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Need another way to connect—or not? Cables Unlimited just announced the Wireless USB Adapter Set to connect your USB peripherals from afar. Each package includes two dongles: one goes into your computer, with the other designated for your USB device. Once connected, you can wander up to 30 feet away, meaning you can tap into camcorders, cameras, and other USB devices from another room or another part of the house. No more crowding around your main computer station—or being tethered to it either. The set… View this story
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If you’re like most people and have that nest of wires and cables cluttering up the back of your entertainment center or computer workstation at home, it’s time to box it up. The CableBox from Bluelounge is a tidy solution with thinking inside the box. As in, stick it all within the 15.6 x 6 x 5.5 inch box that will accommodate your cables and adapters. The CableBox stores power strips and surge protectors of all shapes and sizes (within the box dimensions), with open… View this story
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If you’re like just about everyone else and looking to be more eco-friendly these days, there are several ways to green up your A/V system. Interconnects manufacturer Ultralink/XLO Products has been working on making the packaging itself green. The company has introduced eco-packaging for its six product lines—Contractor Series, CS1, Challenger-2, Matrix-2, Advanced Performance and Platinum. Ultralink says its new eco-packaging relies on much less petroleum-based resources in both packaging and transport, and the reduction in size and weight minimizes shipping dimensions and weights. Also,… View this story
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A basic knowledge of wiring and cabling connections can still leave you scratching your head when it comes to figuring out what your entertainment system needs or deserves. Steven Hill of manufacturer Straight Wire shares five tips. 1. Leave room in the budget. For a system with a $2,000 LCD TV and moderate components and speakers, budget 6 percent to 12 percent for wires and cables. For a high-end system, figure 8 percent to 14 percent for average lengths. We urge consumers to keep their… View this story
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We’ve been hearing a lot more lately about manufacturers embracing green initiatives and greener products. It seems pretty fitting that a recent one was brought to our attention from a company based in Colorado. Colorado Springs-based Liberty Wire & Cable has announced that more than 90 percent of its 6,000-plus products comply with the Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive. The company’s green manufacturing practices comply by using reduced lead, mercury, cadmium, hexevalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) in electronic and… View this story
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Sometimes high definition doesn’t always deliver the very best. Why don’t you try telling that to Honeywell. They have come up with an HDMI digital cable with CURxE Light technology, which corrects corrupted HDCP and EDID data. Otherwise, that HD image and your precious multi-channel audio might not be all it’s cracked up to be—and costing you. You can blame the manufacturers (and sometimes transmission distances) for the problems—mainly because that’s the easiest thing to do. While no one except your elderly neighbors may hear… View this story
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Now you can hook up USB-connected devices and not worry about them being attached to a host computer or in close proximity. Cables To Go has introduced its patent-pending USB SuperBooster Wall Plate that allows a USB signal to run over standard Cat5/Cat5e/Cat6 patch cords and function to a computer up to 150 feet away. The SuperBooster is a plug-and-play device that contains a transmitter unit with USB Type B female input and RJ45 female output connectors and a receiver unit with RJ45 female input… View this story
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Power management solution provider Panamax has released three new products in its MAX In-Wall series that are optimized for remotely located display devices. The In-Wall Powerkit-Pro, Power-Pro and Dual Signal Bay offer solutions for noise filtration, protection and connecting signal lines. The Powerkit-Pro is a noise-free, code-compliant extension of Panamax filtration and protection to remotely located devices that’s an alternative to running an unsightly extension cord from the component rack to the video output, the company says. The Powerkit-Pro accommodates optional signal line modules for… View this story
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Even cabling can be a cool-looking A/V component these days. Case in point, Nordost has introduced its Odin Reference cable range, a design that combines established silver-plated copper solid-core conductors with the latest Dual Mono-Filament and extruded Teflon construction, while the interconnects are shielded using Nordost’s newly developed Total Signal Control (TSC) technology. For Odin, Nordost’s engineers have taken the process of combining Mono-Filament spiral spacing and extruded Teflon insulation a step further, first twisting two FEP Mono-Filaments together, before winding them in an open… View this story
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When building (or adapting) a home theater for high-definition viewing, it’s best to start with the basics. In this case, the TV is the first thing that needs to be taken care of and, to be blunt, the bigger the screen the better. And while you may prefer plasma over rear-projection, or an LCD panel over a front projector, it’s the resolution that plays the most important part because it’s “locked” in and can’t be changed for the life of the set. Right now 1080p… View this story
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The name “CableCARD” was coined by its designers, CableLabs, a non-profit research and development consortium founded by members of the cable television industry. The CableCARD device is similar to the PC cards (PCMCIA cards, to be technical) you slip into a laptop. Connectors at one end of the CableCARD mate with connectors in a receiving device, which is usually a TV display but can also be a digital video recorder (e.g. TiVo Series 3), a media center or a set-top box. The upside to CableCARD… View this story
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Maybe this has happened to you: I recently needed to find a little wire for an electronics device and opened what I call the Valley of Electronic Death. It’s a drawer in an old desk that’s chock full of every kind of computer cable/adapter/telephone cord I’d probably used in the past decade or so but probably hadn’t used in the previous 24 months. Not only did I have to wrench this drawer open, but I also had to fish out virtually every obsolete cord to… View this story
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