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The CEDIA Podcast

Technology Podcasts

A 30-to-60-minute roundtable discussion on issues surrounding new and emerging tech and how it relates to the CEDIA channel (primarily residential applications of “smart home” devices and networks).

Location:

United States

Description:

A 30-to-60-minute roundtable discussion on issues surrounding new and emerging tech and how it relates to the CEDIA channel (primarily residential applications of “smart home” devices and networks).

Twitter:

@CEDIA

Language:

English

Contact:

317.735.4011


Episodes

A Discussion About the 2024 CEDIA Awards [384]

3/18/2024
In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Owen Maddock, Owner of Cinemaworks, Ben Goff, Technical Director of Cinema Lusso, Mike Chorney, President of La Scala Media, and Eddie Shapiro, Founder and CEO of SmartTouch USA about the 2024 CEDIA awards program. We discuss what it does for your business when you participate and how being considered a finalist is a major win. We discuss how much you learn just by following the process for submitting a project and what it's like to be a judge. To find our more email: awards@cedia.org CEDIA Awards site: https://cedia.org/news/cedia-smart-home-awards-open-with-new-opportunities-for-individual-recognition/

Duration:00:57:32

New CEDIA Tech Summits | 383

2/29/2024
In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Giles Sutton Sr. VP of Product & Business Development at CEDIA, and Jonathan Toomey, Director of Conference Strategy at CEDIA about CEDIA Tech Summits and how they are changing. Link to CEDIA Tech Summits: https://cedia.org/connection/tech-business-summits/

Duration:00:28:45

2026 NEC Code & Gov't Affairs Update | 382

2/16/2024
In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Michael Cogbill, Founder of Rev2 Consulting, Daren Reaman, Director of Government Affairs at CEDIA and Ken Erdmann, Director of Technical Education Programs at CEDIA about the latest NEC code updates that are coming up that will affect your business and how they dovetail into CEDIA's government affairs activities.

Duration:00:53:52

ISE 2024 Day 4 | 381

2/2/2024
In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Manojkumar Soni of AV4U, Rich Green of Rich Green Designs, Amanda Wildman of TruMedia, Pete Trauth of Nirvana Home Entartainment, and Peter Aylett of Officina Acustica about all of their their experiences at the this years ISE show.

Duration:00:32:49

ISE 2024 Day 3 | 380

2/1/2024
In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Rich Green of, Creator of Rich Green Design, J.B. Fowler, Chief Product Officer of Domotz, Simon Brown, Partner of Positive Momentum, and Matt Manalis, Managing Director of Experience One about their experiences at the ISE show on Day 3.

Duration:00:34:54

A Brief History of ISE | 379

2/1/2024
In this podcast, Walt Zerbe, Sr. DIrector of Technology and Stanards talks with Daryl Friedman, CEO of CEDIA, David Labuskes, CEO of AVIXIA, and Mike Blackman, Managing Director of ISE about the history of ISE and where it's going.

Duration:00:12:11

ISE 2024 Day 2 | 378

2/1/2024
In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Of Technology and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Rich Green of Rich Green Design, Leslie Shiner of The Shiner Group, Kris Hogg of Samsung and Amanda Wildman of TruMedia about their experiences at the ISE show on Day 2.

Duration:00:32:06

ISE 2024 Day 1 | 377

1/30/2024
In this episode, Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards talks with Rich Green of Rich Green Design, Mike of Smart Live AV, Pete Trauth of Nirvana Home Entertainment, and Paul Skelton of CEDIA about what they did and saw during the first day of the ISE show in Barcelona Spain.

Duration:00:41:27

2024 CES Show Day 1 v2 | 376.1

1/12/2024
*corrected audio issue In this episode, Walt Zerbe Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA Talks with Michael Heiss, of M Heiss Consulting and author/contributor for Residential Tech Today and Hidden Wires about some press events we attended focusing on video displays.

Duration:00:38:12

2024 CES Show Day 3 v2 | 378.1

1/12/2024
*corrected audio issue In this episode, Walt Zerbe Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA Talks with Stuart Tickle, Managing Director and Owner of AWE Distributon and new CEDIA Board Member about his experience and perspective as a distributor catering to our industry of the 2024 CES show. A few links/notes: https://www.bluetooth.com/auracast/ https://pixiedusttech.com/technologies/iwasemi/ https://whispp.com/ Video about older adult who doesn't want to be a slave to technology, "Unvited Guest": https://vimeo.com/128873380

Duration:00:59:54

2024 CES Show Day 2 | 377

1/11/2024
In this episode, Walt Zerbe Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA Talks with Rob Sabin, Editor and Chief of Projector Central and Jim Hunter, founder of ncent about what we saw at the show today. We cover what's happening with consumer video projectors, power products, some things in Eureka Park, media management and a whole bunch of other things including lasers and phasers. https://www.projectorcentral.com/ https://www.ncent.ai/

Duration:00:47:05

2024 CES Show Day 1 | 376

1/10/2024
In this episode, Walt Zerbe Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA Talks with Michael Heiss, of M Heiss Consulting and author/contributor for Residential Tech Today and Hidden Wires about some press events we attended focusing on video displays.

Duration:00:38:12

BMS Control for HVAC Systems & the Complexities of Successful Integration | 375

12/15/2023
In this episode, Walt Zerbe Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA Talks with Chris Thorne, Director of Imperium Build Systems in the UK. Chris and I have a discussion on the complexities of HVAC control, the way control systems interact with the components of these systems, the user interfaces, sensors, interior designers and when you may need to consider bringing in an outside expert. https://imperium.uk/

Duration:00:54:02

Neuroinclusive Design: What it is and why do we need it? | 374

12/1/2023
In this episode, Walt Zerbe Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA Talks with Pete Trauth, Owner and principle of Nirvana Home Entertainment, Sam Fruzzetti, Lead Tech at Nivrana Home Entertainment, Rae Ridgway, Professor on the Geology Faculty at Glendale Community College, Avonna Nichol, student at Glendale Community Collage and Lytzy Trorrer, student at Glendale Community Collage about a challange they were presented by Pete to do a design thinking exercise centered around Pete's desire to understand and focus his integration business to cater to different neuro types. If this sounds strange, listen to the podcast to get a better understanding of what we're talking about. Basically, it's about using technology to improve the human condition like the CEDIA integrator of 2027 white paper talked about. A few links: https://landing.cedia.net/IO27/io27.html https://www.glendale.edu/physicalscience rridgway@glendale.edu https://www.nirvanahomeentertainment.com/ Pete Trauth

Duration:00:54:56

The State of Wellness | 373

11/20/2023
In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA talks with Michael Don Ham, President and Co-Founder of RePure and Peter Dyroff, President and Co-Founder of the Pure Tech Alliance about the state of Wellness in our industry. We dive into the opportunity to offer air and water quality to our customers. We talk about how the CEDIA Integrator of 2027 white paper (IO27) talked about the need to deliver technology to improve the human condition and this is it! Our industry has fullly adopted lighting and shades, that one of the legs to this three legged stool. Air and water are the other two. It's total opportunity that many integrators are now taking advantage of and so should you. NOTE: This podcast was sponsored by Lutron, one of the three legs of the wellness stool. For more than 60 years, the same core belief has guided Lutron: that innovative design and the transformative nature of light have the power to enrich people’s lives. Our newest products are the latest expression of that belief. Learn more about Lumaris Tunable White Tape Light, our Triathlon Roman Shade Fabrication Kit, and our other innovations, by visiting lutron.com/podcast now. www.lutron.com/podcast The Integrator of 2027 White Paper: https://landing.cedia.net/IO27/io27.html The PureTech Alliance: https://www.puretech-alliance.com/blog/categories/health-and-wellness Peter Dyroff: peter.dyroff@puretech-alliance.com RePure: https://repure.io/ Michael Don Ham: mdham@repure.io

Duration:01:07:06

75th AES Show in New York City | 372.3

11/5/2023
In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA talks with Wallace, Wally and Warren as they went around the 75th Audio Engineering Society Convention where they attended seminars, paper presentations, toured the trade show floor and reported on general trends in audio. As mentioned, here's a link to the RP22 Immersive Audio Design Recommended Practice: https://cedia.org/advocacy/standards-best-practices/immersive-audio-design-excellence/

Duration:00:35:56

Australian Tech Summit | 371

10/20/2023
In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA talks with Michael & Haily Daly of Wired by MJD, Stuart Robertson of Sound Living and CEDIA's Paul Skelton and David Meyer about what happened at the Australian Tech Summit.

Duration:01:05:47

Toronto Tech Summit | 370

10/7/2023
In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA talks with a marvelous crew of integrators, manufactures and distributors about their experience at the Toronto Tech Summit

Duration:00:32:07

4DSOUND Sound | A New Dimension in Immersive Audio | 369

9/22/2023
In this Podcast, Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA talks with Poul Holleman of 4D Sound and Peter Aylett of Officina Acustica about what 4D sound is. Peter attended a live electronic music event where Max Cooper was performing live through 4D sound system which brought prompted a discussion with Poul at 4D Sound. Links https://4dsound.net/ https://maxcooper.net/ https://bloomline.com/phantom-ii https://meshmeshmesh.net/ https://officinaacustica.com/

Duration:00:47:14

2023 CEDIA Expo _ Day 3 [368]

9/9/2023
In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA and the host of the CEDIA Podcast has a discussion with a giant cast of international integrators, manufactures and distributors about third and final day of the CEDIA Expo. https://cedia.net/advocacy/rp22 https://cedia.net/advocacy/workforce-development/jobseekers https://cedia.net/product.aspx?ID=3360

Duration:00:40:05