As demand for smart security systems increases, make sure you include these devices

If you’re a builder, contractor, designer or otherwise involved in the home construction business, it’s crucial for you to include smart security in your houses. According to industry forecasts, demand for smart security devices in the U.S. is expected to increase by 10 percent every year through 2025, reaching $11 billion in revenue by then. Not having smart security in the homes you build could well cost you customers and money.

But if you don’t have experience designing and installing these systems, how do you know where to start? That’s why we’ve put together this guide to help contractors, designers and other building professionals choose the right security camera installation for your clients. Here are four basic camera types that are well suited to new homes in the Fort Lauderdale region of Florida.

Transform your home with lighting focused on you and your lifestyle

Despite the essential role lighting plays in everyday life at home or your workplace, it’s not something we think about very often. Obviously, we all need light to see what we’re doing, but lighting also plays an important role in setting the mood in a space. How a room is lit also helps you highlight or conceal elements within a room.

These factors and more are just a handful of reasons why you should install a lighting control system in your smart home. Today we’ll go through all the benefits lighting control can bring to Florida homeowners in the Plantation region.

Everything you need to take your viewing experience to the next level, and why you want an expert installation

If you’re a dedicated movie buff and you’re looking for the best way to enjoy your favorite flicks, your best choice may not be your local multiplex. Between the crowds, overpriced food and drinks, and minimal quality control, you might find yourself wondering why you didn’t just stay home.

You may well have been right to think so, because a high-end home theater can easily rival or even surpass the experience of going to the movies. With the right components and an expert home theater designer, you can create your own personal movie haven in your Davie, FL, home.

Make your home a more comfortable, relaxing place to be with smart lighting from Lutron

It may astonish you just how powerful a role the lighting in your home plays in your everyday life. The light from the sun or light sources around your home helps regulate your mood, energy levels and sleep cycle. Lighting also plays a critical role in setting the atmosphere around your home.

As a Lutron dealer, First Priority Audio is here to help residents in the Fort Lauderdale area and throughout Florida find the right lighting solution for their home. Lutron is the industry leader in creating beautiful, powerful smart lighting solutions, and today’s blog will show you why a Lutron lighting system is a smart investment for your home.

Software update brings multiple new enhancements to help families use the popular home control system

There’s no denying that smart home devices are becoming increasingly common in our everyday lives. From Amazon Echo smart speakers to lighting control and more, people expect home automation technology in their houses. As a builder or designer, it’s up to you to meet their needs.

The heart of any home’s automation system is the control system. Because the home control system is so crucial, any changes or updates to the system are worth noting. Control 4, our preferred home control system brand, recently released their OS 3 update, which contains a slew of upgrades and tweaks to makes homeowners’ lives simpler. Here’s what you will find with Control4 OS 3 and the fresh benefits they offer to homeowners in Palm Beach and other areas of Florida.

Weighing the pros and cons of wired and wireless systems for your Palm Beach home

If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you know we at First Priority Audio are big believers in home lighting control. While we’ve talked about what you can gain from installing a lighting control system, we haven’t yet spent a lot of time talking about the technical aspects of the devices.

That’s what this article aims to fix. Today we’ll break down the two broad categories of lighting control systems – wired systems and wireless ones – as well as the pluses and minuses of each type of home lighting control. If you live in Palm Beach or nearby areas of Florida, don’t miss advice from your local integrator below.

Is your network glitchy, slow or not generating enough coverage? A home network installer can help

With the growing number of Internet-enabled devices in our homes, the importance of a strong, reliable home network is only growing. But as you’ve brought more and more of these devices into your home, you’ve likely noticed that your network performance is dipping.

What’s the answer? A professional home network installer like First Priority Audio Video can give you the performance you’re looking for with a total network overhaul. Today’s blog will break down the key components of a home network and what Coral Springs families can do to make sure everything runs smoothly in their Florida homes.

The right home network installation enables you to do more with your devices and ditch your cable provider

More Americans than ever are getting rid of their cable TV providers, and it’s easy to see why. Cable companies generally provide abysmal customer service, regional monopolies mean there’s little price competition, and you may not even get the network speeds you’re paying for.

Thankfully, it’s easier than ever to cut the cord and leave cable TV behind. Streaming video apps like Hulu and Netflix, along with digital TV companies like Sling, give you better service, more flexibility and better price options.

There are some challenges that remain when it comes to cord cutting. Relying on the Internet for your entertainment needs requires a network that can handle all the data your family will be using around your home. This is particularly true of your home wireless network, and today we’ll look at both the opportunities and challenges of cord-cutting if you live in Pompano Beach, FL.

From thermostats with machine learning to new smart sensors, here are 3 future upgrades for your home

Another edition of the annual Consumer Electronics Show has come on and gone, and once again, there was a lot to see in terms of home automation technology. The biggest names in tech showcased everything from control systems and smart lights to TVs and thermostats. There’s so much to talk about, in fact, that it can be hard to figure out which of these amazing new devices will make the biggest impact on your daily life in Davie, FL. That’s why we put together this list of three things from CES that we think best show what the future of home automation will look like.