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Most popular and most controversial stories, as well as Neat-O stories from 2009.

12.11.2009 — Is anyone sad that 2009 is coming to an end?

After seeing the economy tank, housing market collapse, product margins fall, and too many companies fold, 2010 can not come soon enough.

But before we can look ahead, let’s take a look back at the year that was. We’ve already rounded up the Top Products of 2009, and now we’ve compiled:

The custom electronics industry was ripe with scandal. There were lawsuits pitting industry bigwigs against one another, debates of integration companies’ ethics, and speculation that company owners are too old to be effective.

It might have been a difficult year, but it certainly wasn’t boring.

Below are our stories looking back on 2009. Enjoy. Here’s to a better 2010.

By CE Pro Editors

http://www.cepro.com/article/the_year_in_review/

Custom Installation Services, LLC – Home Entertainment Audio and Video services in North Carolina.

lg_bd390_300 You won’t find a $78 Blu-ray player on this HTSA-approved electronics gift list.

CE pros don’t generally experience the holiday shopping bump that retailers do.

They can’t compete with Walmart and its $78 Blu-ray player deals. Nor should they try to, according to the Home Theater Specialists of America (HTSA).

The 59-member buying group wants CE pros to carve out their own holiday shopping niche and it has issued an electronics holiday shopping list for “the tech obsessed.”

You won’t find any $78 deals. Prices begin at $300 and go up very, very high, but at least they’re HTSA-approved.

Of course, the buying group’s list isn’t completely objective. Each product comes from an HTSA vendor partner. But, with 42 vendor partners, it’s a wide field. But we’ve narrowed it down to our 10 favorite.

Click here for 10 Holiday Gifts for Tech Lovers.

By Tom LeBlanc

http://www.cepro.com/article/10_holiday_gifts_for_tech_lovers/

Custom Installation Services, LLC – Home Entertainment Audio and Video services in North Carolina.