CEDIA announced its acquisition of The Cinema Designer in a move that will offer members preferential access to the acquired company’s home theater design software.

There is never a bad time to start thinking about goals — as you look to 2016 and the goals for your company, your staff and yourself, think about the training necessary to make yourself competitive in the market.

$30,000 is a good chunk of money. Just to put it in perspective, with $30,000 you could buy a fully-loaded Ford Focus. And you could be leaving that money on the table because you don’t know the first thing about installing a home theater. Data from the 2014 CEDIA “Size and Scope of the Residential Electronic Systems Market” report revealed that the average home theater/media room project had revenues of $31,500 — and that is just for one project. 

 The last few months have seen some exciting developments in the field of surround sound audio. A new surround-sound format has emerged which is object-based rather than channel-based, and it can support up to 34 speakers. 

In the ensuing silence, you may miss an opportunity to be the customer’s go-to home technology professional and fail to earn some potential revenue. Therefore, it may be time to catch up on those other residential topics that sometimes elude home systems professionals.