Back in the day, a sandwich board on the sidewalk was enough to grab a passerby’s attention and get them into a store, but times have changed. You need digital signage that can pull a person’s attention away from the phone in their hand, and the experts at Lelch can set up a high-definition digital signage system that performs smoothly and is easy to control.

Want to learn the best practices for digital signage installation to ensure your Lakeville business projects an engaging image to the world? Keep reading to find out.

Earlier this year, Roku introduced its voice-controlled home theatre software. Now there’s speculation that Roku and Sonos will collaborate, creating a system where you can talk to your speakers through Roku voice commands. If it happens, the partnership will bring us a voice-controlled streaming service with superior sound right to your Edina, Minnesota home. Would you make that investment?

With Thanksgiving and all the winter holidays around the corner, now’s the perfect time to work with a Lutron-certified home lighting control installer that can jazz up your Wayzata, MN, home for the festivities ahead. If you’re about to entertain, your goal is to provide a best-in-class guest experience. What better way than lighting your home with the season in mind? With the right design strategy, expert installation help and some tools from Lutron, you’ll turn your home into the holiday hangout everyone talks about next year.

We have written on these pages before about the benefits of central vacuums and central vacuum installation.  In this age of smart home technology, you may ask what’s so great about central vacuums?  No, they don’t vacuum the floors themselves (yet), but the traditional benefits of central vacuums are still intact in 2018. 

If you are building or remodeling a home, we’ve discussed the benefit of thinking about and planning for smart technology up front; it makes it much easier to plan the wiring, networking, and other infrastructure that is necessary for a future-proof smart home.  Central vacuums also benefit from the same advanced planning.  It’s much easier to plan for one in the framing, plumbing, and electrical wiring stage, and much less expensive to install than retrofitting.

If you are working on a large project – perhaps a significant addition or a new build – planning for a central vacuum makes sense. No one wants to drag a canister or upright vacuum all over a large home.  Of course, multiple vacuums can be purchased, but that also means multiple ones to maintain and store throughout the house. 

Let’s take another look at why central vacuums are a smart choice for your next Eden Prairie MN home build or remodel.

We know that smart devices and home automation can make everyday life a little easier and more comfortable.  From lights that can turn on and off on their own, to hearing your favorite tunes anywhere in your home, to always having the temperature be just right, a home automation solution does the little things that add up to a better Minnesota day in Woodbury.   

Aside from the ease and comfort factor, smart home technology can be just plain fun.  We’re in October, and soon it will be Halloween again. If you have home automation technology installed, we have a few fun ideas on how to have the spookiest house in the neighborhood.  What’s that? You don’t have any home automation solutions in your house?  Call us; there’s still time before October 31!

When it comes to conference room technology, no company offers more comprehensive solutions than Crestron. From integrated AV systems to room scheduling features, the company lets you create the ideal environment to run seamless meetings, conferences or trainings. In this blog, we highlight four of their most popular conferencing solutions, so you can choose the ones that would fit best in your Eden Prairie, MN office space.

If you’re a fan of technology, right now’s one of the most exciting times of the year. No, not because the winter holidays are right around the corner – because the CEDIA Expo just happened, and it brought a lot of new AV gear with it.

Whether you’re a fan of IMAX displays or you’re wondering what comes next after 4K HDR TVs, there were plenty of surprising finds at this year’s event.

What new components will show up in your Wayzata, MN entertainment system this year? What will have you grabbing the phone to call up your home theater installer? Find out by reading below!

If your house was built over five years ago, and you have a security system in place, chances are its missing out on the latest technology. Sure, your system provides some peace of mind in that that something is monitoring your house when you’re away.  You likely have sensors attached to windows and doors, and a control system that can be armed and disarmed.  When armed, your system can notify a monitoring center about a door or window that has been unexpectedly opened or broken.

If you have one of these systems, they are not very smart by today’s standards. And they can be fairly cryptic.  Does your system illuminate a red light on a panel that corresponds to one of your doors when it’s opened?  If you have multiple outside doors in a large house, you need a cheat sheet to know which one – typically not what you have on you when the monitoring company calls you to say the number 6 door has been opened with the system armed while you are away.

Thankfully, the combination of today’s electronics, smart sensors, software, and cloud connectivity pack current security systems with far more intelligence than ever before.  Let’s explore the latest in home security system features that you will want for your Minnetonka MN home.