What is Prima Cinema? Designed by BMW DesignWorksUSA in Southern California, Prima Cinema is a well crafted high-end device that streams just released theater films in true 1080P HD, 3D, and surround sound video formats directly to your home. That’s what it does, but what it offers is comfort, convenience, and security to a high-end moviegoer. Comfort – Watching just released movies …
Planar Architectural Art Displays Showcased at Art Basel 2011
Planar, an industry leader in cutting-edge display technology was featured extensively at Art Basel 2011 in Miami Beach over the past several days. We had a chance to catch a glimpse at one of their multi-tier displays unveiled at Avant Gallery last Wednesday. Planar is calling it the Silhouette. Lucky for us, Jennifer Davis, Planar’s VP of Marketing happened to …
Ride and Drive with Range Rover Evoque, Meridian Audio, and AHT Residential
Three well respected names in car manufacturing (Range Rover), audio engineering (Meridian), and custom home and yacht technology integration (AHT Residential) merged together this past weekend, November 11th-13th at The Kampong Botanical Gardens located in beautiful Coconut Grove, Florida. AHT Residential was on hand to lend its support to its long-standing partner Meridian Audio. The Meridian sound system is featured …
Siri and Crestron: A Possible Perfect Match?
Apple is a genius at creating a product and having the world flock to it creating new ways to use it. The introduction of Siri, one of the main reasons to upgrade to the new iPhone 4s, has surprised many people in it’s accuracy and functionality, especially, for a first generation application. It’s not perfect, but it’s potential in future …
Next Technology Wave: Seamless Computing
The number of people who own multiple smart phones, tablets, displays, home computers, office computers, laptops are growing at a rapid pace, and the trend is not expected to stop anytime soon. With this flood of more and more gadgets, new innovation possibilities are right around the corner. Recently, maybe three months back, we created an eBook titled “5 Insights …
Steve Jobs: Saying Good-Bye to an Icon
I remember walking thru the Museum of Modern Art in New York back in February 2004, and an Apple iPod was on display. I thought how could this be considered a piece of modern art? I was shocked to see an iPod amongst abstract paintings, sculptures, and mix media. Fast forward seven years, and it is the only piece of …
Can 3D Make You and Your Children Smarter?
A new study by DLP Products shows 3D when used as a teaching tool has widespread positive impact on how students learn. The study was announced yesterday, September 29th 2011 at the UK launch event in Claridges, London and hosted with The Company of Educators. The study was conducted in classrooms across seven European countries. The research compares the difference …
2011 Crestron Integration Awards: AHT Residential – Two for Two
Every year at CEDIA, Crestron holds their Integration Award Ceremony to recognize outstanding achievement in Crestron custom integration. Over the years, the AHT Residential team has achieved top-notch integration, but rarely submitted the projects for Crestron award consideration. This year we submitted two projects and won both of them – two for two! Furthermore, AHT Residential was the only integrator …
CEDIA EXPO 2011: Awards, Cool Gadgets, and Review
CEDIA EXPO 2011, the technology mega conference of the year, concluded almost 2 weeks ago. If you were fortunate enough to make it to Indianapolis, your head is probably still spinning from the sea of technological innovation that was on display. If you were unable to make it, no worries. We will give you a quick recap of a few …
Miami Beach Dream Home Project: Meet the Architect and Designer
These are editions 4, 5, and 6 of AHT’s own Robin Bogle’s “Miami Beach Dream Home Project”. The idea behind the project is to document the design and AV integration of a custom integrated home. If you missed the other three editions you can watch them by clicking the Miami Beach Dream Home link on the right side under categories …