Our group publisher, Tony Monteleone, attended the 2022 Inspired Home Show in Chicago, IL. On today's episode he talks about how he enjoyed the show and what home technology will catch consumers attention once they hit the market. He also discusses why he thinks it's important for retailers to attend the show.

HDMI 2.0, HDMI 2.1, and HDMI 2.1a: What's the difference between these three audio-video standards, and what do retailers specifically need to know about them? Dealerscope Editor-in-Chief Tom Samiljan spoke with Brad Bramy, Vice President of Marketing and Operations at HD Licensing Administrator (HDMI LA), to find out.

The WiSA wireless standard powers seamless high-resolution and multi-channel audio for music and home theater applications alike -- without a jumble of cables all over the place. In this episode, Dealerscope Editor in Chief Tom Samiljan asks WiSA Association President Tony Ostrom about everything from WiSA basics to retailer education to the launch of WiSA Technologies, a new initiative that brings new technologies and hardware to the marketplace.

In today's episode, Dealerscope Editor in Chief Tom Samiljan speaks with Roei Friedberg, CEO of Aura Americas, which makes a line of air purifiers for consumers and offices and just launched the Aura Web Platform, a new enterprise solution that lets businesses and institutions manage their indoor air quality intelligently and at at scale. We'll also find out just how the tiny beer can-sized Aura Air Mini works to keep viruses, including COVID-19, at bay within 100 feet of a desktop.

In today's episode, Dealerscope Editor in Chief Tom Samiljan speaks with MeetKai CEO and Co-Founder James Kaplan about AI-powered VR experiences in the metaverse. Kaplan's company got its start as a conversational AI provider, but is now branching out with a new lifestyle VR environment known as the MeetKai Metaverse, which features virtual environments such as museums, boxing gyms, and meditation spaces that will be staffed by AI-powered curators, boxing teachers, and meditation teachers, respectively. Think a deeply-focused Google Assistant or Alexa filtered through a walking and talking avatar

Join us as we discuss CES 2022 with our Group Publisher, Tony Monteleone. Tony is a CES veteran, but this year the show was different due to the show being half in-person and half virtual. Hear what he believes did and didn't work as well as what new technology caught his interest.

Take a trip to your favorite retailers without ever having to step foot in-store. Go Instore, the live video retail experience provider, harnesses live HD video to connect customers to product-specialized, in-store experts. On this episode of the Dealerscope podcast, we sat down with, Andre Hordagoda Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Go Instore to discuss retail trends for this coming holiday season and how cutting-edge video retail is poised to add a new dimension to online shopping.

On this episode of the Dealerscope podcast, our Web Editor Brenda Thelusca is joined by Jessica Klodnicki, Chief Marketing Officer of Skullcandy. Based out of Park City Utah, Skullcandy has a natural affinity for the outdoors. Thus it is only fitting that it has teamed up with Protect Our Winters, a non-profit sustainability organization founded by professional snowboarder Jeremy Jones, to upcycle old products and reduce the company’s e-waste footprint. Not only does this program give products a second life, but a portion of the proceeds also go directly to Protect Our Winters to advocate for climate policy.

Joining us today is Karl Wiley, CEO of Allstate Protection Plans, who will discuss the extended warranty provider's just-launched Allstate Protection Plans Express, a new dedicated team and technology solution allowing retailers and e-commerce businesses of any size the ability to provide their customers with the same Allstate product protection offered by many of the largest retailers in the country.

From UHD gaming TVs to low EMI emission cables that won't interfere with your WiFi, HDMI 2.1 products are hitting the marketplace in a big way this holiday season. HDMI Forum president Chandlee Harrell joined today's Dealerscope podcast to tell us all about why HDMI 2.1 is a gamechanger, which compatible products will be shipping this quarter, and how even the next-gen cables themselves are particularly special.