5 Tech Ideas to Help You Enjoy Your Summer Staycation

Your Home: a Vacation Destination

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1) Set up a Home Theater

Increase your happiness by setting up and installing a new home theater space in your home. “Home theaters” can include everything from theater seating to a popcorn machine. But they can also be much simpler and deploy surround sound, a bigger and better TV, and streaming services. Bergen IT works with you to determine your watching and listening interests, and determine your budget and space requirements. We’ll recommend appropriate TVs, speakers, remotes, and additional equipment and services based on your needs, and then provide the installation, configuration, and training.

2) Add Audio & TV Outdoors

Turning your outside space into a place to work, entertain, play, and relax in can make all the difference while you’re quarantined at home. Bergen IT can help turn your backyard into an audio-listening or entertaining space with the addition of outdoor speakers and secure, consistent WiFi. We’ll do a WiFi audit so that we know where the internet access weak spots are. Then we’ll make sure you get the outdoor tech experience that you want. Whether it’s installing speakers and outdoor TVs, or integrating the audio experience so that you hear beautiful music inside and outside the house, we provide the right tech for you.

3) Make Your Home Smarter

Smart home technology can help you relax this summer. Home automation can make various tasks easier and faster. WiFi cameras can be installed in order to better protect your home. They can also be set up at your workplace so that you know what’s going on there, even if you’re out of the office. Install smart doorbells so that you are aware of any deliveries, or get alerted when someone’s at the front door while you’re at the back of the house. Voice assistants such as Alexa or Google Home can be used for easy access to the latest cocktail or mocktail recipes, or to stream your favorite music. We’ll advise you on the right tech to purchase, and then install and configure the equipment to your specifications.

4) Create a Gaming Den

Are you or your kids interested in gaming? We can help you determine what game system meets your interests and budget. Then we’ll set up the console – whether it’s the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, or PlayStation 4 – and integrate it with your TV and sound system. If you’re interested in PC gaming, we can help you figure out what games work for the computer you currently have – or make recommendations for a computer that will work with the games you want to play.

5) Make Your Home Office Secure & Efficient

People will continue to work from home over the summer. They can spend part of the day at work, and then walk just a few feet to spend time with their families. But why spend hours this summer trying to fix a tech problem when you’d rather be hanging out with your kid? Why spend the time setting up hardware or software when someone else can do it for you?

Home office tech support has always been a specialty of Bergen IT. We focus on ensuring not only that our clients are productive using technology, but that they are safe. Cyberthreats are rampant during the COVID-19 pandemic, and people working from home face significant risk because their tech is often insecure. We set up home office equipment so that routers, computers, laptops, printers, and smartphones work together with greater efficiency and security. And we deploy cyber-security monitoring and protection that is typically only available to larger businesses. We want to keep your family, your business, and your clients safe.

Call Bergen IT Today!