(10/13 Update) Both homes with Audio Advice installations were recognized in the category of homes priced from $949,000 to $2, 495,000 in the 46th annual Parade. Intrada Grande, a Cary home by Pegram Residential in MacGregor Downs, received a perfect score. The Gold prize was awarded to Chateau Grayson Elizabeth II, by Phil Miller Construction, …
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Our 100th Blog Posting-featuring the best of our blogs
So as I was posting my latest blog on how to choose a flat panel TV, I noticed it was posting number 99. That makes this blog our 100th blog posting. Boy, that’s a lot of coffee!! Like the TV business, when you have a milestone combined with an e-newsletter deadline and writer’s block (where is …
Read MoreLeon takes on the New York Times
For those of you who saw the January 20th article in the New York Times about universal remote controls, I hope you (like me) found it pretty amusing. The author, Farhad Manjoo, tested a handful of so-called universal remotes and determined that none of them worked very well. I totally agree with his assessments of …
Read MoreGoogle TV: Leon’s Take
This is more of a review so it’s going to be a bit longer than my normal blogs. I’ve spent some time with the Google TV box and have formed some definite opinions. Below you see a picture of the back panel and the included remote control. The USB inputs are for accessory devices such …
Read MoreLeon’s CEDIA Expo 2010 Tradeshow Review
The crew at Audio Advice is back from another CEDIA Expo tradeshow. We’re tired, with sore feet, but it was sure worth it to see all of the cool toys coming out over the next year. Some of us arrived on Wednesday for meetings and classes, while the rest of our team came in on …
Read MoreUniversal Remote Controls
It used to be a home theater or surround sound system took 6 remote controls and pages of instructions on how to turn everything on, select what you wanted to watch, and control it. Only could the very wealthy afford the multi-thousand dollar remote controls that could handle this complexity. In the last few years, …
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