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  • Personal Touch
  • CUSTOM HOME Magazine (9/1/2006)
  • In the early days of multi-room audio, homeowners gladly took what they could get: AM/FM radio, a CD player, and maybe a tape player delivered to a few zones around the house.
  • Exterior Products Review: Outdoor Kitchens
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (8/10/2006)
  • There was a time when the American home was divided into two distinct areas: inside and out. In climates with radical seasonal shifts, picnic tables and barbecue grills, like white clothing, were uncovered–or unearthed from garage or basement–on Memorial Day, at which time they became the center of social and family activities for the next three months. On Labor Day all was packed away for another year. Times change. Like white, no longer limited to dress shirts year-round, backyards are morphing into open-air great rooms that are viable extensions of, even additions to, a home's interior ones. Not surprisingly, the old grill setup seems to be evolving into a residential phenomenon commonly referred to as the outdoor kitchen.
  • Infusion Controller
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (7/27/2006)
  • The Infusion Controller supports 120 wired stations and 300 wireless stations and features five RS-232 ports, a built-in Ethernet jack, and a USB port. Featuring 16-2 non-polarized wire, the plug-and-play automation controller is accompanied by software that includes pre-programmed templates, drag-and-drop menus, and savable and reusable customized programming. 800-555-9891.
  • Outdoor Enthusiast
  • DIGITAL HOME MAGAZINE (7/1/2006)
  • New speakers take on the acoustic challenges of the wide open.
  • Monster Move
  • DIGITAL HOME MAGAZINE (7/1/2006)
  • Sure, home buyers want large plasma screens and distributed audio, but what they really want is for all that home automation and entertainment to work easily on one handheld remote at a price they can afford.
  • Lifestyle Control
  • DIGITAL HOME MAGAZINE (7/1/2006)
  • For Matt Tunney, vice president of corporate development for Pacific Union Homes in Danville, Calif., the new Web-based home-automation service from iControl Networks doesn't just improve the house, it improves the home buyer's lifestyle.
  • Aspire RF Wireless Control
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (6/23/2006)
  • Aspire RF wireless control products use range-extending 900-MHz two-way radio frequency technology, collision sensing, and random back-off, which reduces interference. Each device acts as a repeater, routing around permanent or transient radio dead spots, the company claims. The series comes in three two-toned color combinations. 770-631-2100.

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