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Brand Index
Notes on the brands I know well enough to be useful about. I do not represent these companies and I do not take a cut — which is exactly what makes a comparison across them worth reading.
Video
Residential Projection
Barco
Cinematic purity — from professional cinema to residential architecture.
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3LCD · HD · 4K Projectors
Epson Home Cinema
Where 3LCD performance meets the everyday home theater.
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4K Laser Projection
Epson Q-Series
The most trusted name in home projection — laser-powered, ISF-certified.
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Video Processing
madVR
The world's most advanced real-time video processor.
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Video · Display
Samsung
The world's most recognized display brand — now a full residential CI line.
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115″ Micro LED · 4K
Samsung Micro RGB
115" of Micro LED engineering — the biggest display story of 2026.
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Projection Screens
Stewart Filmscreen
Hand-built optical precision in Torrance, CA since 1947.
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Audio
Amplification · DSP
AudioControl
Power that listens — the amplification standard for CI integrators.
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Bowers & Wilkins
B&W
From Abbey Road to your home — engineering emotion since 1966.
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Seating · Acoustics
Cinematech
The architecture of comfort — where theater design meets craftsmanship.
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Marine · CI Audio
JL Audio
Bass engineering that audiophile brands twice the price rarely match.
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Custom Speakers
Leon Speakers
Sound that fits — where audio meets architecture.
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High-End Speakers
Pro Audio Technology
Cinema without compromise — the reference for private theater.
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Network Audio
Then Audio
Dante to analog, made simple — bridge the network audio gap.
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Architectural Audio
Theory Audio
Commercial-grade output in a designer form factor.
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Room Optimization
Trinnov Audio
The art of optimization — born from IRCAM research in Paris.
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Control
Infrastructure
HDMI · Distribution
AVPro Edge
The spine of every reliable signal path in modern integration.
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Active HDMI Cables
BulletTrain
Active HDMI engineered for the distances installers actually face.
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Structured Wiring
Ice Cable
The wire behind every performance — Reelex-packaged, UL-verified.
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Signal Test
Murideo
Test and verify before the wall closes — and again after.
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Power Protection
SurgeX
Non-sacrificial Series Mode protection — it never needs replacing.
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Lighting · Shading
Design Lighting
Cerno
Handcrafted modernism — California-made design lighting.
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Architectural Lighting
DMF Lighting
Modular perfection — CRI 98 architectural downlighting.
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Luxury Fixtures
HK Luxury
Precision machined in California — light designed to reveal, not just illuminate.
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CI Lighting
Lucetta CI
Architectural linear lighting built for the control integrator.
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Motorized Shading
Polar Shades
Family-built in Las Vegas since 1995 — engineered sun control for integrators.
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