By Colleen Lerro
Often, the first thing you think of when putting together a home theater system is the big screen TV. Next comes the audio system to get the full HD experience. While not always your first thought, the universal remote could be just as important to a great home theater set-up. In many [...]

By Laura Hubbard
Part 3 of the Green Life Smart Life Series
CEA and the consumer electronics industry love green.  In fact, CEA supports the Green Life Smart Life home to show that a home built intelligently with consumer electronic products can be green and earn a coveted LEED certification.
Link to Part 1 and Part 2 [...]

By Colleen Lerro
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As snowstorms hit the east coast beginning last weekend, Washington, D.C., saw one of the worst storms in its history. Dubbed Snowpocalypse 2, Snomagaddeon and eventually Snoverkill, the blizzard of 2010 put D.C. in second place behind only Syracuse (my hometown) and just ahead of Rochester (my college town) on the list [...]

By Laura Hubbard
Part 2 of the Green Life Smart Life Series
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As I explained in my first post, Living an Eco-friendly Lifestyle through Technology, technology is a major focus of the Green Life Smart Life (GLSL) project. Normally when you read about green building, a lot of attention is placed on the types of materials [...]

By Laura Hubbard
Part 1 of the Green Life Smart Life Series
Last week, I traveled to Narragansett, Rhode Island to the Green Life Smart Life (GLSL) home for its announcement of becoming officially rated by the U.S .Green Building Council (USGBC) as a GOLD certified LEED® for Homes Project.
CEA is proud to sponsor this project [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]