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- Home Alone? Fortify Your Castle
- Daily News; Los Angeles, Calif. (4/22/2007)
- Every 15 minutes, a burglar breaks in to a home or office somewhere in the city of Los Angeles, according to L.A. Police Department figures.I invited Pete Moraga of Allstate Insurance Co. to inspect my place.Before Moraga's arrival, I got some quick advice from Chris McGoey, a security consultant in Riverside.
- Builder's New Home Breaks All the Molds
- Record, The; Bergen County, N.J. (4/22/2007)
- Builder Gary M. DeLuisio was determined not to construct one of the newer, cookie-cutter homes he sees everywhere when he bought a woodsy lot in Old Tappan with a 1960s home and horses.To avoid that, DeLuisio and his design team of Ridgewood architect Piero Gabucci and DeLuisio's wife, April, combined their individual strengths to create a unique home in a market saturated with sameness.The first distinguishing feature of the six-bedroom, 6.5-bath home is its reddish-amber cedar shake exterior, a hint of April's warm color choices inside.
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Flatwire Speaker and Lighting Wire Solution
- REMODELING Magazine (4/18/2007)
- Southwire. Created to solve the problem of unsightly wiring hanging down from behind an entertainment center, Flatwire applies directly to walls with a brand-specific adhesive. Snap on special connectors for Flatwire Ready sconces, and audio devices, then tape, mud, sand, and paint over the wire. The wiring solution means speakers and lighting can be added almost anywhere without the need to install wire behind walls, and homeowners no longer have to arrange their furniture according to outlet placement. 770.832.4242.
- Ditch the DVDs ? Live TV Goes Mobile
- The Daily Oklahoman (4/17/2007)
- A Rhode Island company called KVH Industries has teamed with satellite television program provider DirecTV to bring 185 national channels plus local programming to the family wagon. Called TracVision A7, the technology was introduced in 2003 to bring DirecTV to vehicles. Local channels were added last year, spokesman Bob Ochsner said.
- Now Shipping - Affordable 8" and 10" Directed Video Overhead Monitors With Built-In Slim Slot DVD Players, Starting at Just $449!
- PRNewswire-FirstCall (4/17/2007)
- VISTA, Calif., April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Directed Electronics, Inc., , holds number one market share positions in premium home theater loudspeakers, consumer branded vehicle security and remote start systems, and aftermarket satellite radio receivers. Directed is also a major supplier of mobile audio and video whose portfolio of well-known brands includes Polk Audio, Viper, Definitive Technology, Python, Clifford, Orion, Precision Power, Autostart and Astroflex. The company announced today that affordable new Directed Video all-in-one overhead monitors with built-in DVD players are now shipping to authorized Directed Video retailers worldwide.
- Flat-Panel TV Brackets Recalled
- Associated Press/AP Online (4/13/2007)
- The following recall has been announced:About 9,900 "Verge" flat-panel television tilt-mount brackets, imported by Circuit City Stores Inc., because the lock bar on the brackets could unfasten when an upward force is put on the attached television, causing the television to fall. The brackets are sold under the "Verge" label and have model numbers VPSW103M or VPSW103M2.
- It's Like a Couch on Wheels ; Albuquerque Demo Spotlights In-Car Satellite TV Service
- Albuquerque Journal (4/12/2007)
- While a 100-mile-per-gallon car remains elusive, live national and local TV reception from a moving vehicle isn't. The TracVision A7 Mobile Satellite TV System, from DIRECTV and KLH Industries, was demonstrated Wednesday in Albuquerque by product spokesman Bob Ochsner. He had a Cadillac Escalade fitted with small TV screens in headrests facing the rear passengers and a large screen mounted in the back of the vehicle for tailgate parties.
- New Products Lets Consumers Connect TVs With Components Without Cables
- San Jose Mercury News (4/12/2007)
- Apr. 12--Products incorporating Tzero's high-speed wireless technology will be hitting store shelves this fall, the company and new partner Monster said. The chipmaker's technology is supposed to be compatible with other UWB products, but promises to offer USB's transmission rates at distances far greater than typical UWB antennas. Monster's kits will be among the first consumer devices that incorporate Tzero's technology.
- Sony to Sell TVs With Organic Screens
- Associated Press/AP Online (4/12/2007)
- TOKYO - Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. plans to start selling small televisions this year using a screen technology that is a contender for the next-generation screen of flat-screen TVs, a company spokeswoman said Thursday.Sony plans to begin selling an 11-inch television using an organic electroluminescent screen by the year's end, spokeswoman Mami Imada said.Sony believes their product would be the first such television to come to market, Imada added.
- 50 Days to Hurricane Season: 5 Ways to Protect Your Home
- U.S. Newswire (4/12/2007)
- The most important thing you can do to improve the chance your home will survive a hurricane is to protect all windows and doors. Keeping shingles attached is critical to protecting your house. If they come up without much effort (older shingles become brittle and may crack when bent too much), secure them with three one-inch dabs of roofing cement under each tab.
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