Crestron Shade Fabric Collection 2022

240 new designer fabrics! Fabric selection is an essential part of window treatment design. Crestron’s expanded shade fabric collection gives you 240 more options, 400 in total, to suit today’s interior design trends. Even better, the new collection books, available later this month, simplify the selection process so you and the homeowner can find fabrics…

Crestron: Battery-Powered Shades

Now, with battery-powered shades joining traditional wired and wireless shades, Crestron has every window and door covered. Choose from a vast selection of styles and fabrics, backed by an industry-leading warranty – a pledge of quality and performance. Plus, something no one else can offer – seamless integration with the Crestron Home™ platform for an…

Crestron Mercury

Who installs video conferencing solutions in Los Angeles? Haas Entertainment does! We are a full Crestron dealer and have been installing video conferencing systems in Los Angeles for years. We can supply and install everything you need to transform any room into a powerful conferencing, presentation, and collaboration space. Why Crestron Mercury? Haas Entertainment is…

Crestron Motorized Shading Solutions CEU January 2020

Residential Design with Motorized Shading Solutions CEU at Haas Entertainment January 23rd, 2020Hosted by Amanda Scruggs, Business Development Manager at Crestron Official CEU Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm CRES46: In this course you’ll learn about the importance of residential shading. You’ll also gain a better understanding of the differences between motorized and manual shading, the importance of fabric…

Crestron Apple Partnership

IP and voice control of Apple TV® is here! Only the partnership of two leading innovators could produce a user experience like this, with Apple TV®, Siri®, and HomeKit® technologies integrated flawlessly with Crestron. This enhanced partnership gives you the power to take your user experience and lifestyle to new heights with:   IP Control:…

Crestron DigitalMedia™

The most secure AV products in the world. The US Department of Defense just announced that the #Crestron DM NVX™ is both JITC and FIPS certified. This makes the DigitalMedia family of products the most complete, and secure, end-to-end AV system in the world. Every Network. Yes. Secured. Yes. Crestron DM NVX works with 100%…

Crestron Introduces Soundbar

Today Crestron announced a sleek and stylish sound bar comprising a high-performance conferencing speakerphone in one stunning front-of-room device. Installs cleanly beneath the room display, and interfaces with any computer via USB. Includes connectivity for an external USB camera (not included). Price is expected to be around fifteen hundred dollars.

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Top 5 home tech trends for 2021

According to CEPro magazine, the top 5 home tech trends for 2021 are: Networking, Home Theater, Indoor Air Quality, Gaming, & Resimercial. Let’s take a look at each one. Networking With the new wireless standard being released, you can expect to see an explosion in the number of people upgrading their home network. Wi-Fi 6…

iPort Luxe for iPad

What we recommend in those situations is to use an iPad and the associated app. Should you want that iPad mounted to the wall or angled on a desk stand, we like to recommend slipping your iPad into something called an iPORT LUXE.

Premium Video Conferencing Experience for the Home

If you’re reading this, chances are you work from home. Those of us who work from home are often called upon to participate in video conference calls. As you already know, the home video conference call is inherently substandard. The new Crestron HomeTime™ system changes that. Crestron HomeTime is a complete, premium HD video conferencing…

All-in-one DigitalMedia™ Presentation System

Do you need an all-in-one digital media presentation system? Introducing the new Crestron DMPS3-4K-350 and DMPS3-4K-250. They feature built-in AirMedia® wireless presentation, three independent LAN ports (network, control subnet, and content), a powerful 50W amplifier, and onscreen display. Like all DMPS3-4K Series, they feature a built-in 3-Series® Control System and 4K60 HDMI® video with HDCP…

Apple TV Remote Problems

Apple TV is great but it isn’t perfect. Sometimes it malfunctions. Often the problem is with the internet connection but the problem could also be specific to the app you’re using. Crackle, great as it is, isn’t stable. Apple TV+ is stable but the content is so-so. Sometimes it’s the black box itself that’s malfunctioning…

Smart Home Tips For 2020

There’s little doubt, the number of smart devices in people’s homes is increasing. Here are 11 tips for designing your smart home in 2020. These tips come from my own experience as well as Haas Entertainment in-house system engineers and our staff of on-site technicians. If you have suggestions, please leave them in the comments…

Connected Home over IP

Google, Amazon, Apple, etc. working together to develop connected home over IP device compatibility.

Your Blu-ray Questions Asked & Answered

With streaming becoming mainstream (pardon the pun) people often ask us if Blu-ray is still the best quality medium for movies and films. We answer this question and others below. If you don’t see your specific question answered, please leave it in the comments below. Without further ado, here are your Blu-ray questions asked &…

Top 10 Best Soundbars in 2020

Everyone has different needs with regard to sound. Some people need great imaging while others want something incredibly slim. Still others want a wireless solution. Some installations call for a wide soundstage while some call for the greatest intelligibility. Here is Haas Entertainment’s pick for the top 10 soundbars in 2020.

Los Angeles Heat Wave

They say “It’s only getting hotter”. Prepare yourself. If you live in Los Angeles you know how hot it can get. According to Elijah Chiland from Curbed Los Angeles, this Los Angeles Heat Wave is going to stay a while and keep coming back. The study Elijah is referencing is from UCLA’s Department of Atmospheric…

Can’t Sleep?

Sleep plays a critical role in staying healthy. Last night I was educated about the correlation between sleep and health to improve my personal quality of life. This sleep seminar entitled “Pillow Talk” took place at the Custom Comfort Mattress Shop in West Hollywood, CA. My educators were Gary Trudell, owner of Custom Comfort Mattress…

Outdoor Entertaining

Have you dreamt of turning your personal oasis into a true paradise? You can, with specially designed Seura Outdoor TV built to withstand the elements and an intelligent lift systems by Nexus21 and Future Automation. Haas Entertainment integrates televisions, sound systems, lift systems, and state-of-the-art control systems by Crestron in such a way as to…

Pre-Wiring a Smart Home

Pre-wiring is the process of designing and planning what electrical functionality and/or capabilities your home will have or be able to have once all the walls and ceilings are closed up

Warhol meets Haas in Beverly Hills Luxury Home

Fox 11 news recently ran a story featuring a 7,600 sq. ft., 5 bedroom, 8 bathroom modern home that beautifully showcased several pieces of art from famous artist Andy Warhol. This masterpiece home was specifically built to display modern art. The electronics of this top property were designed and integrated by none other than Haas…

Black Nova Keypads

Now, Haas Entertainment has even more stunning control options for you to enjoy. With Crestron’s new global partnership with Black Nova Ltd., the ARIA®, ALBA®, and ANY® collections of keypads and touch panels are now Crestron Connected® for seamless interoperability with Crestron smart home systems. Black Nova keypads and touch panels embody the fusion of…

NEW! CP4-R: Revolutionary 4-Series control system

The new CP4-R is the fastest and most powerful control system Crestron has ever built. It’s first 4-Series product, it provides the ultimate “central brain” to the Crestron Home operating system with incredible performance enhancements. • Multicore CPU – at least 4X the speed of the CP3-R • Double the RAM of the CP3-R –…

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