CEA-CEDIA Committee Approves Home Theater Video and Smart Grid Installation Standards

The Consumer Electronics Association ® and the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association’s ® R10 Residential Systems committee today announced new standards

Nevada Artist Uses QuietFiber to Improve Home Theater Sound Performance

Decorative artists Bryan Melillo and his partner Bruce Czopek created classic movie poster-style art for a home theater in an upscale Lake Tahoe residence using Quiet Fiber®, a noise absorbing material from Tampa, Florida-based Acoustiblok, Inc. Quiet Fiber is used to absorb reverberant noise in acoustically sensitive spaces, such as this state-of-the-art home theater. ...

Academy Awards home renamed Dolby Theater

Daniel S Levine The Academy agreed to stay at the same theater, formerly known as the Kodak Theater The Oscars will be staying at the same place for a long time, just with a new name. Following Kodak’s bankruptcy, the theater at the Hollywood & Highland Center has been renamed the Dolby Theater. read more

Quickly measure rooms, create floor plans with MagicPlan

Put down the tape measure and grab your iPhone to measure the dimensions of the rooms in your house, and put them together to form a floor plan. Originally posted at How To

How to view desktop versions of Web sites on Firefox for Android

Mobile versions of Web sites can be unappealing to look at, especially on tablets. If you're using Firefox for Android, there's a way to force it to display only desktop versions. Originally posted at How To