12 Amazing Custom Installs
By CE Pro Editors
A look at creative programming and installations submitted by integrators for the "We Mean Custom" contest.

As Mark Twain said, “the report of my death was an exaggeration.”

So, too, are the reports of the death of “custom” in favor of all cookie-cutter systems. Indeed, there is still a heck of a lot of “custom” in the custom installation market.

That was proven recently by a slew of submissions to the first “We Are Custom” Installation Contest.

We have rounded up the winning installation and some of the more custom submissions.



Slick Programming Re-creates Cabinet
Phil Borden of Intelligent Audio Video Solutions in Grafton, Wis., figured out a cool way to help a homeowner remember how to control his motorized custom A/V cabinet. Borden programmed the Pronto touchscreen to emulate the cabinet doors open and closed. The cabinet is a series of 20 light pink squares that open to reveal a 60-inch Pioneer flat panel and the speakers.

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