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The HT Guys HDTV and Home Theater Podcast #285 - Custom Installers' Favorite Brands
By The HT Guys
Braden Russell and Ara Derderian
Posted on June 16, 2008
Category: General Interest
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Today's Show:
Every year CE Pro puts together a list of the top 100 custom electronics dealers in the country.  Then they poll those top dealers for their favorite brands to sell in 37 different categories.  Of course half the picture for dealers is how much profit they can make selling a particular product, but the other half of the picture is reliability and returns. We like to look at the list to see what all the custom home theater installers are endorsing. If you've narrowed a purchase down to two brands, it may help to swing your vote.

Custom Installers' Favorite Brands
We won't cover all 37 categories.  To get all the info, you need to read the article.

A/V Receivers
  • Integra (46%)
  • Denon (36%)   
  • Marantz (31%)
  • Pioneer (19%)
  • Sony (17%)

Bookshelf Speakers
  • B&W (25%)
  • Klipsch (22%)
  • Triad (17%)
  • Paradigm (14%)
  • Canton (11%)

DVD Players
  • Sony (43%)
  • Integra (34%)
  • Denon (29%)
  • Pioneer (25%)
  • Marantz (23%)

DVRs
  • DirecTV (23%)
  • Dedicated Micros (16%)
  • TiVo (13%)
  • Sony (4%)
  • Comcast and Motorola (3%)

Floorstanding Speakers
  • B&W (27%)
  • Klipsch (23%)
  • Triad (13%)
  • Paradigm (13%)
  • Canton (9%)

Front Projection TVs
  • Runco (43%)
  • Sony (38%)
  • JVC (14%)
  • Marantz (14%)
  • Digital Projection (13%)

Home Theater Amplifiers
  • Integra (23%)
  • Lexicon (21%)
  • Rotel (16%)
  • McIntosh (13%)
  • JBL (13%)

In-Wall / In-Ceiling Speakers
  • Speakercraft (48%)
  • Sonance (25%)
  • Triad (23%)
  • B&W (22%)
  • Klipsch (16%)

LCD TVs
  • Sharp (50%)
  • Sony (48%)
  • LG (37%)
  • Samsung (25%)
  • Runco (20%)

Media Servers
  • Kaleidescape (50%)
  • Escient (39%)
  • Request (23%)
  • Crestron (10%)
  • Elan (7%)

Plasma TVs
  • Pioneer (56%)
  • Runco (39%)
  • LG (28%)
  • Pioneer Elite (25%)
  • Samsung (22%)

Rear Projection TVs
  • Sony (38%)
  • Mitsubishi (29%)
  • Samsung (26%)
  • JVC (6%)
  • NuVision (4%)


Who's Cuisine Reigns Supreme?
Sony, appearing in 6 of the 12 categories we looked at. Still the 800 lbs. gorilla.

Posted by The HT Guys, June 16, 2008 11:11 PM

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About The HT Guys

The HT Guys, Ara Derderian and Braden Russell, are Engineers who formerly worked for the Advanced Digital Systems Group (ADSG) of Sony Pictures Entertainment. ADSG was the R&D unit of the sound department producing products for movie theaters and movie studios.

Two of the products they worked on include the DCP-1000 and DADR-5000. The DCP is a digital cinema processor used in movie theaters around the world. The DADR-5000 is a disk-based audio dubber used on Hollywood sound stages.

ADSG was awarded a Technical Academy Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2000 for the development of the DADR-5000. Ara holds three patents for his development work in Digital Cinema and Digital Audio Recording.

Every week they put together a podcast about High Definition TV and Home Theater. Each episode brings news from the A/V world, helpful product reviews and insights and help in demystifying and simplifying HDTV and home theater.