46 Years of Innovation at CES:

46 Years of Innovation at CES

By Crystal Watts

CES is upon us once again! Yep, the world-renowned tech trade show that happens each year in Sin City, Las Vegas. Every January, the "who's who" in consumer electronics venture out to show off their latest-and-greatest gadgets and technology advancements.

Project Spotlight: The Evolution Revolution

By Crystal Watts

Exercise and music go hand-in-hand - it's just natural to want to enjoy high-impact tunes to help get the blood flowing. Because many fitness centers and training facilities are extremely large, they often have multiple audio systems set up in the differe

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Home Automation and New Year's Resolutions

By David Baker

A brand new year starts tonight at midnight, and lots of us are thinking about how we need to change our lives, our bodies, our habits and our homes. Traditionally, the time around New Year's Day has been a time for reflection and for making resolutions a

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Holiday Traditions

By Tyler Reed

During this holiday season we would like to share with you a few traditions that members of our Marketing department enjoy most during this time of year.

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Guest Post: More Women Seeking Home Technology Solutions Than Ever Before

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Today we are bringing back one of our excellent guest bloggers, Harry Saini, owner of Digital Smart Homes, to address an exciting trend in home technology:

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Mexico City Marvel

By Crystal Watts

One major misconception in home automation is that, because you are bringing more electronic devices into your home, that it will quickly become a breeding ground for more boxes, wires and the like. But luckily, this is not the case. Home automation simpl

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Top Tech Gifts For Christmas 2012

By Tyler Reed

Whether you're looking for the perfect gift for that tech savvy individual in your life or you're just looking to treat yourself this Christmas, here are the top five cool and unique tech gifts we've come across.

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Need a Little Summer This Winter?

By Shanan Carney

As we're nearing Winter solstice, I am blown away that somehow the summer came to a close without me sharing the details of a very special visit I made to a girls' summer camp in Pennsylvania this past July. I must be jonesing for some sunshine.

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Automation in a Winter Wonderland

By David Baker

Last week I decided it was time to put up my lights for the holiday season. (To be honest, my wife actually did the deciding. She decided and I executed. That's the way it works at our house.) Since my home seems to get smarter and smarter with each passi

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Don't Just Make It Pink! A Woman's Perspective On The AV Industry

By Crystal Watts

As a woman working in the tech-industry, I found this article, It's Complicated: Understanding a Woman's Relationship with A/V Gear by Adrienne Maxwell in Home Theater Review, to be both incredibly enlightening and equally entertaining. Whether you are a

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Sony Announces The First Delivery Mechanism For 4K Ultra HD Content

By Tyler Reed

Some of you might recall that I wrote a blog post a couple of months ago about 4K Ultra HD televisions. Other than the cost of entry ($25k!), the main barrier to 4K Ultra HD technology adoption is the content delivery (or lack thereof). Movie studios have

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Mobile Computing Drives Thanksgiving Weekend Retail

By David Baker

It was a record-setting weekend. In addition to a record box-office bonanza for Hollywood (led by Twilight, Skyfall and Lincoln), many have hailed this past Thanksgiving weekend as a welcome relief for worried retailers. According to the National Retail F

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Conferencing ... in Style.

By Crystal Watts

Looking back to when I first started my journey in the working world, the conference rooms I remember were nothing more than glorified cubicles. Thin walls, a pull down screen, a long table and a door. Quite simply, boring. Nowadays, businesses are taking

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How The Smart Kitchen Can Enhance Your Thanksgiving

By Crystal Watts

We hope everyone in the US has a happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Please take the time to read this article that was recently featured in our Home Smart Home magazine. This article explains how a smart kitchen can greatly enhance your Thanksgi

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Puttin' on the Ritz

By Crystal Watts

The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Chicago, Magnificent Mile is one of the latest additions to the Ritz-Carlton suite of luxury residential homes. What sets this one apart? Each of the units comes with a Control4 touch screen equipped with the Integrisys Inteli

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DHCP vs. Static IP—Which Is Better?

By David Baker

People often talk about the home controller being the "brains" of a smart home installation. Extending that metaphor a little further, you might consider your home network as the "nervous system" of your home automation setup. Your home network allows all

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Selecting The Right Screen For Your Home Theater

By Tyler Reed

Often times, when considering a theater room in a home, there is one important piece of equipment that gets ignored and yet directly impacts the experience: The Screen. A lot of money is spent on the projector, the receiver, the speakers, the media player

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Control4 Gives Back: Bean All That You Can Bean

By Lauren Hemingway

Today's post is from Lauren Hemingway, our Lead Graphic Designer, and is about Control4 giving back. Enjoy!

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Mom = Sherpa

By Lisa Harmer

One thing nobody tells you before you become a parent is how many bags are involved. As a busy, working woman, I have to be prepared for anything and my life has to be fairly portable --so I already had an oversized purse, a computer bag and a gym bag. Ne

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Home Automation Technology - Speaking Geek

By Tyler Reed

In the world of automation, we like to say that the purpose of automation is to get all of your devices "talking" to each other. What a novel idea! On the surface that's exactly what happens. However, the technology that allows this magic to happen is obv

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Halloween Edition - How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse: Control4 Style

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We all know it's inevitable, and only a matter of time..No not for another Frankenstorm or a Republican in office again, but the Zombie Apocalypse. Assuming there isn't a massive outbreak of the T Virus, and our Zombies resemble that of Shaun of the Dead,

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Home Is The Way I Like It

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Today's blog post is courtesy of Christi Nelson, Sr. Manager, Global Marketing & Events at Control4:

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