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Crestron celebrates residential successes
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NAD LAUNCHES TWO HOME CINEMA AV RECEIVERS
Joining what it describes as its strongest home cinema line-up ever, NAD has released the T787 and T777 AV receivers for the custom install and high- end consumer markets.
CEDIA LAUNCHES FUTURE OF HOME TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
L-R: Robin van Meeuwen, Geoff Lewis from Audio Vision, and Paddy Baker
Crestron has announced the winners of its 2012 Residential Awards. Now in its fifth year, the event was held at the company’s European HQ in Cobham, giving attendees chance to visit the new Experience Centre before the awards ceremony. This year saw a record 59 entries across eight categories with winners chosen by a panel made up of Robin van Meeuwen, Crestron UK managing director, Petra van Meeuwen, Crestron marketing manager, Tanya Houston of Wildwood PR and Installation’s own Paddy Baker. “The standard of entries for 2012 was incredibly high,” said Robin van Meeuwen. “We have seen a great selection of projects since we started our Residential Awards five
years ago, but this year we were truly amazed with the entries and how unique some of the projects are. We continue with this awards scheme each year to recognise the achievements of our integrators, as they play a vital part in our success. My thanks go out to everyone who took the time to enter the awards.” Winners included T&T Automation (Europe) for Georgian Mansion, which was awarded the Best Integrated Home System trophy – a category that provoked a lot of discussion among the judging panel. Also of particular note was the Best Marine Project, which was won by AV Synergy for DB9 – a 50m super yacht that incorporates source devices
in 15 areas, six satellite boxes, five Kaleidescape players, four audio streams, two FM tuners, ships passageway PC and CCTV. Darryn Jacobs of AV
Synergy said: “Winning Best Marine Project for the second year running is an enormous achievement for AV Synergy and when we consider that our company is by far smaller than many of the competition, we take great pride in receiving this award.” Other winning companies included Audio Vision, Smartcomm, ClearSphere, Custom Controls and C3 Custom Code Crafters. Details of all winning projects were featured in the Crestron Awards supplement included with Installation’s July issue.
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CEDIA invites residential survey responses UNITED KINGDOM
market in key territories. As part of this programme,
As Installation Residential reported recently, custom installation membership body CEDIA has appointed international market research company Parks Associates to conduct a significant industry research project into the residential custom installation
UK residential integrators, installers and dealers – whether CEDIA members or not – are invited to go to
http://tinyurl.com/cediasurv and complete an online research form. This will only take around 25 minutes to complete and the results will be collated and used to help assess the size and scope of the sector, highlighting potential areas of growth and opportunities for all in the industry. Respondents’ privacy will
be respected – individual responses will be collated and only released in
www.installation-international.com
combination with others. The closing date for this
project will be 7 September, and results will be made available in October 2012. “This is the first time a research project has taken place on this scale and the results we gain will add value to businesses and help to shape their own growth going forward,” commented Matt Nimmons, CEDIA Region 1 operations director. All who respond to the
survey will receive a £55 CEDIA education voucher, and will be entered into a prize draw to win one of three VIP trips to ISE 2013.
www.cedia.co.uk
CEDIA has announced that a high-level conference entitled The Future of Home Technology will take place at the Inmarsat Conference Centre in London on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 October 2012.
MERIDIAN RAISES INTERNATIONAL PROFILE WITH NEW KVB-DESIGNED SHOWROOM Residential audio manufacturer Meridian
Audio has expanded its international presence with the opening of a new showroom in Alderley Edge, Manchester, UK.
LG AND LEGENDARY UNITE FOR EXCLUSIVE 3D EXPERIENCE LG HD 3D TVs, mobile phones with 3D and True HD displays were recently used to deliver unseen film content from Legendary Entertainment at the San Diego Comic-Con show.
TAKE THAT-SIGNED RUARK AUDIO SYSTEM IN NORDOFF ROBBINS CHARITY AUCTION A Ruark Audio R4i music system, signed by all five members of Take That – Gary Barlow, Robbie Williams, Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Howard Donald – has been auctioned for UK music charity Nordoff Robbins at its Silver Clef Awards.
To read these stories and the rest of our residential coverage, go to
www.installation-international.com/residential
Habitech launches Pro brand UNITED KINGDOM
Trade distributor Habitech has extended its reach into the pro AV market with the launch of new digital connectivity products and a new brand – HabitechPro. The company has served the UK residential custom install market for the past six years. It is now embracing a wider market with a portfolio that majors on digital connectivity, including the introduction of HDBaseT products capable of transporting and switching HDMI over a single Cat6 cable across distances up to 100m. Other offerings from Habitech being targeted at the commercial market include low-voltage cable, iPad mounting solutions and 100V line speakers.
The company’s entry into the commercial market is
being spearheaded by Daryl Brennan who has been brought in as business development manager at HabitechPro. Brennan has held key senior UK positions in system integration and AV distribution. “Our expansion into pro
AV, unified communications and commercial channels is a natural progression for Habitech,” said Jonathan Pengilley, managing director at Habitech. “We pride ourselves on offering best- in-class technical support and having the right people on board who are passionate about what they’re doing. I’ve worked with Daryl before and he brings a wealth of experience and
understanding to help us enter this market.”
www.habitech.co.uk
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