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CE Pro Podcast
Interviews addressing the business needs of professional integrators serving the small and midsize business (SMB) market.
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CE Pro Podcast #138: Maximizing Outdoor Lighting & Audio Options to Expand Projects
Recent research shows that landscape lighting is among the most in-demand outdoor technologies by homeowners, designers and realtors, but there’s much more to…
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CE Pro Podcast #137: Why Snap One's '1,000-Mile Journey' Is Only Halfway Complete
“We are on a 1,000-mile journey, and we're only about 500 miles into it,” says John Heyman, CEO of Snap One, in reference to the ambitious plans the company…
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CE Pro Podcast #136: Providing Smarter Video Surveillance & Security with Axis
The big ISC West security tradeshow in Las Vegas is around the corner, and we have one of the leading video surveillance providers on this week’s CE Pro…
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CE Pro Podcast #135: Recapping High-Energy KBIS & IBS 2023 Events
This year for the second year in a row I visited the Design & Construction Week festivities, which includes the International Builders Show (IBS) and the…
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CE Pro Podcast #134: CES 2023 - Highs & Lows for Custom Integrators
The annual Consumer Electronics Show, better known as CES, was held a few weeks ago and it did not disappoint. The pre-audit attendance of 115,000 made it the…
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CE Pro Podcast #133: Best Podcast Interview Moments of 2022
This week on the CE Pro Podcast we’re looking back on the editors’ of CE Pro’s favorite podcast moments from 2022. Executive editor Arlen Schweiger, senior…
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CE Pro Podcast #132: Favorite Products of 2022 & Hot Trends for 2023
CE Pro senior editor Robert Archer has been covering the custom electronics industry for 20+ years and never misses a CEDIA Expo. Over the years, Bob has also…
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CE Pro Podcast #131: Expanding Aging-in-Place Possibilities for Smart Home
With a background in smart city technologies, Iveda is now eyeing smart home. The release of IvedaCare brings an AI-driven software solution powered by sensors…
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CE Pro Podcast #130: The Future of Ultra-Resolution HD 8K Video
Is 8K ready for prime time? It seems like an odd question to be asking since it feels like the industry only recently converted to 4K. But with gaming as the…
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CE Pro Podcast #129: Outdoor Audio & Lighting Grab Attention at CEDIA Expo
Outdoor technology remains red hot, and one company that’s been leading the charge for custom integrators is outdoor lighting and audio specialist Coastal…
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CE Pro Podcast #128: Uniden Boosts Integrators’ Cellphone Signal Booster Options
Cellphone signal boosters has been a growing category for integrators for several years now, largely dominated in the custom industry by a couple of companies…
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CE Pro Podcast #127: 'A Quiet Place' Sound Engineer on Visceral Importance of Sound Quality in Movies
This is a hosted panel discussion that brings to life The Cinema Connoisseur’s inaugural "Cinema Sommelier" movie review that used scenes from the hit 2018…
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CE Pro Podcast #126: How Lithe Audio Does Ceiling Speakers Differently
Have you ever wished you could install an in-ceiling loudspeaker and not worry about running wire to drive it and connect sources? Well, let us introduce you…
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CE Pro Podcast #125: Recapping an Energized CEDIA Expo 2022 in Dallas
With crowded booths and a lot of static and active product demonstrations, the Expo certainly delivered on the promise to show the latest products to…
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CE Pro Podcast #124: Our 'Video Guys' Preview CEDIA Expo 2022
CEDIA Expo 2022 is right around the corner and CE Pro’s resident “Video Guys” are not only excited to see the latest products during the annual trade event…
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CE Pro Podcast #123: Motorized Shades & Voice Control Make Powerful Combination
If you’ve done work with designers and architects, you know that they are looking for design-minded or discreet solutions for technology. Two trending…
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CE Pro Podcast #122: CE Pro All-Star Band Ready for CEDIA Expo 2022
With the summer winding down the members of the CE Pro All-Star Band are ramping their efforts up. More specifically, the guys are deep into their practice…
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CE Pro Podcast #121: Inside System 7's Lighting-Focused Boston Experience Center
As you walk past the storefronts at the Boston Design Center, the System 7 showroom doesn’t stand out too much from the other design storefronts. However, that…
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CE Pro Podcast #120: Why Enclave Audio Is Excited for Wireless Audio's Future
Wireless audio has come a long way, and one company that continues to propel the technology in exciting directions is Enclave Audio. Rob Jones, chief…
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CE Pro Podcast #119: Old Gear from 1970s Gathers Dust
When we challenged integrators to submit pictures of the oldest piece of gear on their inventory shelves for our Oldest Gear Contest, we couldn’t have expected…
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CE Pro Podcast #118: How Torus Power Safeguards & Improves AV Systems
The power conditioning and power protection category might not have the wow factor of audio video components or pizzazz of automation programming, but it could…
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CE Pro Podcast #117: Tips for Mounting TVs Over Fireplaces
Forget about those old photos of Aunt Margie or the antique clock on the mantel over the fireplace, that space has now become the prime location for the TV…
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CE Pro Podcast 116: CEDIA Advocacy Plays Vital Industry Role
As the custom installation world becomes more entrenched in areas such as lighting fixtures and power of ethernet, battlegrounds are developing between the…
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CE Pro Podcast #115: Snap One Reviews Important OvrC Updates
Since it first debuted back in 2015, Snap One’s OvrC software has become the go-to solution for integrators to remotely manage the devices they install in…
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CE Pro Podcast #114: Why Ring Is Resonating with Custom Integrator Ranks
Amazon’s Ring brand might have started out as more of a mainstream name than typical custom integration channel companies, but the security provider has been…
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CE Pro Podcast #113: Vanco Grows Commercial Business; the State of Kaleidescape
The past couple of years have been extremely busy for electronics companies in the custom integration sector. Explaining how their respective companies have…
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CE Pro Podcast #112: What It Takes to Be a CE Pro 100 Brand Leader
There are numerous reasons why custom integrators end up partnering and selling products with various vendors. Could be the pricing or margins are great, the…
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CE Pro Podcast #111: Valuable Advice from a CI Industry Veteran
You when you’ve been in the industry for decades, the institutional knowledge is solid gold. And the opportunity to have the information from those years of…
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CE Pro Podcast #110: PSB Speakers & Paul Barton Celebrate 50 Years
There aren’t many brands in consumer electronics that match the 50-year legacy of Lenbrook brand PSB Speakers. The company’s humble beginnings can be traced…
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CE Pro Podcast #109: ‘Video Guys’ Discuss New Projectors, Theater Setup Tips
Whenever Sony announces a new home video product, the custom electronics industry takes notice. Certainly, when the company intros a trio of laser-based…
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CE Pro Podcast #108: An Amazing Race to Raise Together For Cinema Funds
Talk about going the extra mile to aid a worthy cause — how about 150+ extra miles, in a span of six days? That’s what Chris Pinder accomplished this spring…
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CE Pro Podcast #107: Sell Security, Curb Appeal & Entertainment with Outdoor Lighting & Audio
Lighting fixtures and lighting control can be used in a variety of ways, and savvy CE Pros can discuss benefits such as comfort, safety and security…
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CE Pro Podcast #106: Introducing the CEPro-iQ Searchable Database
Wouldn’t it be great if there was a single web portal where a custom integrator can do direct product comparisons when creating a project product list instead…
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CE Pro Podcast #105: The 'Audio Guys' Offer Whole-House & Outdoor Audio Tips
Paul Bochner, owner and president of Electronics Concepts in Rochelle Park, N.J., Steve Silberman, business development, audio for Savant, and Alex Camara, CEO…
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CE Pro Podcast #104: CE Pro 100 Dealer Dishes on Keys to Success, Supply Chain Woes
This is an especially challenging time to be running a custom installation business, but somehow Joseph Akhtarzad, president of Just One Touch/Video & Audio…
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CE Pro Podcast 103: How Crestron Home Ecosystem Continues to Expand
Crestron’s Michael Short talks in-depth on why Crestron Home added fully tunable LED light fixtures, battery-powered motorized shades, multizone streaming…
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CE Pro Podcast #102: How to Discuss Health Benefits of Human-Centric Light
Studies are delving into the health benefits of light, but there are also potential unhealthy elements from lighting and other electrical devices that…
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CE Pro Podcast #101: Snap One Elaborates on Spring Product Releases
Jacob Whipple, product marketing manager, Snap One, discusses updates to the Control4 3.3.0 OS for whole-house controls, Triad’s new PDX architectural…
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CE Pro Podcast 100: Integrators Forge Unique Joint Venture to Expand Geographically
A look at how the Premiere SAV joint venture deal came about and how the Jackson Hole, Wyo., branch will be structured and operated.
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CE Pro Podcast #99: SureCall Answers Call on Shift to 5G
Eric Mercil, director of sales at cell signal booster provider SureCall, helps to outline potential 5G impact on integrators, detail types of 5G, highlight…
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DoorBird Brings Style & Substance to Video Door Stations
Justin Clark of IP access control specialist DoorBird discusses how its highly customizable products cater to integrators and trade partners; new fingerprint…
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CE Pro Podcast #97: Pro Audio Technology, Theory Audio Design Poised for Big Year
Paul Hales, owner, Pro Audio Technology and Theory Audio Design, is excited about dealers’ projects reflecting customers’ growing demand for audiophile…
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CE Pro Podcast #96: Finding and Hiring Newbie Technicians Without ‘Poaching’
Led by industry veterans Paul Starkey, Helen Heneveld and Mark Weisenberg, PrepTech identifies and trains new technicians for integrators.
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CE Pro Podcast #95: Our ‘Video Guys’ Examine the 2022 Display Market
Joel Silver of ISF, Murideo’s Jason Dustal and Value Electronics’ Robert Zohn discuss mini- LED, MicroLED and OLED; CES 2022; and standards for video system…
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CE Pro Podcast #94: Adding Lighting Fixtures While Avoiding Channel Conflict
Integrators are not necessarily creating channel conflict with electricians by supplying high-end line-voltage lighting fixtures on projects.
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CE Pro Podcast #93: Innovations & Trends from KBIS 2022
The annual Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) was staged with the co-located Builders’ Show in Orlando, and our editorial roundtable recaps tech, design…
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CE Pro Podcast #92: Audio Sales Forecast to Remain Strong in 2022
Interest in home entertainment technologies remains high, but supply chain and chip shortage issues still dog the custom install industry. CE Pro’s “Audio…
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CE Pro Podcast #91: Tapping into RoseWater Energy’s Industrial-Grade Power Protection
RoseWater Energy Group CEO Joe Piccirilli on how the SB20 all-in-one solution can set dealers apart, addressing power quality, energy storage, protection and…
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CE Pro Podcast #89: Why Logic Integration Earned Smart Home & Commercial Integrator of the Year
Shawn Hansson, CEO & founder of Lone Tree, Colo.-based Logic Integration shares keys to success in resi/commercial, garnering recent CTA & Commercial…
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CE Pro Podcast #88: Best of CES 2022 for Custom Integration
Samsung, Hisense, TCL, Z-Wave, Moen, SureCall and others came to Las Vegas for CES 2022 and did not disappoint for integrators.
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CE Pro Podcast #87: Our 'Audio Guys' Talk Immersive Audio & Best of 2021
Electronic Concepts’ Paul Bochner, Savant’s Steve Silberman and AudioControl’s Alex Camara discuss the growth of immersive music and their favorite products…
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CE Pro Podcast #86: Our ‘Video Guys’ Pick Their Best of 2021
CE Pro’s expert video panel of Value Electronics’ Robert Zohn, ISF’s Joel Silver and Murideo’s Jason Dustal cover trends, favorite products and compelling…
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CE Pro Podcast #85: Inside the Nationwide/Azione Merger
Tom Hickman of Nationwide Marketing Group and Richard Glikes offer further insight into the recent merger of the two buying groups.
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CE Pro Podcast #84: Total Tech Summit Tackles Smarter Business Practices, Emerging Opportunities
Attendees & vendor sponsors of Total Tech Summit tracks of CE, CI and SSI Summits enjoy return of the in-person elite event, best practices sharing, networking…
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CE Pro Podcast #83: Coastal Source Rep Event Highlights Value in Local Trainings
Mid-Atlantic manufacturer’s rep NuTech Group guides integrator Bethesda Systems into outdoor lighting & audio via unique Coastal Source training, underscoring…
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CE Pro Podcast #82: Amping Up Audio with Clean Power & Enhanced Cabling
Tributaries & Clarus Cable president Joe Perfito and renowned cable & power designer Jay Victor address why upgrading those areas can greatly impact audiophile…
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CE Pro Podcast #81: SurgeX Powers Up Installs for Better Protection, Remote Monitoring & More
Jimmy Paschke & Vince Luciani of SurgeX discuss how to optimize power systems, implement UPS backup, remotely diagnose and troubleshoot; Squid & other products…
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CE Pro Podcast #80: NAD’s New Compact, Upgradeable Models Make Audio Amplification Easy
Modular Design Construction (MDC) with streaming, Dirac highlight versatile NAD Electronics latest C 399 Hybrid Digital Amplifier & C 700 BluOS Streaming…
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CE Pro Podcast #79: Display Kings from Value Electronics’ TVs & UST Projection Shootout
Joel Silver, Jason Dustal and Robert Zohn enthusiastically embrace the home video market and the impact of HDMI 2.1.