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The CEDIA Podcast

A 60-minute roundtable discussion on issues surrounding new and emerging tech, business practices, and other topics impacting the CEDIA channel. CEDIA stands for the Custom Electronics and Design Installation Association which primarily focuses on the installation of technology in the residential market. Integrators install systems such as smart home, automation and control, lighting, multi-room audio, video, home theater, wellness, networking, IoT as well as a host of other offerings and services. CEDIA can be found at www.cedit.net
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Now displaying: 2019
Feb 15, 2019

CEDIA's new headquarters in Indy features a cool training tool -- a reference grade "home" cinema designed by Dennis Erskine. Erskine tells us about what went into the theater, the challenges it presented, and how it'll be used to help trainees understand the concepts behind high-end projects like this one.

http://erskine-group.com/

For more on CEDIA, go to cedia.net.

Feb 9, 2019

What does AI really mean? How big is the "wellness" segment going to get? Is speaker technology ready to revolutionize built-in TV sound? How does commercial integration cross-pollinate the residential side -- and vice versa? Those questions are tackled in a lightning-quick podcast featuring nearly every member of the CEDIA Technology Council at ISE 2019.

For more on CEDIA, check out cedia.net.

Feb 8, 2019

 

Day Three from ISE includes a recap of a presentation on mass sensorization, a look at incredibly tiny (and effective) speakers, and an answer to the question: "Does light affect sound quality?"

Guests include:

Eddie Shapiro, https://smarttouchusa.com/

Michael Heiss, https://michaelheiss.com/

Rich Green, Rich Green Design

Christiaan Beukes, http://spherecustom.com/

Sam Woodward, http://www.lutron.com/europe/Pages/default.aspx

For more on CEDIA: https://cedia.net/

 

Feb 7, 2019

The panel recaps CEDIA Talks, updated cinema standards, business and tech education, and some highlights from a packed show floor at ISE 2019 in Amsterdam (including a really terrific soundbar).

Guests include:

Eddie Shapiro, https://smarttouchusa.com/

Peter Aylett, https://www.archimedia-me.com/

Sam Woodward, http://www.lutron.com/europe/Pages/default.aspx

Geoff Meads, https://www.prestoav.com/

Interested in learning more about CEDIA? https://cedia.net/

Feb 6, 2019

Day One from Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2019 at the Amsterdam RAI recaps CEDIA Talks and education on home cinema design, 5G, and the "spatial web." Guests include:

Geoff Meads, https://www.prestoav.com/

Sam Woodward, http://www.lutron.com/europe/Pages/default.aspx

Michael Heiss, https://michaelheiss.com/

And Rich Green, Rich Green Design, Inc.

For more on CEDIA: https://cedia.net/

 

 

Feb 1, 2019

Thomas Marino (Advanced Technologies) is a recent CEDIA Award winner (and soon to be judge). Geoff Meads of Presto Web Design and Joel Silver of the Imaging Science Foundation have judged the Awards for years. Here they tell you what the judges are looking for when it comes to winning a trophy (Spoiler Alert: Big budgets have nothing to do with it).

www.advancedtechnologiesbr.com

https://imagingscience.com/

https://www.prestoav.com/

cedia.net/awards

ENTRY DEADLINE FOR HOME TECH PROS: MARCH 18, 2019.

Jan 25, 2019

There’s a great CEDIA class offered at ISE this year: The Home Cinema Masterclass. As noted in the course description, “It will feature three ‘deep dive’ sessions focused on video performance, advanced audio techniques, and the cinema environment.”

The three instructors involved are video expert Joel Silver (of the Imaging Science Foundation), audio expert Anthony Grimani (Performance Media Industries), and cinema designer par excellence Theo Kalomirakis (who’s been working with Rayva of late).

Grimani and Kalomirakis join hosts Ed Wenck and Walt Zerbe to talk about the class.

Register here:

https://www.iseurope.org/cedia-education/

For more on CEDIA, check out cedia.net.

Jan 18, 2019

After a few days of review and reflection, our panel joins Ed Wenck and Walt Zerbe to review their big takeaways. Guests include Peter Aylett (Archimedia), Rich Green (Rich Green Design), Michael Heiss (M. Heiss Consulting), John Penney (20th Century Fox), and Gordon van Zuiden (cyberManor).

https://www.archimedia-me.com/

https://michaelheiss.com/

https://cybermanor.com/

For more info on CEDIA: cedia.net.

Jan 12, 2019

Retro designs, the ubiquity of voice interfaces, tele-medicine -- all that and more gets covered in this report from Friday at CES in Las Vegas. Walt Zerbe is joined by CEDIA's David Meyer, Mike Maniscalco, and Geoff Meads (Presto Web Design).

https://www.ces.tech/

https://www.prestoav.com/

For more on CEDIA, check out cedia.net.

Jan 11, 2019

Walt Zerbe and company report from Eureka Park, where the startups show their wares. Guests include Rich Green (Rich Green Design), Geoff Meads (Presto Web Design), Mike Maniscalco (one of the founders of Ihiji), and CEDIA's David Meyer.

https://www.ces.tech/

https://www.prestoav.com/

For more on CEDIA, check out cedia.net.

Jan 10, 2019

Lots of impressive stuff here: robotics, brain/machine interfaces, and the best video our panel has even seen. Our third report from CES, hosted by Walt Zerbe, includes thoughts from CEDIA's David Meyer, Peter Aylett (Archimedia), Rich Green (Rich Green Design), Kris Hogg (Samsung), and Mike Maniscalco.

https://www.ces.tech/

https://www.archimedia-me.com/

https://www.samsung.com/us/

For more on CEDIA, check out cedia.net.

Jan 9, 2019

All this week, Walt Zerbe wil be sending us daily podcasts from CES 2019 in Las Vegas. "Day One" (yesterday was "Day Zero") features reports on what Walt and company saw at the Sahara (smart-home stuff) and the Venetian (what's happened to high-end audio at CES?). Guests include CEDIA's David Meyer, Peter Aylett (Archimedia), and Geoff Meads (Presto Web Design).

https://www.ces.tech/

https://www.archimedia-me.com/

https://www.prestoav.com/

For more on CEDIA, check out cedia.net.

Jan 8, 2019

All this week, Walt Zerbe wil be sending us daily podcasts from CES 2019 in Las Vegas. Day "Zero" is all about opening keynotes and presentations, as seen by Peter Aylett (Archimedia), Rich Green (Rich Green Design), Geoff Meads (Presto Web Design) and Gordon van Zuiden (cyberManor).

https://www.ces.tech/

https://www.archimedia-me.com/

https://www.prestoav.com/

https://cybermanor.com/

For more on CEDIA, check out cedia.net.

 

Jan 4, 2019

What should one do to prepare for — and react to — the darkening economic clouds that may be on the horizon? That’s the question we posed to three guests, two integrators who made through the Great Recession (Gordon van Zuiden and Ed Gilmore), and a financial adviser by the name of Peter Dunn (aka “Pete the Planner”).

cybermanor.com/

gilmoressoundadvice.com/

petetheplanner.com/

 

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