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10 Smart Consumer Electronic
Tips for the Home Environment
If you are bewildered about
the consumer electronics age, Custom Electronic Design and Installation
Association (CEDIA) offers 10 Smart Consumer Electronic Tips for your
home environment.
The 10 Smart Consumer
Electronic Tips provide you with a concise and informative list of
helpful hints to assist you in making smart decisions when purchasing
home consumer electronics.
The 10 Smart Consumer
Electronics Tips is a collaborative effort developed by members of CEDIA.
Members of CEDIA are knowledgeable and talented professionals
representing all facets of the industry from residential electronic
systems professionals to manufacturers and sales representatives.
CEDIA developed this list
of recommendations after many hours of collaboration between our
members. Our goal for developing this list was to take an active role in
providing assistance to the consumer. These tips cover four areas:
innovation, investments, integration and ease of use.
Although this advice is
geared toward the homeowner, it is also beneficial to the builder,
architect, interior designer and custom electronics professional. When
building or remodeling, the designer or builder may use this list as a
reference for making recommendations on home integration to their
customer.
Here is the list:
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Wire for everything now – If you
are building or remodeling your home, wire it with a plan for
future needs. While no one can guarantee what the future will
look like, CEDIA Professionals make it their business to stay
current to offer good advice about technologies that are on the
horizon. Best of all they can help you sort out the hype from
the reality. |
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Plan for HDTV now – High Definition
TV is the new digital standard for enhanced picture quality for
TV broadcasting. If you're buying a new TV or video projector,
make sure you'll be able to enjoy the incredible sound and
pictures that are part of HDTV. |
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Insist on integrated systems – As
you buy new electronic components, make sure you shop for
equipment that can be hooked up together and operated with one,
easy to use control system. |
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Don’t buy yesterday’s products
(often what is in stock) – Many stores purchase large orders of
all equipment and sell it at discounted rates. Shop with a
dealer that only provides you with new equipment and
technologies. |
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Consider integrating lighting
control with your home electronics system — Lighting sets the
mood for home theater, entertaining, or just a quiet night at
home. You can control your home lighting from the same remote
that you use to control your theater or music system. |
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Think with your wallet, but lead
with your head - Quality and long-term dependability are the
most cost effective attributes that you can build into a home. |
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Buy an experience, not a box – Find
a dealer that allows you to test drive the entire system or at
least experience the thrill of a high performance system. Few
people have the time to research and evaluate all the hardware
choices. It's smarter to focus on the end result and make your
choices based upon overall performance and value. |
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Don't think you have to put up with
hard to use, multiple remote controls – Easy to use, all-in-one
remote controls are available for any system. You can even have
them custom programmed so they make perfect sense to you.
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Consult a professional - Designing
and installing reliable, easy to use systems that add real
quality to your lifestyle is the goal of CEDIA professionals.
Check to see if the company you're considering has CEDIA
Certified Professional Designers and Installers on staff.
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Increase your service expectations
- Your home electronics system is a big investment. CEDIA
professionals will provide you with extensive options,
comprehensive designs, complete installation and especially,
in-home service for your systems. |
The Custom Electronic Design and
Installation Association – CEDIA ... professionals ensuring your dollars
are invested well while focusing on the design, integration and
installation.
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