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Episode 364 · September 17, 2021 · 00:38:01

Two Hubs, One Show

This week on HomeTech: Picking up the pieces and news stories for the past two weeks post-CEDIA, big moves in business, Sonos ups pricing on just about everything, “Input 0” coming from both Comcast and Amazon, and TWO NEW HUBS! All this and, of course, a pic of the week!

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Episode 363 · August 28, 2021 · 00:16:33

Announcing Tech Show Talk 2021

This week on HomeTech: We're kicking off with a big announcement about Tech Show Talk 2021 - a live event on Thursday, September 2nd that will bring industry peers from all around the world to discuss the news coming out of the CEDIA Expo. All of this and a fun pick of the week on this week's podcast.

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Episode 362 · August 20, 2021 · 00:30:04

X Marks the Spot

This week on HomeTech: More vendors exiting from the CEDIA Expo, Sonos kind of wins over Google, and cool new products from SmartThings and Josh.ai. All of this and a fun pick of the week on this week's podcast.

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Episode 361 · August 13, 2021 · 00:24:58

Empty in Indy

This week on HomeTech: Major vendors start to cancel on CEDIA, Wyze is at it again, new TCL TV pricing, and is T-Mobile testing fiber? All of this and a fun pick of the week on this week's podcast.

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Episode 360 · August 6, 2021 · 00:30:08

Viva la Vudu

This week on HomeTech: Vudu lives on, Snap One expands into a few more local markets, Google might be announcing new Nest kit soon, and IKEA shows off a new smart air filter. All of this and a fun pick of the week on this week's podcast.

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Episode 359 · July 30, 2021 · 00:30:08

Wellness Pseudoscience

This week on HomeTech: Snap One ($SNPO) shares go on sale, at a discount, Alexa gets some new skills and Seth goes off on a rant about the “wellness” trend. All of this and a fun pick of the week on this week's podcast.

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Episode 358 · July 23, 2021 · 00:25:50

Dust Off That Bell!

This week on HomeTech: Ring adds end-to-end encryption, the security market has a security problem, and Nokia releases all-new smart lighting products powered by Insteon! All of this and a little bit more on this week's podcast.

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Episode 357 · July 16, 2021 · 00:25:49

Smart Home Hoops

This week on HomeTech: End of an era at Crestron, watching movies from home looks promising, and is the smart home worth it? All of this and a little bit more on this week's podcast.

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Episode 356 · July 9, 2021 · 00:28:26

HomeTech One

This week on HomeTech: SnapAV is now Snap One plus a new S1 filing reveals the company plans a paid version of OVRC, the Onkyo deal is done, ADT sues Vivint, and are counterfeit products next in our future? All of this and a little bit more on this week's podcast.

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Episode 355 · June 25, 2021 · 00:16:58

A Slow News Weeks

This week on HomeTech: We're in the middle of the slow summer news cycle and managed to pluck out a few headlines about Sonos and IKEA, Ring, and SpaceX having worldwide coverage coming up in September. All of this and a little bit more on this week's podcast.

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Episode 354 · June 11, 2021 · 00:34:04

Siri on Device

This week on HomeTech: Apple shows off a few new Home features at WWDC 2021, CEDIA opens up registration for EXPO 2021, HBO Max was broken and now fixed, and Sidewalk takes a hit in the press. All that and a great listner question in this weeks mailbag.

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Episode 353 · June 4, 2021 · 00:57:08

Making the Intelligent Home with CEO of Orro Colin Billings

This week on HomeTech: We chat with Orro CEO and founder, Colin Billings about how he is using AI to make smart devices smarter. Orro is a unique smart dimmer that has built-in sensors and touchscreen interface that all fits within a decora-sized wall plate. It's also packed with third party integrations and the ability to learn how your lights should be set based on your habits. Some quick follow up about the Apple lossless audio launch, IKEA/Sonos picture frames are coming, and Control4 adds OVRC into every controller.

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Episode 352 · May 28, 2021 · 00:36:55

A Familiar Voice

This week on HomeTech: Jason drops in to to say "hi" and chat about all the new offerings from OneVision, Amazon buys MGM, and Roku has its eyes on the smart home... All this and of course, the pick of the week.

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Episode 351 · May 21, 2021 · 00:37:12

StockAV

This week on HomeTech: Two weeks of HomeTech Headlines! SnapAV is going public, the streaming wars intensify, Zigbee wants to Matter, and more... All this and of course, the pick of the week.

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Episode 350 · May 7, 2021 · 00:23:35

Brands Buying Brands

This week on HomeTech: New products are actually being announced, SnapAV buys more things, Onkyo is now owned by someone else as well, ISE cancels fun in 2021, and more... All this and of course, the pick of the week.

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Episode 349 · April 30, 2021 · 00:30:09

Blue Sign of the Times

This week on HomeTech: More streaming news including a spat between Roku and Google, ADT sues Ring, Spotify is raising prices, and Denon & Marantz throw in the towel on fixing faulty receivers... All this and of course, the pick of the week.

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Episode 348 · April 23, 2021 · 00:38:47

More Remote News

This week on HomeTech: Apple's big event lands us with a new AppleTV and remote, Roku and Disney up their streaming game, is Amazon forcing Ecobee to fork over user data, and Nortek sells off Broan and Nutone... All this and of course, the pick of the week.

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Episode 347 · April 16, 2021 · 00:27:45

Roku's New Kit

This week on HomeTech: It's officially over for Harmony, or is it? Samsung switches to OLED, Sony goes to Netflix, and Roku launches 3 new products and a whole new OS packed with new features... All this and of course, the pick of the week.

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Episode 346 · April 9, 2021 · 00:23:01

Apple Motion+

This week on Hometech: Rumors about a new AppleTV on the horizon, T-Mobile launches their 5G internet network for the home, and IKEA and Sonos are up to something again... All this and of course, the pick of the week.

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Episode 345 · April 2, 2021 · 00:30:06

RIP Harmony

This week on Hometech: A quick recap of the week's news and a conversation about the death of the Logitech Harmony remote – even if Logitech doesn't want to admit it. It seems everyone in retail, distribution, and within Logitech knows the product line has been discontinued... so where's the announcement? All this and of course the pick of the week.

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