Sound & Video Contractor presents product coverage related to residential av technology

Total Home Control with Elan Touchpad

The Olé from Elan Home Systems combines a touchpanel, keypad, and display into a single in-wall interface....

Hearing Clearly with Final Sound's 300i

The 300i from Final Sound is a line-array electrostatic panel. The design is said to make the speaker less prone to acoustic influences and to bring an evenly distributed sound pressure level to any listening position in the room....

The Descent: Peak 2100W Power Without Ported/Passive Radiator Enclosures

The MartinLogan Descent subwoofer packs three 250W (700W peak) Vojtko amplifiers to reach peak power of 2100W without the need for ported or passive radiator enclosures....

Combat Overheating Video Cards with CoolIT's HTPC

CoolIT’s Home Theater PC (HTPC) liquid cooling solution enables high-performance computing, gaming, and HD video without the need for noisy computer fans. ...

Sonance Amplifier Bridges Channel Gap

Sonance's Sonamp 875D SE is an 8-channel, 75W-per-channel RMS hybrid amplifier. ...

New Xantech Video Switcher Signals High Quality

Xantech's HD44CC5 high-definition video switcher enables high-definition video (1080p, 1080i, and 720p) and digital audio to be sent up to 1,000ft. over a Cat-5 cable with virtually no loss of signal quality. ...

CEDIA Sounds

By Dan Daley

September's CEDIA Expo in Denver was muscular. Cab drivers were amazed and satisfied, as were an estimated 28,000 attendees (an 8 percent increase over last year in Indianapolis), who made this the largest CEDIA Expo ever...

Optoma BigVizion

By Jeff Sauer

Let's face it typical, stocky rear-projection monitors just aren't as sexy as thin and sleek panels. They're usually big, often less attractive monoliths...