after the original Signature line-up was first introduced, The Chord Company has launched new and improved versions of two of its most popular digital...
Daniel J Sait is a seasoned media leader and journalist who shapes the editorial vision of Essential Install as its Editor‑in‑Chief and serves as European Editorial Director at All Things Media News, the specialist publisher behind Essential Install, Electrical Contracting News and Data Centre and Networking News. In these roles, he combines deep editorial insight with a strategic understanding of the smart home, luxury AV and home cinema sectors, guiding coverage that informs, inspires and connects professional installers and integrators across the UK and Europe.
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