Ray Estrada’s knowledge in AV/Automation/IT comes from over 18 years of holding different technical and leadership positions. Using this knowledge and his passion for technology, he opened Tekmax Technologies. His dedication and persistence for excellent customer service and resolution of difficult technical problems have helped solidify Tekmax Technologies as a top-rated AV/Automation/IT company. For 2012, Ray Estrada was named one of Custom Retailer’s Young Turks of CE. For 2013, Ray Estrada was awarded the CEDIA Training Rookie Volunteer of the Year award.
Home automation is an advanced integrated system for your home that aims to ‘smarten’ your everyday home appliances and controls while bringing them all for you to control at the tip of your fingers. While ‘smarten’ can be somewhat vague in terms of electrical appliances, they certainly can be made to ‘automatically’ perform certain tasks…
Control4 is one of the leading automation and smart home system providers in the country. Their unified smart home systems available for both personal use and commercial use have the ability to seamlessly connect every smart device in the home such as smart locks, smart lights, climate control, intercoms and home security under a single…
When it comes to home automation, the first things that come to our mind are smart lights, smart locks and smart speakers such as Google Home or Amazon Echo. With these things being mainstream and easily available, they are also not too feature-packed. For example, you cannot control a door lock with Alexa, neither can…
Home automation has become quite affordable in recent times, hence it is no surprise that the number of American families queuing up to get a piece of home automation technology installed in their homes is on the rise. If you are one of those who fancy having their home automated, there are a few tricks…
Home automation carries many practical purposes over pure cosmetic values, something which can be experienced only by installation of compatible home automation systems. Many early adopters of home automation technology reap rich benefits that mostly elude those without such systems in place. Installation of home automation systems has become considerably easier and cheaper thanks to…
Thinking of buying the long overdue home theatre system for your home? We agree, that the ton of components that go into a home theatre system may confuse first timers into buying things they don’t need and avoiding things they actually need. Hence we have prepared this short, concise checklist that you need to see…
Proper audio video installations are a crucial part of a state-of-art conference room. With every big businesses needing a proper conference room, whether it be for cutting out and finalizing new deals at international locations or communicating with their work partners overseas, conference rooms are a must have for every office. Now there are various…
Featured Story: Sometimes Bigger Really IS Better There’s something about a huge video screen. Sports bars trumpet about their 180” screens, IMAX has always made a big deal about it, and they made the screen at Texas’ AT&T stadium so enormous that punters have hit it! Seriously, that screen is almost unfathomably large. Each of…
It used to be that a good security system consisted of a faithful dog and a shotgun. Today, you likely need something a little more sophisticated (and less lethal!). Have you considered a home security system? Maybe you think it is simply too expensive. Some very common misconceptions keep people from investing in home security…
When the late Steve Jobs introduced the first iPad in 2010, it was the ultimate solution to taking the Internet on location. The new touch screen was user friendly and the new “apps” as they were called were inexpensive, useful and fun. No need to stay at home or work with a desk top computer. Finally…