Metra Home Theater Group® Announces New Bulk Fiber and Fiber Termination Tools at the 2019 CEDIA Expo
Thursday, August 8, 2019 12:32:26 PM America/New_York
Metra Home Theater Group® (MHTG) is excited to launch new bulk fiber cable and fiber termination tools for installers at the 2019 CEDIA Expo. This product line provides reliable fiber installation at a competitive price and is a first for MHTG, who currently sells bulk category cable, speaker wire, security wire and coax cable. Existing fiber products from MHTG so far have been HDMI® cables from their Velox®, Helios® and Install Bay® brands, at lengths ranging from 3 feet to 330 feet. Now, customers will have the ability to terminate their own fiber lengths with 1,000-foot bulk reels of OM3 multi-mode fiber, available in simplex or duplex options in an easy-pull box. It is available in OFNR riser rated, making it suitable for indoor floor to floor applications or OFNP for plenum applications and designed for today’s 10 Gigabit applications in networks and data centers.
The Launch of Second Generation HDMI® All-in-One Correction Tool
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 9:56:23 AM America/New_York
Ethereal® by Metra Home Theater Group® (MHTG) is introducing its next generation of the HDMI® All-in-One Correction Tool, the HDM-AIO2, at the 2019 CEDIA Expo. This exclusive product instantly fixes most of the common HDMI problems that installers experience in today’s home theater systems and now has a smaller footprint and lower price tag, along with a completely redesigned circuit board to increase efficiency and provide faster input switching. Its predecessor, the HDM-AIO, was a toolbox favorite for custom integrators and home theater professionals, allowing installers to get out a problem job fast. Now, the HDM-AIO2 will be shipping soon and on display at the 2019 CEDIA Expo booth #1338.
The HDMI® Cable Faceoff at CEDIA with Jeff Boccaccio & Brent McCall
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 4:43:00 PM America/New_York
Metra Home Theater Group® (MHTG) is excited to host a workshop at this year’s CEDIA Expo featuring Jeff Boccaccio, president of DPL Labs and one of the industry’s leading experts on digital signaling solutions and HDMI®, along with Brent McCall from MHTG’s technical support and product development team. This one-hour long workshop session is hosted at MHTG’s booth #1338 on Thursday 9/12 and Friday 9/13 at 1:00 PM. Both days will have the same session topic and attendees will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win new products.
Metra Home Theater Group® Announces Live Streaming Videos of “Home Tech Tips” for Custom Integrators
Friday, June 21, 2019 5:28:42 PM America/New_York
The technical support and product development team from Metra Home Theater Group® (MHTG) will be live streaming short videos every other week to answer questions custom integrators are asking about home technology products. The topics will range from HDMI® to security surveillance integration, bulk wire, multimedia distribution, home audio and other technical issues seen in the field. The videos will stream live from Facebook and YouTube and be about 10-20 minutes in length, ending with an open question and answer session to discuss questions posted in the comments section. MHTG is planning to host these live videos every other Wednesday at 11:00 A.M. (Eastern time), starting July 3rd, 2019.
Phoenix Marketing Group Now Represents Metra Home Theater Group® in the Southeast Region
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 9:01:00 AM America/New_York
Metra Home Theater Group® is excited to announce that Phoenix Marketing Group will be their representative firm in the southeast region of the United States. According to Phoenix Marketing Group’s Principal, Chris Gilray, “Our continued success is dependent upon our partnerships with our exceptional manufacturers, and with our loyal customers.” When asked about the new partnership, Gilray continued, "We are very proud to be a part of their team and represent the Metra Home Theater Group brand. The unique products and the array of custom installation products they have to offer complement our other product lines well and will help us in providing complete solutions for our customers."