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Controlling HVAC Systems with Home Automation
What role does HVAC play in the home automation market? I believe that HVAC systems play a major role in automation and that connection is becoming...
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Onkyo TX-NR3007 Home Theater Receiver
It’s been awhile since I’ve had the opportunity to play with a new AV receiver and I must say that things have definitely progressed of late. This...
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Pre-Wire Your New Home – Chapter 4 – Future Proofing
Chapter 4: Future Proofing Aren’t we doing this already by installing wires in the walls before we even need them? The hardest part of picking what...
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WirelessHD
1. What is the big breakthrough that makes SiBEAM unique from other wireless semi companies? SiBEAM’s chips are the only chips for CE and PC products...
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CES 2010 Special News Report
CES 2010 News Headlines Featured Announcements KWIKSET® SMARTCODE™ WITH HOME CONNECT™ CELEBRATES MULTIPLE AWARD WINS AT CES 2010 Submitted on...
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HDTV Antenna Guide
Over-the-Air (OTA) High-Definition (HD) digital broadcasts are free to receive, as are current analog stations. However, full-power analog stations...
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Hometoys Interview – 3DTV Technology
What are the current various 3DTV technologies? The two main consumer 3D technologies today are passive polarized and active shutter. Passive...
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Hometoys Interview – Crestron’s Vision for 2010
Digital HD content presents new challenges for home owners and integrators. What new technology will Crestron offer to improve the user experience?...
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HomeToys Interview – Structured Wiring in 2010
1. Is structured wiring relevant in today’s new home construction? Definitely yes. It’s common to hear end user refer to wireless as “good enough”...
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Home Control and Energy Conservation
Please explain what breakthroughs Watteco’s technology will bring to the home control and automation market? Watteco’s Watt Pulse Communications...
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Improving Video Quality is One Click Away
For converting your analog content to digital you could use a Firewire to USB cable to connect your camera to your computer. Or there are a number of...
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Is It Time To Automate Your Hydroponics Setup?
And, there are surely others. Whatever the reason, here are some points to consider before getting started. 1. How many square feet will the growing...
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Power Protection and Management
1. What are three myths about the power protection industry that you think are important to dispel? a) Most people think that existing power...
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Social Media – The Hunted Can Become the Hunter
They gather daily/nightly in online communities to exchange information, news and just hang out. 1. They leave a digital fingerprint of who they are...
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An Experiment In Home Automation
A detected difficulty was to prepare adequately the sales people, not habituated in their daily routine with Home Automation, to demonstrate...
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Choosing The Right Projector Mount
How – how do you want to mount your projector? The key to a wonderful home theater is the quality and placement of the projector. And while the...
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Forget Your Title. Focus on the Job
“If you aren’t selling, you’re buying” – F.G. “Buck” Rogers, former head of IBM Marketing, Sales activities Somewhere along the line we got...
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Programmable Logic Controller – Features
One of the obvious new features is how compact in size PLCs are becoming. PLCs are now about the size of a hockey puck, 4″ H, 4″ W and 2.5″ D. These...
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Baby Boomers Embracing Consumer Technology
For the past two years, Accenture has been conducting in-depth research about the usage patterns of various types of consumer technology products and...
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Playstation 3 Remote Solution Round-up
The Sony Playstation 3 is not only one of the top gaming systems available, it is also widely used as a high-definition Blu-ray Disc player in home...
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The First Watt B1 Buffer Preamp
So here we are in the New Millennium, and thanks to Tom Holman and THX we’ve got lots of gain in our electronics. More gain than some of us need or...
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Visions for 2009
We will state the obvious for the year with a twist…not since the last major downturn in the early ‘80s have firms in the PC, CE industry had...
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Classic Home Toys Installment #19 The Final CD Format: HDCD
In Classic Home Toys #17 and #18, both SACD and xrcd were examined and their sound reproduction was compared to standard CD. Despite the fact that...
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Brand Messaging: Manage your message or someone else will.
There is a rule in communications: If you don’t manage your message, someone else will. Each day people throughout your organization have...