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Julie Writes: AMX just came out with a new and improved handheld remote, but it’s expensive and only does IR.
AMX dealers, did you know that universal remotes from RTI can control AMX systems via RF? All RTI remotes can do both IR and RF, and all can be made to control AMX systems with a [...]

Taking a page from Apple, Sony has unveiled a colorful lineup of sleek Vaio notebooks. Dressed in either 5 colors (white, black, red, blue, and green), the new Vaio FJ series can match your wardrobe while delivering desktop-like features in a small …..

Julie Writes: Now I’m starting to understand what HTSA (Home Theater Specialists of America) is all about. I thought it was just a buying group, where members — specialty AV retailers and successful custom integrators — get good deals because of the buying power of the whole group.
Now that I’ve spent a day with about [...]

KWC SODA makes it very easy to convert water from the faucet into table water. Simply pressing a button allows glass after glass of carbonated drinking water to flow directly out of the faucet. Neither is this faucet just an innovation in terms of its function; it also represents innovation where perfection of form is [...]

Steven From EC Writes: Dee Brown can improvise. The former professional basketball player is probably best remembered as the diminutive guard from the Boston Celtics who won the 1991 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk contest, first by “pumping up” his Reeboks and then with his gravity-defying slams, including an electrifying finale in which he covered his [...]

Jason Writes: Not only do many homeowners forget to inform their integrators of this change, but the latest dilemma is being caused by local phone companies themselves dumping their plain old telephone service (POTS) in favor of VoIP and not informing homeowners.

Jointly produced by TWICE Magazine and CEA, the HDTV Guide is the resource for information on the analog-to-digital transition. The HDTV Guide includes product charts, suggested retail prices, a list of retailers that carry HDTV products and a list of the broadcasters sending HDTV signals. In the October 2001 issue we also began listing those [...]

Om Malik writes in his blog “Home Network Headaches Equal Opportunities For Some”.
What I’ve seen with the system that I’ve beenw working with is that the easier it is to install/use the faster it’ll gain market share. Because a lot of this is done by contractors or service people, they like to have it [...]