Archive for the 'Home Technologies' Category

ESPA Certification Offers A new Career Opportunity

By Kerry Moyer
In his recent speech to Congress, President Obama emphasized the need for education and the importance of expanding the reach of broadband. And what’s the best way to get broadband from the street to the house – better still, to get it around the house?  Why, using an ESPA Certified-EST®, of [...]

Monday, March 9th, 2009

The Untapped Market of Boomer Consumers

By Sarah Szabo
Three years ago, I gave my dad an MP3 player for Christmas. As a bit of background, the man used a record player until 1999 as his primary source of music, so this gift was a bit of a gamble. What if he was too set in his ways? What if he [...]

Monday, October 13th, 2008

Achieving Excellence

By Sara Horowitz
The Mark of Excellence Call for Entries is right around the corner and who better to give advice to integrators and manufacturers than one of our long time and accomplished winners, Shawn Smith of S&S Electric Co. Inc.
Shawn has been a member of CEA since 2002 and his company has been the [...]

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Electronics Made Easy

By Molly McLearn
I’ve worked for the Consumer Electronics Association for the past five years so I have a general understanding of the technologies that are available to me as a consumer. However, I would not, by any means, consider myself tech savvy. Regardless, my friends and family still see me as the electronics expert [...]

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Keeping Up with the Johnsons

By Laura N. Hubbard
You spent your hard earned cash downloading music from your favorite bands and countless hours ripping your CD collection. You love that your MP3 player is portable and the perfect companion for your morning commute but, have you ever wished that you had more options for accessing your vast digital library [...]

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Why Wait Until 2013?

By Kinsey Miller and Laura Hubbard
Laura Hubbard and I found ourselves  comparing the home described in this article to watching ‘Back to the Future Part II’ for the first time. The Digital Home of 2013 also made us think about all of the technology we hope to have installed in our 2013 home. Our [...]

Thursday, July 10th, 2008