Discover all the goodies at CEDIA 2016. CE Pro's Julie Jacobson presents home automation, 4K projectors, motorized window coverings, all the new productivity software, interesting new companies, home security, recurring revenue (RMR) opportunities and more.

1. The Ultimate Show Preview
Julie Jacobson
founding editor

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Showfloor overview
CEDIA
Demo Rooms
Newbies
‘Inovation Alley’ CE Pro
CE Pro BEST Awards
Thursday, 5 p.m.
Beer, wine, friends
Drones
CEDIA
BIG
Lounge

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High-Performance Audio - Omni
• Paradigm
• Riva
• Barco + Alcons
• Polk Audio
• Definitive Technology
• Barco Resi AV
• Steinway Lyngdorf

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UI

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Voice Control – Amazon Alexa
• CEDIA Keynote: Creating Voice-First Experiences for the
Smart Home
• Charlie Kindel, GM, Smart Home — Amazon Alexa
• Friday, September 16, 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m., Forks Ballroom
• Will have some new partners during keynote
• Multiple companies already integrate through Skills
• Clare, Simple Control, Lutron, others through IFTTT
• NEW! ICRealtime’s ALLie 360 cams integrate with Echo
• “Did I have any events?” (“Yes you did. They were ____”)
• “Display my recordings in my bedroom” (displays on TV)
• “Do a search query, Monday 3:55 PM, living room camera”

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More Voice
• Josh.ai
• Newcomer
• Integrates with Meridian
(Sooloos), Crestron, Lutron,
Sonos, Nest, Amazon Echo
• Voice remotes
• Samsung
• Dish
• Savant
• Comcast/Xfinity

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Physical UIs
Meljac – industrial-style
relay switchesTeenage Engineering, Ortho Remote Bluetooth HID compatible
Fibaro – Z-Wave Button Logitech – POP (at ADI booth?)

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UIs
Basalte – Interfaces for Crestron & Lutron
Touch-sensitive Sentido
NEW! Deseo HVAC Control
Vitrea, vTouch Pro – integrates with
Control4, RTI, Crestron, Somfy and
more via its IP, RS-232, RS-485
iPort Surfacemount with IP Buttons –
integrates with Control4, RTI, Pro
Control, Savant, Crestron, Simple Control

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Sevenhugs Smart Remote
• “World’s first contextual remote”
• Starts with 3 connected sockets, which detect
position of controllable devices by triangulating
signals.
• To configure, put remote next to device to be
controlled.
• To control, point to the device to be controlled.
• Software knows which device it is and how it should
be controlled, so appropriate UI appears.
• Current support: Philips Hue, Sonos, Nest
• Open platform

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Barcodes, QR Codes
• Elk Products
• With Connected Technologies ScanPass
• Print barcode, stick to door location
• Aim smart-phone camera
• UI for access control pops up, no
application to download
• Wyrestorm Enado
• Enado v4 Home-Control Software
• Dealer prints barcode for scene,
device, anything
• Aim smart-phone camera
• UI pops with relevant instructions

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Doorbell
Cameras

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The Big Doorbell Cam Round-Up
• DIY
• August
• Fibaro
• Nortek
• RemoBell
• Ring
• Infrared Resources
• Hybrid
• Skybell
• Doorbird
• Pro-Worthy
• 2N USA
• Aiphone
• Channel Vision
• Comelit
• Holovision
• Intrasonic
• Siedle
• Lilin

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Doorbell highlights
• Skybell
• Integration friendly
• Ring
• Integrates with Control4 (soon)
• August
• Doorbell with companion doorlock and keypad
• August Access
• Fibaro
• $560 over-the-top
• Doorbird
• Most integration-friendly
• Nortek
• Works with Alarm.com

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Doorbell Cams
• Channel Vision
• NEW! SI-8000
• U-COM app
• SIP
• NEW! Infrared Resources
• Only thing plastic is the bezel
• Everything else, cast metal
• Wired, Wireless IP
• Door chime with 16 different ring tones
• $245, ships December

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Lilin
• NEW! PC0522 Video Door Station
• $749 retail
• Ships Sept. 2016
• Integrates with home automation
• LILINViewer standalone app
• SIP
• PoE
• 1/ 2.7” image sensor, 2MP 1080P
resolution
• Image distortion correction
• PR detection and light sensor – can be
programmed into home automation
• ONVIF standard – works with compliant
NVRs

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Holovision, Doorbird
• DoorBird camera / intercom module is included
• Cloud recording
• Built-in IR LEDs with light sensor
• Built-in motion detector
• Relay for remote control of door/gate from app
• Tamper switch output
• Aux bell contact for automation system or camera / DVR
Keypad options
Serial ASCII output
Stand-alone 12 Button
26 Bit Wiegand output

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Evaluating doorbell cams
• Camera specs: Resolution, field of view, night-vision or low-light
• ONVIF support: Can the camera integrate natively with industry-standard ONVIF
camera management systems and NVRs?
• SIP (Session initiated Protocol) support - communications standard for IP-
enabled telecommunications
• Audio quality
• Device aesthetics – Does it fit on the door frame or allotted space? Does it look
good?
• Power – Existing doorbell two wires, battery operation, PoE, transformer
• Onboard relays – For door strikes
• Integration – Partners, APIs and mechanisms (local integration, cloud integration)
• Communications – Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Z-Wave, ZigBee, Cellular
• A/V optimization - transport protocols and codecs optimized for hardwired, Wi-Fi
and mobile (cellular)
• Live, on-demand video

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Home Automation

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NEW! Sonos Integration
• Amazon Echo
• Spotify Connect
• Control4, Crestron
• Deutsche Telekom, Qivicon
• NEW! Lutron Pico for Audio (hub required)
• NEW! iPort xPress Audio Keypad (no hub required)
• “No intention” to strand unsanctioned
implementations

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Clare Controls
• NEW! MyClareHome
• Consumers buy gear, dealer gets credit
• Tech support for end user
• Dealer sales and marketing tools
• Analytics coming
• It takes an ecosystem
• Simple install and config
• Rich cloud platform
• E-commerce engine
• Tech support team
• Dealer compensation program

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Simple Control
• Remote management
app is live
• Manage customer sites
remotely
• New integration with
Bose SoundTouch
• Launched hardware last
year

23. • NEW! eSeries
• Multiroom audio over IP
• Proprietary eAudioCast tech
• Modular, expandable
• Hi-res audio
• Integrates w/ home automation
• The System
• MMS-1e - Autonomic player, single stream ($995)
• Add M-120e – 30 watts per zone, 2 streams to 4 zones ($995)
• NEW! Native Crestron
• 100% replacement for Crestron NSP-1 Network Stream Player –
native integration, just drop it in
• Also …
• Mirage Audio Works with Lutron Keypads
• Autonomic supports all the popular music services
• Mirage software built into Savant 8.0 home automation

25. Autonomic
Booth 4737

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More Home automation
• URC
• MX HomePro (like HomeSet)
• Entry-level remote control + automation
• $300 remote, $300 hub, $250 Z-Wave
• RTI
• KX10 touchscreen shipping
• Apex platform demonstrated
• Z-Wave integration
• Pro Control
• TiO
• Software update 4.0.0 – remote access
• TouchLite4 – load-agnostic lighting keypad
• Harmony Pro – at ADI booth
• Crestron
• On Controls / iRule – not there, but no shaming
• Preoccupied with commercial

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More Home Automation
• Savant
• Integrates with Sonos
• Consumer and Pro remotes
• New 8.0 hub has Autonomic media management technology inside
• NEW! Savant Pro Audio 4 – wired, streaming multiroom audio
• NEW! Incorporate Sonos playlists into automation scenes.
• Control4
• NEW! Sonos integration
• NEW! IFTTT 2-way integration via Chowmain
• Echo integration?
• Something really big with Pakedge?
• Wyrestorm Enado, v4
• Enado QR code generator – assign QR codes to scenes, devices,
whatever
• Integrates with IFTTT, Sonos (not officially), Nest, Lutron, Autonomics,
Xfinity, Bose, Heos, Nuvo, August, Scout, Hue …

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More automation
• WisQo
• “WisQo has acquired quite a number
of patents. ”
• Dakota Alert
• MURS platform – battery-operated
wireless PIR and receivers can go miles
• Aprilaire
• 8840 Wi-Fi Climate Controller
• Complete HVAC & IAQ
• Most comprehensive integrations

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More Automation
• Lutron – New Integrations
• Sonos
• Autonomic
• Josh.ai
• Echo
• IFTTT
• iDevices
• Go-to exhibitor for Apple HomeKit
• Somfy
• NEW! Open API for motorized shade control
• Somfy Synergy API to form the foundation of new Somfy drivers for
Control4, Crestron and Savant
• Vantage, QMotion
• Later in the presentation

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Networking

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Networking
• Eero
• “Wi-Fi mesh networking”
• DIY, but looking to channel
• Distributed through Access
Networks and Catalyst AV
• Luma
• “The answer to Eero”
• Ubiquiti - Amplifi
• “The answer to Eero and Luma”
• Luxul
• “The answer to Eero and Luma”
• Securifi
• “The answer to Eero and Luma”

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Securifi – NEW! Almond 3
Wi-Fi Router + Access Points + Smart Home
• Works with Amazon Echo, Nest, Hue, Yale, GE, dozens more via …
• Wi-Fi/IP, ZigBee, Z-Wave (with dongle); BLE in next generation
• Preorder: 1 for $119; 3 for $299

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Luxul
• New! XWR-3100 Empowered Gigabit router/controller
• 802.11ac with beamforming
• Up to 2 APs, simple enrollment
• Seamless roaming
• Exclusive Roam Assist previously found only in XWC-1000 wireless
controller
• Aggressive pricing
• Platform for 3d-party apps
• Router Limits (parental controls) New!
• Domotz Pro New!
• Ihiji
• New! XWR-1200
• Little brother, “answer to Eero”
• New! XWO-BKT1 Dual-Band Outdoor Wireless Bridge Kit
• Connect remote site with main network, no trenching
• E-commerce partners
• Control4, URC, maybe one more announced
• So … agnostic even though acquired by Legrand

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SnapAV
• OvrC Pro
• Advanced networking, device discovery, remote
monitoring … service platform
• Hardware component
• End-user app
• RMR – dealer tools for getting customers to subscribe

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Access Networks
• New! Live Monitoring Service
• Powered by Cenersys
• Releasing Q1 2017
• “Central Station of Home
Networks”
• 24/7 active monitoring and
emergency response
• RMR Opportunities
• Now complete end-to-end
solution
• System design
• Service and support
• New enterprise-grade remote
monitoring with alerts

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More Networking
• Arris
• Settop box provider promoting networking solutions to the channel?
• Engenius
• Netgear
• Btw, Arlo now works with SmartThings
• Niveo Professional
• Pakedge
• Big product launch under Control4
• Ruckus
• SnapAV – Araknis Networks
• Titan Networx
• TrendNet

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IP Device Discovery
• Krika
• NEW! WHEOSE – SOS service for dealers
• Find other dealers installing the exact same products, down to
the firmware
• Domotz
• Domotz Pro
• Fing SDK - incorporate IP device discovery and database into
third-party applications
• NEW! Powers tech-support for Best Buy’s Magnolia
• Digital Butler
• Melds IP device discovery and remote networking monitoring
with tech-support and business tools
• Ihiji
• NEW! Over 250 integration partners
• Ihiji goes deep with partners, monitoring devices attached to
partner products, e.g., ZigBee nodes on a Control4 system.
• ServiceManager helps dealers monetize service and support
• Eero
• Luma
• SnapAV

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Z-Wave

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Z-Wave
• Aeon Labs
• Nortek Security & Control
• Kwikset
• MCOHome
• NEW! Goap
• SecureNet Technologies
• Nexia
• Neeo
• Fibaro
• NEW! Elexa – Dome
• Zipato – (also at Worthington booth)
Neeo

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Zipato (Z-Wave & Worthington Booth)
• NEW! ZipaTile touchscreen controller
• Temperature sensor
• Alarm siren
• 6 scene buttons
• Back-up battery
• Gesture (touch) controls
• Microphone
• Motion sensor
• Humidity sensor
• Speaker
• IP camera
• Shock sensor
• Noise sensor
• Dual dry contact
• Dry input
• Light sensor
• Video

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Z-Wave
• NEW! Opens up protocol
• NEW! Certified Installer Tookit with Z-Wave Sniffer
• Monitors health of the network
• Discovers Z-Wave nodes, which can be identified with a
query

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Security

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Security - Slim pickin’s
• ADI (Distributor)
• Nortek
• 2Gig, complete security with automation
• Napco
• iBridge, complete security with automation
• Elk
• Complete security with automation
• C1M1 gateway – interactive security, no monthly fees
• Interlogix
• Complete security with automation
• Optex (sensors)
• Monitoring
• API Monitoring
• SentryNet
• Securenet
• SHaaS (smart home as a service)
• Works with 2Gig, Resolution Products
• NEW! Worldwide Interactive Alarm
• MivaTek/Home8 DIY Security/Home Automation w/ SHaaS
• Launching dealer program at CEDIA
Elk C1M1
Worldwide Interactive Alarm

44. • iBridge
• SHaaS (smart home as a service)
• Z-Wave bridge hardware
• StarLink Connect
• IP and/or cellular reporting
• Universal up/downloading
• Full virtual keypad app
• Z-Wave
• Wi-Fi optional
• Keypad bus communications
• Works with DSC, Napco, Honeywell

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4K Projectors

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4K Projectors
• Sony
• Owns SXRD (LCoS) technology
• Brought native 4K from cinema to home
• Has dominated home-theater market
• Texas Instruments
• Has native 4K DLP chipset for large venues
• Ignored home theater market in the past
• New! 4K UHD chipset suitable for home
theaters
DLP Cinema 4K
1.3-inch array (diag)
DLP 4K Ultra HD
0.67-inch array
Texas Instruments
Sony VPL-VW665ES native
4K UHD projector, $15,000

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Announced TI Partners

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New 4K Projectors @ CEDIA
• Digital Projection
• NEW! E-Vision, ~$20,000
• 1-chip, TI
• NEW! Highlite Laser 4K, ~$45,000
• 3-chip, TI
• Sim2
• NEW! NERO 4, $30,000
• 1-chip, TI
• JVC
• NEW! BluEscent DLA-Z1, ~40,000
• Proprietary 4K technology
• “Best 4K HDR Image”
• Barco
• NEW! Loki, $60,000
• Dual-laser light engine
• Proprietary 4K

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Epson – 4k
• Proprietary 4Ke (Enhanced) 3LCD
projectors with HDR
• $2,700 - $4,000
• Epson owns Japanese patents on
3 LCD technology “No Texas
Instrument DLP chips for us.”
• Pixel-shifting technology (not
native 4K)
• Impressive early reviews

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Sony
• Largest selection native 4K home-theater projectors
down to $8,000
• NEW! At least one new one at CEDIA
• Shootout at CEDIA
• Vs. Epson & JVC
• Friday 11am & 5pm
• NEW! Z-Series
• HDR and black levels rival
OLED and LCD competition
• NEW! 4K PlayStation Neo just announced

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Home Theater
+ 4K
+ Other Video

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Private Home Theater - 4742
Wisdom Audio + Home Theater Environment (seating)
Sony | Kaleidescape | Datasat (audio processor) | Seymour Screen

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Samsung
• Returns to CEDIA after 5-year absence
• SUHD TVs
• 10-bit quantum-dot technology to expand color gamut
• Three curved models
• KS98000 curved SUHD TVs, 1,200-nit brightness
• 88” curved for $19,999
• NEW! Lifetime Burn-in Guarantee
• IP commands “coming soon”
• First premium soundbars
• Samsung’s first 4K Blu-ray player
• NEW! First-ever TV-calibration disc that lets installers accurately
measure HDR
• New dealer tools
• Portal for firmware updates, spec sheets, product-information grids, RS-232
codes, and mechanical and CAD drawings of Samsung TVs

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More home theater stuff
• Fortress – NEW! Smart Chair
• Occupancy/position sensors – certain activities
like standing or sitting can trigger automation
events (e.g., lights on/off)
• Golden Ear – NEW! SuperSub X
• Ultra-compact Subwoofer
• “category killer”

57. • NEW! Phantom High Ambient Light Rejecting Screen (HALR)
• Industry-first rollable black screen
• Seamless up to 40x90 ft
• L* value 57; ambient light reflectance value 18%
• Brightest images, truest colors, whitest whites, and blackest blacks
• Can be perforated
• How? Stewart is a chemical factory
• CEDIA Demo: 4K Barco Prometheus II projector, Leon speakers
• 16K screen
• Party – Thursday, 2:30 – 4:30
• T-shirts, giveaways, cocktails, beer

58. Phantom HALR

59. Stewart
Booth 4108

60. • NEW! Meridian 258 8-channel amp
• >100W per channel into 4 Ohms
• >70W per channel into 8 Ohms
• 1U
• $2,000
• NEW! Meridian 857 two-channel amp
• Hi-res audio amplifier
• 500W per channel into 4 Ohms
• $10,000 MSRP
• NEW! Meridian 218 zone controller
• Digital and analog out
• Sooloos/MQA-enabled
• IP and IR control
• 3rd-party integration
• $1,000
Meridian 218 and 258

61. • NEW! DSP320 Speakers
• In-wall/in-ceiling, 4” deep
• Powered, with all electronics inside
• Sooloos
• HRA streaming audio platform
• Integration-friendly
• NEW! NAS integration with QNAP
• NEW! Voice control via Josh.ai
• NEW! Barco partnership
• Meridian Design & Spec Service
• Reception – Friday, 3:00 – 5:00

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Booth 5708

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TV DVRs
• NEW! Bolt+
• 4K-compatible
• 6 tuners - Record six shows
simultaneously
• 3 TB Storage - 450 HD hours
• SkipMode - skip commercials
• QuickMode - zip through shows
with with pitch-corrected audio
• Dish Hopper 3
• NEW! Integration partners and
dealer programs debut at CEDIA

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HDBaseT
• 4K @60 4:4:4
• VLC – visual lossless compression – showing demo
of solution
• Virtual reality demo

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M-Solutions, MS-TestPro
• Exhibiting with HDBaseT
• Hardware
• Main unit + Rx module + Tx module
• Remote unit adaptor
• Testing Capabilities
• Supports 4K testing at 60/50Hz, 4:2:0
• Monitors performance and quality of the HDBaseT up and
down links
• Firmware downloads to the devices (HDBaseT 2.0 only).
• Supports PoE (can work in front of Rx & Tx)
• Creates Log files
• iOS and Android apps

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• Pulse 8

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Virtual Reality

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VR
• CEDIA Talk: What Virtual and Augmented Reality
Mean to Home Technology Professionals
• Sat., Sept. 17, 1:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.
• CEDIA Booth #4710
• Dave Pedigo, CEDIA
• IC Realtime
• ALLie 360 VR camera
• NEW! Booth presentations: "How Integrators Can Use
Virtual Reality to Promote Their Businesses"
• Samsung Gear VR?
• Xfinity VR Demo

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HDBaseT VR
• Virtual Reality Demo w/ HTC Vive headsets (pdf)
• One Cat 5 cable from headset to adapter on computer
• Power – data – audio – video
• Near-zero latency
• Long runs
HDBaseT replaces 3 VR cables with one Cat 5

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VR Home Theater Demo
• NEW! Jaymar seating
• Motorization integrates with home automation
• Hi-res wireless audio connection built into seats
• VR Film Experience by DepthQ
• Uncompromised color, resolution and 90fps playback for
Oculus Rift.
• VRX simulator
• Dolby Atmos
• D-BOX

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Home Cinema Virtualization
• NEW! VR system lets customers
virtualize their home theaters,
from screens to sound.
• From Utah integrators Real AV
and Private Cinemas
• Arts District 5 (Omni, 2nd fl.)
• Reserve a 10-min. tour
• jonathanlaw@real-av.com

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Kaleidescape
Alternatives

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Fusion Research
• New! Premiere-4 ($2,999)
• Supports up to 5 discrete movies playing at the same time
(with addition of zone players)
• Integrates with most major home automation systems
• 3rd generation Epic platform
• Fusion’s own movie database and Blu-ray playback engine
• Add Your Own Storage
• Exact back up of the entire DVD or Blu-ray
• Users choose to begin at the start of the
movie or access the full disc with trailers,
extra features, language choices, etc.

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Zappiti
• HEVC / H.265, 4K, 3D
• Dolby Atmos
• Internal 3.5" SATA HDD bay with hot swap function (up to 8 TB)
• 4K Duo version with dual slot (up to 16 TB)
• USB 3.0 port + SD memory card slot.
• Wi-Fi
• Ethernet gigabit
• Passive cooling
• “MagicPixel” technology for improved video
• 4K upscaling
• NAS Rip – Rip 2 discs simultaneously
• Zappiti Media Center v4 application
NAS Rip – But is it legal?

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Plex
• Media management and streaming
• Free Plex app available natively on my TVs, NAS drives, settop boxes
• Manages and streams ripped DVDs, photos, music libraries, home movies,
etc.
• Auto-transcode
• Curated metadata
• Control4 driver via Chowmain
• New dealer program – Plex Pro Pass
• Dedicated forums and support
• $199 for dealers to participate
• Odd model – dealers can only charge $150 for Plex installs.
• New!
• Integration with HDHomeRun OTA tuners – adds TV recordings to media-
management platform.
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• FireFX
• 4K media systems
• Request
• Note: During Webinar, a participant commented that
Request was out of business. That is NOT the case.
• “I've signed up dozens of new dealers since the
Kaleidescape mess.”
• UPDATE! Kaleidescape returns
• Others?

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Recreation

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Golf & More
TruGolf
aboutGolf - 7014
GOLFZON - 7418
Full Swing Golf - 4746
High Definition Golf - 6009
TruGolf - 7830
SwingTrack by Visual Sports - 6421
CXC Simulations - 8018
racecar simulator
Laser Shot – 8230
shooting simulator
Bill Maronet, ETC
CEDIA Open
CEDIA BIG
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Outdoor TVs
• Apollo Enclosures
• NEW! AE8580 85” enclosure
• Built-in stereo sound, internal amp
• 12-degree tilt mount
• $3,695
• Aquavision
• ClearView Innovations
• GoVision (jumbo.tv)
• $100k 6ft x 9 ft LED
• See it at Love Field
• MirageVision
• Peerless-AV
• UltraView Outdoor TVs
• Outdoor soundbars
GoVision
Peerless

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Outdoor TVs
• Protective Enclosures
• Sealoc
• Seura
• SunBrite (by SnapAV)
• Completely revamped SunBrite line
• Signature Series now 4K with HDBaseT (same price)
• NEW! Brand new category of outdoor TVs, ½ the price

82. • Flagship Director series
• AcoustaScape 8-Ohm outdoor speaker system
• BRAND NEW STUFF!
• @CEDIA … stay tuned

83. • Luxury Brand portfolio – dealer portal
• iRoom - Master distributor in U.S.
• AudioControl
• Bijou and Rialto Amps
• D-Series amps loaded with Origin speaker profiles
NEW! iTop Lockable
tabletop charger, IP
Controller

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Origin Acoustics
Booth 5138

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Nexus 21
Motorized bar – giveaway at CEDIA
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More recreation
• Leon Speakers
• Hidden bar
• Media Décor motorized art
• Metra
• Helios Tailgate Mount

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Extra, Extra

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Core Brands
• Acquisition: “Business as Usual”
• Niles Auriel 2.0
• Audio platform with home control
• Integrates with Lutron, Z-Wave, more
• Works with existing Auriel products
• Dealer Portal
• 60% of products bought through portal
• Elan, SpeakerCraft, Gefen, Panamax, Niles, Proficient
• Panamax
• VT4315-Pro IP controllable vertical power strip
• SpeakerCraft
• AIM Series 2 shipping

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Legrand
• QMotion Shades
• New ZigBee
• Rich integration with Vantage
• Design Center 3.6 – personalization, animation of shades
• “Narrowest and largest battery operated shades”
• Vantage
• LiteTouch replacement
• NuVo
• NEW! Wireless soundbar
• NEW! 3-zone premium player/amp
• NEW! Android 7-inch touchscreen
• On-Q Intuity
• Home automation for production builders

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DC Power
• LVDC Lighting
• Colorbeam
• Rimikon
• LumaStream
• Q-Tran
• Middle Atlantic DC Power Distribution
• No more wall warts!
• 45W DC compact and 125W DC 1RU systems
• 5V, 12V, 18V, and 24V outputs
• Color-coded screw terminal connectors
• Polarity labeling
• Simply trim leads to length
• Multi-level protection on both AC input and DC outputs
• USB ports for power
• LED indicator lights show activity on each output, alerts users to
max capacity on each voltage bank

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Wireless Audio Platforms
• Google Cast
• TruAudio VSSL four-zone Google Cast music system
• Google Cast-ready speakers, eg., Riva Wand
• Airplay
• Play-fi by DTS
• Denon HEOS
• HEOS wireless speakers
• NEW! Built into Denon receivers
• Sonos
• Yamaha MusicCast
• DACs, speakers … piano
• Lenbrook BluOS
• Wireless audio platform and app
• Bluesound wireless speakers and streamers
• NEW! NAD amps
• PSB coming soon

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Yamaha
Whole-house piano: Disklavier Enspire + MusicCast

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Massage
• Massage chairs
• Inada
• Infinite Therapeutics
• Luraco Technologies
• Massaging other things
• Blue Wave Tech – pillows and stuff
• Otto trading – shoes and stuff
• Sofly – hand and scalp
Luraco

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Big Comebacks
• B&K
• Acquired by Sound Developments
• Perfect Third
• Ira Friedman’s successor to Bay Audio
• Stealthy grille-free in-wall speakers

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Fiber
• Metra
• Velox Fiber HDMI Cable, 330 feet
• TechLogix Networx
• Fiber cables, switches, more
• Inneos
• Fiberoptics Technology
• Cleerline
• Easy termination
• Chromis Fiberoptics
• HDMI over fiber
• Celerity
• Easy termination

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Motorized Window Coverings
• Axis
• DIY – Motorize, automate
existing blinds
• BTX
• Decorview
• Custom Decorators Inc.
• Draper
• Insolroll
• Lutron
• QMotion
• Shuttereaze
• DIY – Motorize, automate
existing shutters
• Solar Shading Systems
• with Vision Art
• Somfy Shutter Eaze Axis

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TiniFiber (Powerhouse Alliance)

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Interesting
Allion smart home product testing labs
Information Technology Disaster Resource Center (ITDRC) –
Disaster response … GET INVOLVED

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Beautiful
Epic Sky / Impact Lighting – crazy
lighting stuff
Meural – very fancy digital
picture frames with app
control and gesture control

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Trufig (Sonance)
BocciWall-Smart
Architectural

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DIY Speaker Shoot-out
• Mass Fidelity
• Core Speakers
• Relay DAC
• Bob Perry on board
• Riva Wand
• Compact wireless speakers, big multichannel
sound, like Mass Fidelity
• Wi-Fi, DDMS, Spotify Connect, AirPlay, DLNA,
Bluetooth, Google Cast ready.
• NEW! Michael Gleason on board

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More Interesting Goodies
• Midlite
• Sonos in-wall power & Mounting
• Yamaha
• BD-A1060 and BD-S681 Blu-ray Disc players
• Salamandar
• Narrow cabinets with mounts
• AudioControl
• Sound Partners Program
• Speaker profiles stored on Director DSPs
• James, Triad, Stealth

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• Nest
• Outdoor camera shipping
• New thermostat finishes
• Comcast IP control?
• “Great progress with our control partner for IP Control of the
X1 Platform after a few hurdles. We’re confident we’ll be
able to make a great announcement at CEDIA next week!”
• AVAD
• Acquired – back for the first time in years
• Structured Cable Products
• Acquired Current Audio
• Master distributor, Pulse 8

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Productivity
Software & Services

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Productivity Software and Services
• BidMagic
• Proposals, CRM, project management
• Chetu
• Software development services
• ConnectWise
• Project management
• Collaboaration
• Client management (CRM)
• Tracking, monetizing tech support and service
• Managing vendor relationships
• D-Tools
• The gold standard of project design and proposals
• NEW! Digital Butler
• Melds IP device discovery with business tools
including tech support, project management and
billing
• Dove Net
• Estimating, Proposals, Purchase Orders, Service
Tickets, Project Tracking

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Productivity Software and Services
• iPoint
• Proposals, project management
• Jetbuilt
• Proposals
• OneVision
• Remote monitoring and proactive tech
support with ihiji as partner
• Resolves end-user tech issues on behalf of
dealers
• One Firefly
• NEW! Lead generation service
• NEW! Live online chat services

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Productivity Software and Services
• Ihiji
• IP device discovery
• Remote networking monitoring and diagnostics
• New ServiceManager helps dealers establish and monetize recurring
support services
• pdAdapt
• Enables simple Crestron programming
• Portal (formerly SupplyStream)
• Details a couple slides away …
• ProjX 360
• CRM, Sales, Proposals
• Integrates with Portal (SupplyStream) for product databases,
purchasing and tracking
• SalezToolz
• Proposals, estimates

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Productivity Software and Services
• Simply Reliable
• Project design, business management
• Slateplan
• Project estimating and sales collaboration
• SpringDeck
• Sales collateral, product specs, other materials all in
one place.
• Tigerpaw
• Business process automation
• TRXio
• Inventory and asset management
• VidCAD
• Project design and documentation
• Vital Mgmt
• Consulting, benchmarking
• Article: Paul Starkey, Steve Firszt Create 3-Tier
Membership Program for Business Services

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Portal (formerly SupplyStream)
• Comprehensive database of
products and info
• Linked to resellers
• Purchase from vendor of choice
• Incorporate into projects/bids
• NEW! Mobile app
• NEW! Visa Rewards Credit card
• Gives dealers 1% back

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Salez Toolz
• NEW! Design View
• Import floor plans
• Import images from file or
snap a photo from app
• Drag icons around
• Customer sign-off from
app

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SlatePlan

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ConnectWise

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Watch this space
• With Apologies – We’ll get to these …
• 4K 4:4:4 video distribution
• 4K video over IP
• Houzz & Home Advisors
• Newbie roundup

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116. The Ultimate Show Preview
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