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Managing Your Remotes After Cutting the Cord

With all of the streaming video options available today, millions of Americans are choosing to drop cable altogether and switch to streaming video services. Although cutting the cord can be exciting, it can also come with an unexpected frustration: managing all of those new remote controls! Fortunately, SevenAV can help you simplify your remote controls so you can fully enjoy your streaming video.

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Creating the Ultimate Home Theater

Few things have the power to bring together friends and family like a great story. There’s nothing quite like sitting down for a movie marathon, the smell of warm popcorn in the air and your favorite people gathered together on the sofa. But if you’re watching on a small television or with poor surround sound, it can detract from the show. Whether you’re finally sitting down to watch the entire Marvel series or you’re binging Netflix, having a great home theater system can elevate your viewing to the next level.

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What to Do When You Have Too Many Remotes

Does this sound familiar? It’s Friday night, and you’re ready to wind down after a long and chaotic week at work. You’ve got your bowl of freshly popped movie theater butter popcorn and you plop down on the sofa to turn on the TV. But before you have a chance to pull up Netflix or the game you recorded, you realize someone changed something on your settings. You frantically grab the four remote controls in your bowl of remotes on the coffee table, but you can’t remember how to switch your TV back to the right setting.

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How You Can Use Voice Control in Your Home

It’s hard to believe that not that long ago, the idea of being able to use voice control to order dinner or play a song seemed like science fiction. In many ways, we’re living in the most exciting age yet.

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5 Key Points to Keep in Mind When Positioning a New TV

If you are planning a new entertainment system or simply buying a new TV, you have the perfect opportunity to place your screen exactly where it needs to be for maximum clarity, brightness, and color. This is even more important these days as people start upgrading to 4K and OLED screens that benefit even more from careful placement. To help out, here are four things to remember when choosing a TV spot.

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Smart Remotes: Why People Love Them

Let's face it; we're always looking for ways to make our lives easier. Thankfully, smart remotes are the product that has been making waves in the remote market since their introduction. Since there are several different capabilities available at your disposal when it comes to smart remotes, we're going to give you a glimpse into why people continue to purchase smart remotes for their home from us at Seven’s Home Theater.

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Creating a Universal Audio and Video Control System

How many remotes does your system have? Many people are finding it difficult to control their entire setup. Television, audio systems, consoles, and cable boxes -- all of them often need to be controlled individually, leading to confusion. Luckily, there are some ways this can be addressed to create a system that is easier and faster to use.

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Decisions, Decisions: Home Theater Considerations Before Installation

Home theaters provide an outlet for home entertainment, family time, and entertaining guests. However, if done incorrectly, it won't function the way you want it to and it won't provide the benefit you desire. The experts at Seven's Home Theater are experienced in home theater installation, flat panel TV installation, and installing flat panel TV mounts, but they want you to be happy with the finished effect. Take a look at a few of the choices you need to make to get the custom home experience you are looking for. 

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What you Need to Know about In-Wall Theater Installation

The concept of replicating a movie theater experience in your home is not new. For many years, people have been installing home theater equipment of every imaginable type in their homes, ranging from a basic receiver and five speakers to dedicated rooms with equipment that rivals any entertainment venue out there.

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How can a New Remote Simplify your Life?

By the late 1930s, several radio manufacturers offered models featuring remote controls. Most of these were connected to the unit being controlled by wires, but in 1939, Philco premiered the Mystery Control, a battery-operated low-frequency radio (RF) transmitter considered to be the first wireless remote control for a consumer electronics device.

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