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  • Simplicity, Flexibility, and Affordability, Make Winning Combo Sonance Debuts Self-Contained Multiroom Home Audio System
  • ebuild (3/23/2007)
  • Sonance, the California company that developed the first in-wall loudspeaker, has introduced a new whole-house entertainment system that makes it easy for the entire family to control and enjoy music throughout the home. The C4630SE Home Audio System allows homeowners to listen to four different audio sources in up to six different rooms (zones) at the same time-- all from a single component no larger than a conventional receiver or amplifier.
  • Merlot In-Ceiling and In-Wall SpeakersSonance Debuts New Merlot Series In-Ceiling and In-Wall Speakers
  • ebuild (3/23/2007)
  • Sonance, the company that produced the first residential in-wall loudspeaker and is largely responsible for the genre's enormous popularity today, has announced a trio of additions to their Merlot Series of 4-inch custom-install speakers. The new models, designed to fit into walls and ceilings where depth may be at a minimum, include two in-wall and three in-ceiling designs, expanding the line to a full spectrum of compact installation options.
  • You Can Flaunt That Big-Screen TV
  • Albuquerque Journal (3/23/2007)
  • Interior designer Susan Westbrook plans to hang part-time impressionist art in a client's family room. Technology that converts TV screens into classic works of art is just one method designers use to integrate the latest media trends into home decoration. There are two trains of thought when it comes to designing a room that has a high-definition or plasma screen: flaunt the TV and design the room around it, or find ways to make it blend nonchalantly into the dcor.
  • Satellite Fast-Internet Offered: WildBlue is Again Available to Homes and Small Businesses in Northeastern Oklahoma.
  • Tulsa World (3/22/2007)
  • Mar. 22--WildBlue is again available to homes and small businesses in northeastern Oklahoma. A new satellite high-speed Internet service is being offered in small cities and rural areas of northeastern Oklahoma, officials said Wednesday. Ryan Sullivan, owner and general manager of Sully Satellite, a regional provider of satellite telecommunications services to the commercial and residential markets, said WildBlue satellite Internet services is again available to homes and small businesses in northeastern Oklahoma.
  • Innovation Takes Hassle Out of Changing Cables ; Lastar Makes a Product That Can Cut Installation Time of Electronics Equipment By Up to 75 Percent.
  • Dayton Daily News (3/21/2007)
  • DAYTON -- Home theater and video presentation technology is changing so rapidly that homeowners, businesses and schools find themselves ripping out wall outlets and replacing cables on a regular basis to accommodate the latest audio and visual equipment, from highdefinition plasma screens to high-speed Internet connections. Three years ago, Tom Sullivan of Lastar Inc. came up with a simple but compelling solution to this costly, messy ordeal: Why not package a variety of cables in a single tube and have threaded connectors that can be changed to whatever cable signals you need? The idea led to the company's RapidRun family of products that not only makes wiring upgrades as simple as switching connectors, but reduces the cost and time of installing new wiring as well.
  • Innovation Takes Hassle Out of Changing Cables
  • Dayton Daily News (3/21/2007)
  • Mar. 21--DAYTON, Ohio -- Home theater and video presentation technology is changing so rapidly that homeowners, businesses and schools find themselves ripping out wall outlets and replacing cables on a regular basis to accommodate the latest audio and visual equipment, from high-definition plasma screens to high-speed Internet connections. Three years ago, Tom Sullivan of Lastar Inc. came up with a simple but compelling solution to this costly, messy ordeal: Why not package a variety of cables in a single tube and have threaded connectors that can be changed to whatever cable signals you need? The idea led to the company's RapidRun family of products that not only makes wiring upgrades as simple as switching connectors, but reduces the cost and time of installing new wiring as well.
  • New Appliances Powered By Sensory Chip Talk and Listen at International Home & Housewares Show
  • Business Wire (3/16/2007)
  • Among the many voices heard at the International Home & Housewares show this year were some very famous celebrity chefs, as well as some not yet famous talking appliances. Galanz, (www.galanz.com) which manufactures half of the microwave ovens in the world, showed off their new product line featuring voice recognition provided by Sensory, Inc., the leading supplier of embedded speech technology for consumer electronics. "Sensory's RSC-4128 speech recognition chip enables us to offer ease of use and adds value at a very low cost to the consumer."
  • Digital Home: High Profile, Low Voltage
  • BIG BUILDER News (3/15/2007)
  • What can vex new-home builders as they deal with digital amenities is the time and effort it takes to marshal the supply chain, as well as the subcontractors that design and install systems as mutually exclusive as entertainment centers and central vacuums.
  • Better Conversation
  • DIGITAL HOME MAGAZINE (3/12/2007)
  • Ask questions that lead buyers to a reasoned, almost inevitable conclusion

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