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7 Ways To Hide Your Subwoofer

7 Ways To Hide Your Subwoofer

These tips will help you add stealthy bass to your sound system.
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6 Cost Saving Tips To Maximize Your Home Theater

6 Cost Saving Tips To Maximize Your Home Theater

Follow these steps to help keep your savings intact.

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Custom Install Network: April 2009's C.I. of the Month

Custom Install Network: April 2009's C.I. of the Month

This month we speak with Bob Koopman, principal of Phoenix Home Theater, the C.I.N.'s Custom Installer of the Month.

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The Custom Installer: Trends for '09

The Custom Installer: Trends for '09

The iPhone takes control, video servers abound, CableCard gets real, and more.

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CEDIA: John Denver

CEDIA: John Denver

(UPDATED: DAY 4) S&V columnist John Sciacca reflects daily on CEDIA in Denver as seen through his custom-installer eyes.

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Now Showing on Two Screens

Now Showing on Two Screens

The Custom Installer discusses whether it's best to have a flat-panel display or a projection screen . . . or both?

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Serving Up DVDs

Serving Up DVDs

Why hasn't the idea of storing movies on a hard drive caught on?

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Recession Tips for Home Sellers and Installers

Recession Tips for Home Sellers and Installers

In this collapsing housing market, the seller with a "future-proof wired" home has a big advantage. Meanwhile, hard times are separating the custom-installation men from the boys.

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'Cat-5' Cable: The Miracle Wire

'Cat-5' Cable: The Miracle Wire

The Custom Installer (John Sciacca) reveals how cheap Category 5 cable can handle every kind of new tech that gets thrown at it.

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Caught in the Crossfire

Caught in the Crossfire

The format war has made HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc a hard sell - especially for installers.

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Becoming a Media-Savvy Installer

Becoming a Media-Savvy Installer

Some expert advice on how to get your installation company noticed.

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