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If you’re a custom installer looking for some differentiation and a cool product for clients, or whether your a consumer looking for an all-encompassing media server and music solution, Terra-San has added a beauty to its “Essentials” by Genre Collection of pre-loaded music. Now you can dig into Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, which is being made available for pre-load onto a variety of media servers such as Apple TV, Crestron, Elan, Escient, Kaleidescape, ReQuest and more. This will save you… View this story
AV Components • Digital Media Servers • Digital Media Stores • Miscellaneous • Movies and Music • Home Theater • Audio • Multiroom AV • Enhancements • Product News

No matter what type of color scheme you’ve got going on in your house, On-Q/Legrand’s got you covered with its new wall plates and devices. No more worrying that off-white just won’t fit in with that shade of green or magenta in your bedroom. On-Q’s new Studio Collection features “global art and living influences,” according to On-Q, and the result is 17 contemporary color options for these sleek decorative and functional pieces. The curvy design includes titanium edging and a screwless finish for added flair… View this story
Home Control • Touchpanels and Keypads • Lighting Control • Fixtures and Switches • Multiroom AV • Enhancements • Product News

You get it. Storing your music collection onto a hard drive is better than spinning discs on a traditional CD player. First off, you’ll be able to organize your library by genre, artist or alphabetically, making songs easy to locate. Besides that, you’ll be able to keep all your tunes on the hard drive of one machine, which means you can finally clean out the CD cases from the drawers of your entertainment cabinet.  It’s clear why you’d want to invest in a music server,… View this story
Digital Media Servers • Digital Media Stores • Web Services • Home Theater • Multiroom AV • Networking • Info and Answers

Q. As an existing homeowner, is it possible to have a multiroom audio and/or video system installed without tearing down my walls? - Rich, Cleveland, OH A. The short answer is, Yes! But retrofitting any multi-zone system requires expertise, a specialized skill-set and most of all, experience. There are basic rules for placing speakers and keypads, drilling into the ceiling and floors but doing that successfully involves years of experience, a strong knowledge of how homes in your area are framed and how electrical systems… View this story
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Want to bring your entire movie and music collection over to your friend’s house? Mvix lets you do it with its new MV-2500U portable media playback device. The MV-2500U is a high-def media decoder, capable of video playback up to 720p and 1080i. The little guy supports formats including: mpeg-1, mpeg-2, mpeg-4, DVD (VOB, IFO), DivX (3/4/5/6), Xvid, BivX, VCD (DAT) for PAL and NTSC systems. The device can support HDDs as big as 250 GB, using its 2.5-inch PATA/IDE HDD, and it acts as… View this story
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Another day, another reason for Apple fanboys to rejoice. Along with other video renters and owners who are looking for alternatives to big-box stores and mega rental houses. Apple’s bid to become a big player in the video market took a good stride forward today with the company’s announcement that it will be able to deliver new movies to consumers available on iTunes on the day of their DVD release. Support and content is being provided by a bunch of major movie studios as well… View this story
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Must-see ZeeVee? While it may sound like something a two-year-old might cry out for, ZeeVee plans to make a name for itself amongst adults with its new ZvBox kit. The start-up company just announced a box that will allow users to broadcast high-def web video and other computer content to any HDTV in the house. This is nice, because frankly, I hate having to watch “Lost” on my PC. Sure, there’s the Apple TV and its similar friends, but this one broadcasts to any TV,… View this story
Multiroom Video • Set Top Boxes • Home Theater • Multiroom AV • Product News

A green home? For Electronic House’s Home of the Year? Yes and you bet. For the first time, our grand-prize winner is an energy-efficient, sustainable home that’s made largely from environmentally friendly materials. And yes, it has plenty of electronics. In fact, the home’s control system, lighting and shading systems help to save energy. Energy efficiency and sustainability are important to many of us today, and this home proves that you can be a good steward of the Earth while enjoying the benefits of the… View this story
Climate Control Systems • Home Control Systems • Shades and Blinds • Green Technology • Home of the Year Awards 2008 • Multiroom AV • Home Control • Cool Homes • Slideshows

When your entire house stands as a work of art, you don’t want electronics cluttering the view—even if it’s a sleek-looking 65-inch plasma screen. For these London, Ontario, homeowners, the massive fireplace concealing that plasma TV receives as many oohs and ahs as the big screen itself. And that’s just one of many eye-bulging views in this ultramodern home. Certain building restrictions in the area were lifted when the neighborhood developer moved out of town a couple of years ago, relates Rick Ho of electronics… View this story
Plasma • Shades and Blinds • Bedroom • Living Room • Media Room • Rec/Play Room • Home of the Year Awards 2008 • Home Theater • Multiroom AV • Cool Homes • Slideshows

When you have 40,000 square feet in your home, it’s easy to get lost. Good thing this Cleveland-area homeowner typically spends most of his quality time in one particular place. With all the fixings this master suite contains, you can’t help but unwind there. The suite features his-and-hers bathrooms, a main bedroom and a sitting room, all with access to home automation, distributed audio and distributed video systems. All of the rooms have a television, but none of the setups are your everyday wall-mounted flat-panel… View this story
Multiroom Audio • Bathroom • Bedroom • Home of the Year Awards 2008 • Multiroom AV • Cool Homes • Slideshows

Any kitchen that’s nearly 1,000 square feet demands attention. So it should come as no surprise that this enormous renovated space was selected as an award winner. However, there’s more than magnitude to this ultra-cool kitchen. A ton of technology was integrated into the room during its drastic makeover. Eight SpeakerCraft in-ceiling speakers, three Crestron keypads, and convenient access to a slew of audio and video components transformed a tiny, sparse 1700s farmhouse kitchen into a modern, multifunctional area where they family can cook and… View this story
Digital Media Servers • Kitchen • Home of the Year Awards 2008 • Multiroom AV • Cool Homes • Slideshows

A stubborn hillside wasn’t about to stop the owners of this 4-acre property from transforming their backyard into a multilevel entertainment paradise. Luxury homebuilder Stewart Senter of Hempstead, NY, commenced with the renovation of the outdoor area by carving terraces into the slope and constructing elaborate stone caverns, stairways, patios and a swim-up bar. His partner, Howard Zebersky of Automatic Home Systems, wired the space for speakers, TVs, lighting and total home control. “The project was done during the winter, so we worked underneath a… View this story
Exterior • Home of the Year Awards 2008 • Multiroom AV • Cool Homes • Slideshows