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- This Isn't Your Father's Movie Screen
- Oakland Tribune (7/28/2007)
- WHETHER doing it yourself or hiring a professional, a home theater requires understanding about the four major components: the video source, projector, screen and speakers. Contributing experts are Kevin Vawter, sales engineer from Pro Home Systems in Walnut Creek and Oakland; Chris Strange, a BlueShirt expert from Best Buy in Emeryville; and ProjectorPeople.com. This is probably the simplest choice because most people already own one of these --DVD players, laptops with DVD playing capability and VCRs. Even regular television cable can be used.
- 5 Things You Should Know About Home Controls
- DIGITAL HOME MAGAZINE (7/26/2007)
- If there's one thing you can count on in the whirlwind market of home automation, it's change. You can be sure that today's intelligent home controls will be smarter, cheaper and easier to use tomorrow. Wireless technologies are expanding the market for sophisticated control, while more affordable solutions are lowering the cost of entry. Meanwhile, new regulations and technology breakthroughs continue to add to the list of household functions that can benefit from automation. Here's a look at five things you need to know about home controls today.
- Home As Theater
- Columbian (7/22/2007)
- Pinnacle, a home on the 2007 Street of Dreams, in Clackamas County, Ore., features a whole-house audio-video system installed by Global Security and Communications Inc. of Vancouver. Global Security and Communications Inc.'s Kevin Miller of Vancouver work on installing a home audio-video automation system, which includes the LG 23-inch LCD unit visible.Global Security and Communications Inc. technicians, from left, Hank Hamm of Vancouver, Scott Adams of Battle Ground and Kyle Susan, Vancouver, install an audio- video system.
- Prefab Tech Home Opens in N.C.
- DIGITAL HOME News Service (7/20/2007)
- Empyrean International, a builder of custom pre-fabricated homes based in Acton, Mass., cut the ribbon this month on a model in Hillsboro, N.C., that features home technology from leading vendors such as Bose, Dirt Devil, Lutron, and Samsung.
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Building Products Top 100: Aspire RF Wireless Control
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (7/18/2007)
- Aspire RF wireless control products use range-extending 900-MHz two-way radio frequency technology, collision sensors, and random backoff, 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. 866-853-4293.
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Building Products Top 100: InTouch Z-Wave Controls
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (7/18/2007)
- InTouch professional Z-Wave-enabled home controls provide full two-way, real-time status for every device in the network, including Legacy Z-wave devices. Features include greater network range, system text and graphic messaging, and centralized scene and status information. Homeowners can manage indoor and outdoor lighting, entry access, pool and spa functions, home theater systems, window treatments, and heating and cooling. 815-675-7000. www.intouchcontrols.com
- Changing Tech Demographics
- DIGITAL HOME Blogs (7/3/2007)
- Up until the last year or two, home builders have been largely ignoring seniors, or should we say, active adults, as potential purchasers of home technology. Builders should take a closer look.
- Soundcast Systems Introduces OutCast and SpeakerCast, New Wireless Speaker Systems Offering Crystal-Clear Transmission
- Business Wire (7/2/2007)
- Soundcast Systems, a leading provider of revolutionary wireless audio transmission systems, today announced that their new breakthrough products -- SpeakerCast™ and OutCast™ -- will initially be available to consumers nationwide through Amazon.com and Soundcast's own Web site, www.soundcastsystems.com, as well as at a number of retailers nationwide later in the year. Both products are designed to offer the highest-quality wireless transmission from digital music players or personal computers to any room in your house, as well as outdoors.Leveraging the same technology, OutCast is an all-weather, full range, battery/AC-operated wireless speaker system that is ideal for outdoor use, and also includes the iCast wireless dock.
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Buyer Beware Guide
- DIGITAL HOME MAGAZINE (7/1/2007)
- Even after you've used the DIGITAL HOME Buyer's Guide to narrow selections by price and functionality, builders and installers still face a daunting array of home systems choices. Over the years - as journalist, amateur installer, and avid consumer - I've found there are basically three extra criteria I consider when choosing electronics. Call it the SIU matrix: simplicity, invisibility, and upgradeability.
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5 Things You Should Know About Home Controls
- DIGITAL HOME MAGAZINE (7/1/2007)
- If there's one thing you can count on in the whirlwind market of home automation, it's change. You can be sure that today's intelligent home controls will be smarter, cheaper and easier to use tomorrow. Wireless technologies are expanding the market for sophisticated control, while more affordable solutions are lowering the cost of entry. Meanwhile, new regulations and technology breakthroughs continue to add to the list of household functions that can benefit from automation. Here's a look at five things you need to know about home controls today.
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