If luxury home automation is on your wish list, now is a great time to do it. With recent advancements in smart home technology, gone are the days of luxury and home automation being two separate design elements or a compromise. Now, it’s easy to find the best comfort and entertainment solutions for your Michigan home or lakeside retreat. 

At AD+E, we are often asked, “What is it, exactly, that you do”? In some professions, that’s a simple, straightforward answer. For us, it’s not so easy. Remember the iconic mid-century “What’s My Line”?  How many clues would it take to uncover the role of an integrator?  It might be easier to say what we’re not.

Content is king and today we’ve got more choices than ever before.  From subscription streaming to satellite, sources for content seem endless, and so are your options for viewing!  If you’re hosting a March Madness party, a night of gaming, or any other excuse to have friends over, here’s some tips to treat all your guests to their favorite team, game or conversation.

Football & 4K – When it comes to choosing the right TV to watch the BIG game...size, sound & set-up matter!

4K, HDR, 3D…There are a lot of choices out there that offer stunning imagery, so how do you know which is the “best” and which one is right for you?  There’s actually a lot more to it than pixels alone. 

8,294,400, to be exact.

We’ve heard that 4K is the ultimate in pixel count, but what does that mean to me?  More pixels displayed on the screen at once means more details, which means a sharper, crisper picture.  Imagine 4 times the resolution of full 1080p – over 8 million pixels filling the screen!

Ok, but we learned when HD was introduced that the capabilities of the unit didn’t matter