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  • Making Rooms Soundproof
  • Buffalo News (3/30/2007)
  • Dear Jim: Our house walls need more insulation and they should be more soundproof. Will insulation make the existing rooms quieter and the new room more soundproof?The soundproof quality of a wall is rated by STC (sound transmission class).
  • Chrysler, Sirius to Offer Satellite TV
  • Associated Press/AP Online (3/29/2007)
  • DETROIT - DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group on Thursday announced limited satellite television service for its 2008 Dodge and Chrysler minivans and several other models, continuing its plan to turn the vans into family rooms on wheels.The company, which invented the minivan, is teaming with Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. to bring three channels - Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Cartoon Network - to the next generation of minivans, as well as the 2008 Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, Dodge Magnum, Jeep Commander and Jeep Grand Cherokee.Chrysler said it has the channels exclusively through the 2008 model year, after which Sirius can offer it to other partners.
  • Sony's New Front Projectors Bring Movie Theater Experience Home
  • PRNewswire (3/28/2007)
  • SAN DIEGO, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics today unveiled two new front home theater projectors that bring the movie-going experience home at prices beginning at about $1,000.The new BRAVIA 3LCD VPL-AW15 and VPL-AW10 projectors feature 1280 x 720 progressive resolution, which is ideal for large screen home entertainment applications like enjoying HD movies, gaming and sports."The popularity of high-definition programming and gaming is driving the adoption of big-screen home theater applications," said Philip Abram, vice president of television marketing for Sony Electronics.
  • Greener Pastures
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (3/28/2007)
  • Imagine Homes doesn't build houses like they once were built. But this doesn't mean the company is forsaking the traditional home construction ideals of care and craftsmanship. It just means Imagine is building homes with an eye toward site sensitivity, energy and water efficiency, and indoor air quality.
  • Seattle Times Brier Dudley Column: AppleTV Complicates Digitizing
  • The Seattle Times (3/26/2007)
  • Mar. 26--The TV gadget Apple introduced last week will help a lot of people connect their computers and televisions. AppleTV will also force companies from Microsoft on down to make their living-room technology more elegant and easier to set up. But Apple's making life more complicated for those trying to figure out the best way to digify the home.
  • WildBlue Internet Service Offered to Rural Communities
  • Tulsa World (3/25/2007)
  • Residents of small cities and rural areas of northeastern Oklahoma now can access satellite high-speed Internet services from WildBlue Communications Inc., the Denver-based Internet services provider. WildBlue's Internet services are available from Sully Satellite, the Tulsa-area telecommunications services provider that installs the satellite dish and modem. Sully Satellite can be reached at 392- 9975 and 607-0208.
  • The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Technology Queries Column
  • The Atlanta Journal and Constitution (3/25/2007)
  • Mar. 25--QUESTION: You have suggested a backup power supply for projection TVs. Unfortunately I missed seeing the recommended size of the power supply. ANSWER: When I talked about using an uninterruptible power supply for projection TVs, I didn't discuss a way to determine the correct size. But first, just to bring everyone up to speed, I've often recommended the use of a UPS for projection TVs. Here's why: In ordinary operation, when you turn the TV off, a blower runs for a few minutes to let the bulb cool down.
  • Home, SMART Home *** Creature Comforts at Your Fingertips
  • Advocate; Baton Rouge, La. (3/25/2007)
  • A sofa, chairs and coffee table with a 10-inch touch screen comprise a virtual living room in another corner.Behind a conference table - where executives Kerry Brandon, Scott Mattson and Naomi Celestin are diagramming the dynamics of their business projected onto a wall-sized screen - is a nostalgic red- and-white-striped vendor's cart churning out piles of buttery popcorn.Welcome to the brave new world of the American home as viewed through the prism of Select Automation, a 4-year-old venture bent on accelerating the creature comforts of home with the touch of a fingertip on an electronic pad or the landing of a foot on a stairwell pressure mat.
  • Versatile Trio Combines Innovation and PerformanceSonance Announces New Home Theater Subwoofers
  • ebuild (3/23/2007)
  • Sonance, originator of the in-wall loudspeaker and acknowledged leader in loudspeakers and components for high-performance custom-installed home A/V systems, has unveiled a trio of new freestanding subwoofers. The Cabinet Subwoofers encompass sizes and costs to complement a wide range of system needs, with the performance and value designers and consumers alike expect from Sonance.

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