CE Pro July 2024 - 2
July 2024 | Volume 32 | No. 6
CONTENTS
DEPARTMENTS
6 NEAT-O!
Referral from custom
builder yields mega
project.
8 INDUSTRY PULSE
CEDIA Adds Dolenc, Klein
to Executive Leadership
Daisy Welcomes Glikes
as Senior Advisor
HomeGrid Forum Names
LiFi Task Force Leader
10 WELLSCAPES
34
COVER STORY
Cashing In on Dedicated Theater Demand
34 CE Pro Home Entertainment Deep Dive finds integrators enjoyed
a 43% spike in dedicated home theater room projects to $62,500
median price year-over-year; 3.5% increase in overall category predicted
for 2024. By Arlen Schweiger
2024 Guide to Distribution
22 Stepping Up to the Plate
Custom integration distributors continue to
swing away with success at providing trending
solutions, valuable education, and business support.
By Arlen Schweiger
26 Directory of national, international and regional
distributors serving the custom integration industry
46
52
Energy Management
Market Matures & Entices
Changing technologies and more manufacturers in the
'Wild West' of electrical power management are enabling
integrators to design a range of systems - now it's up to
the channel to embrace the opportunity.
By Orrin Charm
Committing to a Commercial Push
Manufacturers are increasingly launching
commercial products to support their dealers'
'resimercial' dreams. By Zachary Comeau
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46
VIEW POINTS
FROM THE EDITOR
4 CEDIA Leadership in
Good Hands By Arlen
Schweiger
HDMI CORNER
18 More on AOC
Improvements
By DPL Labs
FIELD TEST
58 Crestron's Battery
Powered Shades & OS 4
By Robert Archer
Selling a Holistic HumanCentric
Lighting Solution
12 AUDIO+VIDEO
Destination Outdoors
Returns to CEDIA Expo
Savant, Kaleidescape Team
Up to Elevate Theaters
AURO-3D Developer to
Drive Pure Audio Platform
Q&A: Matt Byrne &
Danny Lau, DTS
16 NETWORKING+
HOME CONTROL
Matter 1.3 Update
Brilliant Reportedly
Shuttering Automation
Business ICE Cable Now
Manufacturing in U.S.
Security Corner
20 LIGHTING
Designers & Builders
Must Get Along WAC
Renames STRUT to
VENTRIX
56 CHANNEL
Amp Up Multichannel
Installs Daisy, PrepTECH
Partner on Personnel
Needs
60 PRODUCTS
64 BY THE NUMBERS
Lighting & Shade
Solutions
COVER CREDIT:
Avenue Sound, Mumbai, India
cepro.com
KATERYNA/STOCK.ADOBE.COM
SIRISAKBOAKAEW/STOCK.ADOBE.COM
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