D-Tools System Integrator 5.5™ Wins 2010 Custom Retailer  EXCITE Award
09/02/2010 – 8:02 am | View Comments

CONCORD, CA – SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 — D-Tools, Inc., the worldwide leader in system integration software, today announced that D-Tools System Integrator 5.5 has been named a 2010 Custom Retailer EXCITE Award recipient. Each year …

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Entertainment Experience Teams with D-Tools to Provide Next Generation eeColor™ Technology to SI5.5 Users
08/31/2010 – 11:08 am | View Comments

Membership in D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) Program enables direct access to Entertainment Experience’s TruVue VANGO™  and TruVue eeColor™ Processor  product information

CONCORD, CA – AUGUST 31, 2010 — D-Tools Inc., the worldwide leader in system integration software, today announced that Entertainment Experience, Inc., a technology-based US manufacturer and full solution provider of color processing and calibration technology has joined the D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) Program, making its detailed product specifications directly available to users of D-Tools System Integrator™ software for use in their client engagements.

“We’re proud to work with D-Tools to bring the next generation of viewing experience to a highly successful community of AV and custom electronics integrators,” said David Monks, Vice President, Business Development, for Entertainment Experience. “Our true, multi-dimensional eeColor™ Technology and products will provide an unparalleled viewing experience – and adding our specifications to the D-Tools database, will make it easy for D-Tools users to estimate, engineer, and present this unique capability to their clients. The D-Tools MVP program will help us empower our dealers to provide unique custom color solutions and value-added services to their clients and bring our TruVue VANGO™ projectors and eeColor™ Technology to a highly sophisticated client base.”

The TruVue VANGO™ is the first complete LED home cinema system to be powered with eeColor™ Technology. eeColor™ is the only patent-pending, multi-dimensional color processor technology available today and allows for customization based on 6 integrated 3D eeColor™ tables – to compensate

for differing viewing environments with knowledge of  human vision.

The D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) program is designed to help provide system integrators with the most up-to-date product information to over 2,500 companies using D-Tools System Integrator software. D-Tools MVP members are dedicated to helping companies streamline the design process and making it easier for system integrators to provide complete, accurate proposals to their clients.

“We’re proud to name Entertainment Experience as our newest MVP member,” said Adam Stone, President of D-Tools. “Providing our dealers with the means to specify and deploy new experiences to their clients has been a hallmark of our approach since we started back in 1998, and we’re pleased to be able to partner with Entertainment Experience to bring their technology to the market.”

About Entertainment Experience

Entertainment Experience, LLC was established in 2008 with a worldwide focus on changing the cost/value performance of digital entertainment solutions in homes. As a full solution provider, Entertainment Experience recognizes that digital quality requires a system view, involving every element of the digital content, distribution and home imaging devices.

Entertainment Experience is unique in its ability to deliver the most affordable and highest quality color and visual experience on the market today. For more information, call 585-598-4195 or visit http://www.entexpinc.com/truvue.

About D-Tools, Inc.

D-Tools, founded in 1998 and based in Concord, California, is a worldwide leader in accessible, highly accurate system design and documentation software. The company’s flagship product, System Integrator™ (SI), is a total design solution that utilizes Autodesk® AutoCAD and Microsoft® Visio for comprehensive system design, documentation and project management. D-Tools SI allows residential and commercial integrators to streamline their business processes to increase overall revenues while reducing the time and costs associated with the installation and integration of low-voltage systems. Over 2,500 leading companies use D-Tools software to reduce time and costs and streamline the system integration process. D-Tools is the recipient of the Consumer Electronics Association’s Mark of Excellence Award (2004, 2005, 2006), National Systems Contractors Association and Sound and Video Contractor’s Innovations in Technology for Business Productivity Award (2004, 2005) and CE Pro’s High Impact Award for Design Software.

For more information, contact D-Tools at (866) 386-6571, e-mail at info@d-tools.com or visit D-Tools online at www.d-tools.com.

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D-Tools New and Returning Manufacturer Vantage Point Partners for August 2010
08/18/2010 – 8:51 am | View Comments
D-Tools New and Returning Manufacturer Vantage Point Partners for August 2010

We would like to welcome the following Manufacturers to the MVP Program this month:

Entertainment Experience, LLC was established in 2008 with a worldwide focus on changing the cost/value performance of digital entertainment solutions in homes. …

D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point Product and CEDIA News for August 2010
08/18/2010 – 8:41 am | View Comments
D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point Product and CEDIA News for August 2010

D-Tools MVP manufacturers realize the importance of bringing you their product information and have chosen to support the D-Tools user community by joining the program and making their product data directly available through D-Tools SI …

CEDIA 2010 Manufacturer Trainings
08/18/2010 – 6:56 am | View Comments
CEDIA 2010 Manufacturer Trainings

We will be teaching two Manufacturer Training Sessions at the CEDIA expo this year.  These free sessions are open to all CEDIA attendees and are eligible for CEDIA CEUs.  Each class is 90 minutes long …

Creating Half-Rack Width Shapes
08/18/2010 – 5:50 am | View Comments
Creating Half-Rack Width Shapes

It is fairly easy to create customized Visio shapes based on the SI5 library of shapes that will represent products whose width is half-rack, or 9.5 inches, that snap-to the rack shapes. By default, …

The Benefit of Atlantic Technology’s ICTS-6 LCR
08/17/2010 – 2:39 pm | View Comments
The Benefit of Atlantic Technology’s ICTS-6 LCR

The Benefit of Atlantic Technology’s ICTS-6 LCR
© 2010 Steve Feinstein and Atlantic Technology
The Dilemma: Great Theater Sound, without any visible speakers. (No, not even in-walls!)
The Answer: The Atlantic Technology ICTS-6 LCR. Bona fide, top …

Use Sample Documentation to SELL
08/16/2010 – 8:40 am | View Comments
Use Sample Documentation to SELL

Do you regularly or have you ever spent countless hours creating full or project documentation/ engineering drawings to help you win a project proposal (without an upfront design fee)?  Can we agree that this is …

Integrators Can Easily Adapt Skills to Central Vac Installation
07/29/2010 – 11:21 am | View Comments
Integrators Can Easily Adapt Skills to Central Vac Installation

Installation of a built-in central vacuum system should be a relatively easy adaptation for D-Tools MVP integrators.
“The basic method of installing wiring in interior walls is very similar to the installation of central vacuum tubing,” …

D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) News for July 2010
07/28/2010 – 10:40 am | View Comments
D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) News for July 2010

D-Tools MVP manufacturers realize the importance of bringing you their product information and have chosen to support the D-Tools user community by joining the program and making their product data directly available through D-Tools SI …

Tannoy V Series loudspeakers a key component in putting visitors ‘on the field’ during Pickett’s Charge
07/28/2010 – 8:57 am | View Comments
Tannoy V Series loudspeakers a key component in putting visitors ‘on the field’ during Pickett’s Charge

To call the Gettysburg Cyclorama experience install impressive doesn’t come close to adequately describing the end result or the efforts that went into creating it. The summer 2008 audio installation at the Gettysburg National Military …

Kordz Offers Exclusive Promotion for D-Tools Customers!
07/27/2010 – 1:32 pm | View Comments
Kordz Offers Exclusive Promotion for D-Tools Customers!

Kordz, a leading brand of high purity and proudly compliant HDMI cables is offering an exclusive introductory package for D-Tool members only. This limited time offer gives D-Tools customers an opportunity to really save on …

K2 DEALER SERVICES NAMED EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR FOR PROCESS DSG PRODUCTS
07/27/2010 – 1:20 pm | View Comments
K2 DEALER SERVICES NAMED EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR FOR PROCESS DSG PRODUCTS

k2 Dealer Services, LLC has announced a strategic partnership with Process Dealer Service Group after being named the exclusive distributor for Process DSG products and training services.  Process DSG has created some amazing product add-ons …

Top 7 Things to Tell Your Customers About HDMI 1.4
07/27/2010 – 1:09 pm | View Comments
Top 7 Things to Tell Your Customers About HDMI 1.4

Chris Bundy, Director of Marketing for D-Tools MVP Partner Atlona Technology, provides insight about HDMI 1.4 cables and the top 7 things you should tell your customers.
1. HDMI 1.4 ALLOWS WEB SUPPORT FOR CAPABLE DEVICES
Your …