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Read MoreIs Specialty Retail’s Future ‘Extremely Lean’?
“The future of every multi-store specialty retailer is extremely lean,” he said, adding that when Tweeter went under, it effectively meant the death of half of the multi-store specialty retail business in the country.
“If you are a multi-store regional specialty retailer — and there aren’t a lot of them left — you need to restructure immediately to survive.”
Read MorePhotos from CES 2010
HTSA’s own David Berman was out and about at this year’s CES event and snapping some of the best booths at the show. Sony, LG, Panasonic and Microsoft are just a few of the many vendors that were in attendance.
Read MoreWill 3-D Make the Jump from Theater to Living Room?
Television manufacturers and content producers started out the year pushing 3-D television hard, hoping to ride the wave of success enjoyed by the 3-D movie Avatar. Though glasses-free 3-D is still some ways away, manufacturers hope to entice consumers with a flurry of products that make the best of the difficulties with bringing 3-D content to the small screen.
Read MorePhotos from the Stereo Exchange / HTSA 3D Event
Everybody attending the Stereo Exchange / HTSA event in New York City on December 18th experienced the next generation of 3D technology. See for yourself!
Read More60 home technology experts vote on the top gifts for tech lovers
Electronics are always hot during the holidays, but this year there is a lot more to put on your list than iPods and digital cameras. A survey of 60 brand-savvy home technology professionals from across the country highlight the following sure-to-please gifts that should be on the radar of anyone shopping for the tech obsessed.
Read MoreSmart Leaders Staying Ahead
Richard Glikes sees the change coming, and he’s telling everyone he can about it. As the executive director of Home Theater Specialists of America, he knows that people have changed the way they think about home entertainment drastically in just the last few years — and the more technology improves, the more they’ll expect.
Read MoreMeasuring Black Level… and 5 Other Home Theater Myths
Diogenes is my Hero. He was, as you may recall, the little Greek fellow (circa. 400 BC) who, armed with a lantern, went running around searching for the Truth. Reports vary as to his success, but there is little question that his mission would be doublely difficult today – especially if he was confining his search to Big Box Electronics stores and gathering data according to “Sparky”, the on-duty salesperson. If there were any teeth at all in the “Truth-in-Advertising” laws, our correctional institutions would be overflowing (even more than they are). All we can do is expose the nonsense from time to time and call “Shenanigans” on specific offenders. This month’s column is another modest attempt at the aforementioned whistle-blowing.
Read MoreDavid Berman “Onward and Upward at CEDIA Expo”
David Berman, director of traning for the Home Theater Specialists of America (HTSA), comments about how even though attendance would be down at CEDIA, he would be having a “the glass is half full” attitude. His comments made it to a featured article on the front page of The CEDIA Daily newspaper.
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HTSA and Sharp Partner on Solar Energy Certification
HTSA (Home Theater Specialists of America) and Sharp have partnered to certify 23 individuals from 16 various member organizations within HTSA. These members were schooled in the art of sales, design, integration, and installation of grid-tied, photovoltaic, solar energy systems.
Sharp offered two-day courses taught by Michael Amati of Sharp Solar. The first of the classes …
