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  • FAMILIAR FACE: Chris Mauzy believes home buyers are more likely to use Best Buy to install their digital home systems because they're used to buying products from the retailer.Meet The New Installer
  • DIGITAL HOME MAGAZINE (1/1/2007)
  • Electronics retailers are adding integration to their list of specialties. Should builders be licking their chops at the chance to work with retailers to sell more homes? Maybe. While they may offer the scale that production builders need, they won't replace local contractors. So knowing who can deliver precisely what builders want is key to picking the right partner.
  • The PC Takes Control
  • DIGITAL HOME MAGAZINE (1/1/2007)
  • Now a new breed of home automation is poised to make the digital home exciting to a bigger universe of homeowners. The appropriately scaled technology is coming to market. And at the center of that scalable technology is the personal computer.
  • Clean Air for All
  • DIGITAL HOME MAGAZINE (1/1/2007)
  • Builders always wanted to sell indoor air quality (IAQ) systems, but in the past, adding a humidifier, dehumidifier, and ventilator to an HVAC system meant the installer had to hang four devices and run more than a dozen wires through the walls. Nowadays Honeywell's VisionPro IAQ lets builders hang all the additional IAQ gear near the HVAC system and run the wires to an equipment interface module that sits nearby.
  • Generation Next (Build)
  • DIGITAL HOME MAGAZINE (1/1/2007)
  • Commit yourself to digital features. Consider the importance of redundancy in wireless home controls. Find ways to integrate more systems. Study the trends of buyers. Make upgrades easy. Pay attention to the way home automation evolves. Cash in on connected communities. These are seven big ideas you'll want to have in mind when you hit the International Builder's Show's newest technology pavilion.
  • Interior Products Review: Whole-House Audio Systems
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (12/21/2006)
  • Music has never been more omnipresent in the American home. And in just the past seven years, the way people store and listen to music has changed radically. Piles of CDs have been ripped onto computer hard drives and then tossed into a box in the closet.
  • Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America Ships Super-Quiet XL550 Projector
  • Business Wire (12/19/2006)
  • Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America's Presentation Products Division, known for award-winning, high-quality presentation and display products, has introduced its XL550U, an XGA resolution (1024 x 768 pixels), low noise projector that lets users hear a presentation and not the projector's fans. Combined with a low price tag, the XL550U is perfect for business, schools, small offices, home offices, and houses of worship."Mitsubishi is proud to present its latest super-quiet projector," said Frank Anzures, product manager for Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America's Presentation Product Division.
  • SANTA's LIST FOR TECHIES ; Here's a Sampling of Gadgets That Make Work and Play Easier
  • Buffalo News (12/18/2006)
  • Nothing shows how much you care more than a gift that makes play more fun and work less arduous. From an advanced computer mouse to a robot vacuum that sucks up nails, there's no shortage of gadgets to stuff into stockings or place under trees. A sampling of gadget gifts for the home, office, car, plane, train and anywhere:
  • CommDeck Introduces Inexpensive Dameage-Free Satalite and Antenna Mounting-System at Cedia Expo
  • ebuild (12/18/2006)
  • CommDeck introduced totally new satellite and Off-Air antenna mounting products for roof, siding and deck-mount solutions. RSTC Enterprises, the parent company for these new products has responded to the installer and consumers need for a non-roofpenetrating mounting system. Winegard and ComponexX saw the value in adding this installation option for its many distributors and installers that would present customers with a hidden coaxial cable and a damage-free, leak-proof antenna installation.
  • A simple, more durable solution.New Schlage King Cobra Series 2 Locks and SNAP Programmer Simplifies Offline Access Control Management
  • ebuild (12/18/2006)
  • Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies has developed the perfect offline access control solution with its new, improved Schlage King Cobra Series 2 (KC2) Locks, SNAP programmer and SNAP PC Application. This next generation in the Schlage lock family is smarter, more durable, and very affordable, providing an easy to manage and intuitive offline lock solution. An upgrade from mechanical keys, KC2 locks and SNAP let end users secure doors, manage lists of up to 1000 authorized users per lock, and access an audit trial of the last 1000 uses to see who went where and when.

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