Respected US AV processing brand, available to custom integrators in the UK from Karma-AV, has widened its offering to AV the home cinema market with new proces...
Distributor Invision has added another event to this calendar for 2018 with a Smart Home Security Showcase planned for July 10 in Milton Keynes.
Invision say...
AV Comm was commissioned to install a dedicated home cinema within a Victorian townhouse, as part of the city centre Renaissance Development in Glasgow.
Inte...
Essential Products, founded by Android co-founder Andy Rubin, has partnered with MQA to deliver MQA studio quality sound to the Essential Phone.
This boost t...
At this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) the company announced that Dolby Atmos compatibility will be added to the Apple TV 4K system when the tvOS...
NAD Electronics has announced its new C 538, a performance CD player that the maker says is engineered for musicality, simplicity and value.
Surprising that ...
Up-dates include an enhanced user interface making access to music easier and new personalisation capabilities enabling integrators to deliver a fine-tuned expe...
Yamaha has announced compatibility for its MusicCast platform with Amazon’s Alexa voice activation service.
Over 40 MusicCast products are included in the ro...
Fancy a bit of high-quality two-channel to offer your customers? one option are these adorable, but powerful additions to the US Wilson Audio brand. The company...
Install company Majik House has pledged to auction a £12k Cinema package for The Cumbria Community Foundation.
2018 marks the 20th anniversary of Majik House, ...
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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