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Home Toys
April 2005
Jon Robbins |
How to Create a Custom-Designed Home Theater Working with an expert gives you the personal guidance you need to plan, program, and perfect every detail of your ultimate home theater.   |
Home Toys
August 2005
Steven T. Hardt |
Lighting Your Home Theater The lighting design of your home theater can create depth, shape, and elegance. When combined with dimming controls, it can effect how you live within a space and bring out the true beauty of your home theater. |
Home Toys
August 2003 |
Digital America 2003, The U.S. Consumer Electronics Industry Statistics and trends in audio, video, home networking, home theater, and expectations for the future. |
Home Toys
February 2004 |
The 'Whole Home Systems' Vision Part 1 - An illustration... Whole Home Systems are technologies that are integrated throughout the home to work together seamlessly and easily for your benefit. |
Home Toys
June 2004
Carl Bowman |
The Central Nervous System of the Digital Home --- Structured Wiring Remember, structured wiring is all about being able to use not only today's technologies, but also tomorrow's. Done right, structured wiring will immeasurably improve the liveability of a home for a modest price. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Damon Bruccoleri |
Make a Big Scene with your Next Lighting System Modern scene lighting affects what people see in your home. Carefully planned lighting can establish mood and color, control the focus of attention, and enhance the beauty and functionality of the home. |
Home Toys
October 2003
Steve McConaughey |
CEDIA 2003 - Report The Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association's annual expo offers something for everyone in outfitting a home with the latest in entertainment gear. Whole house audio continues to be high on homeowners' wish lists and therefore continues to drive innovation in that sector. |
Home Toys
December 2005 |
Lights, Plasma, Action! Proper lighting control is essential to a well-designed home theater. And among the myriad choices in lighting control, it is easy to find a system within your budget. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Craig Slawson |
Home Management Systems Today and Tomorrow: What to look for, what to buy? Today's fully integrated home management systems bridge legacy serial home and A/V controllers with rapidly emerging IP-based home networks and broadband world networks. |
Home Toys
April 2003
Song Zun Huang |
CAT 5 is not just for Networking Anymore Even if the homeowner doesn't have a particular use for CAT 5 today, the low cost of the wire and the future uses make it easy to see why you would want to "future-proof" your house by installing CAT 5. |
Home Toys
December 2005
Scott Ceretti |
Have a Home Theater Plan The decision to buy a new home theater is just the beginning. Next comes deciding on how much to spend, what to get, where to get it, who's going to install it, and so much more. |
Home Toys
June 2005 |
InfoComm 2005 Show Report A review of home entertainment products featured at InfoComm 2005 ranging from home theater to software that automates security and lighting. |
Home Toys
December 2002
David Teel |
Voodoo House: Remote Home Networking Support The demand for home networking continues to push custom integrators beyond the limits of early entertainment applications and into the new generation of residential information technology. |
Home Toys
August 2002
David Teel |
So, Who Designed Your System? If the system designer is not an expert with regards to every aspect of the system, he or she should look for outside design resources, including other system designers, programmers, consultants or even the manufacturers. Making the system work will win you friends and future business. |
Home Toys
February 2005
Chris Miller |
The Time Is Right for Installers and Systems Designers to Give Customers What They Want--Even If the Customers Don't Know How to Ask It's not unusual for installers and system designers to avoid using computers or to fail to recognize the cost-saving benefits for setting up a LAN or local area network. Each LAN is unique because homeowners invariably want different capabilities from their home networks. |
Home Toys
December 2004
Bill Hambley |
How Do You Sell Lighting Control??? You've got to get your clients to experience lighting control first hand. |
Home Toys
February 2003
David Teel |
The Music Bone is Connected to the... Before purchasing your whole-house music system, be sure to understand the exact functionality of your system. Decide if music is the only sub-system in your house, or if you might want to integrate other sub-systems in the future (lighting, security, HVAC, video, etc.). |
Home Toys
August 2005
Tori L. Harris |
Top Ten Home Technology Mistakes With purchases often running well into the thousands of dollars, avoiding some of the more common home technology mistakes can save time, money, and frustration. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
Integrated Home Networks The focus of this article is the computer network as part of the integrated home network. |
Home Toys
October 2004
Brandon Hetherington |
CEDIA EXPO 2004 - A HomeToys Report The 2004 Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association EXPO featured whole house systems, new plasma TVs, new speakers, etc. |
Home Toys
August 2002
Chris Grace |
Getting a Grip on All the Gear Applying computer technology to home theater, home automation, and security, is the key to making control of these systems not only simple, but also fun. |
Home Toys
June 2004
Chris Miller |
Anchor Your Home Network in Style with an All-in-One PC All-in-one PCs have all the power, storage space and speed you need to integrate your entertainment system into a home network. And they look great doing it. |
AskMen.com
March 13, 2001
Peter Richmond |
Buying The Best Home Theater If you're going to buy a home theater system, do it right the first time. Is it really worth the expense and trouble of shopping around? Yes... |
Wired
January 2004
Chris Anderson |
Welcome to the Broadband Home of the Future Three trends, the rise of digital media, home theater, and broadband adoption, have combined to create a brand-new market unlike any other. Consumer demand for technologies like Wi-Fi and gigabit Ethernet is outpacing corporate adoption. How will the wired home of 2010 look? |
Home Toys
October 2005
Peter Hoagland |
Let There Be Music...Everywhere How the latest multi-room audio technology is changing homebuyer's lifestyles. |
This Old House
Natalie Rodriguez |
Media Toys for the Bathroom The media room has migrated into the bath, with all the splash-proof entertainment you need. |
Home Theater
March 18, 2004 |
Sony Moves into Custom Install Sony Electronics leverages expertise with turnkey solutions for custom home theater and multizone audio systems. The new solutions should deliver many benefits to home builders, A/V installers and homeowners. |
Home Toys
October 2005
Len Calderone |
HomeToys Show Report CEDIA Expo 2005 - Part 2 Hot products from the home electronics show: 1080p RP television sets... BigVizion modular 100" DLP RPTV... JVC DesignerPro series offers screen sizes of 56, 61 and 70" with1080p resolution... etc. |
Home Toys
February 2005 |
The Right Screen for the Right Scene Homeowners can take solace in the fact that there is a LCD TV available to meet their specific needs and the performance demands of a variety of digital content. Kitchen... Home office/den... Bedroom... etc. |
BusinessWeek
January 22, 2007
Steve Hamm |
King Of His Digital Castle Net guru John Patrick has built the ultimate automated house. Dim the lights, turn on the music - even from half a world away. |
Home Toys
October 2004
Matthew Coppedge |
Home Theater Media Centers In a few years, the percentage of households that have a Home Theater Media System will have increased exponentially when the advantages they provide are realized. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
Home Technology Integration The objective of this article is to provide you with a primer regarding the issues that must be considered when contemplating the installation of a Home Automation System. |
Home Toys
August 2004 |
Home is Where the IQ is! Smart technologies are about to transform how we live and interact with our homes. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Dan Fulmer |
Home Control Systems: What they offer and how they differ. Your final determination relies on a variety of factors including budget, functionality, upgradeablity, expandablility, confidence in installer and manufacturer. The major decision is to find a qualified systems integrator who can assist in making these determinations. |
PC World
June 2006
Dan Tynan |
Sweet Home Theater--For Any Budget You don't have to break the bank to have a great home theater experience. |
Home Toys
August 2004
Axe & Rosenthal |
Lighting Controls Simplified With the proper lighting control system, lighting within a room or throughout a home can be controlled automatically with a single lighting control button, a remote control, when a door is opened or even when the sun rises and sets. |
Home Toys
June 2006 |
InfoComm 2006 - Recap For over 50 years, InfoComm has been the show dealers turn to when looking for technology solutions to their application needs: Nuvu projection screen... Chief Manufacturing's RPA Elite projection mount... etc. |
Home Toys
June 2005
Richard S. Burrows |
Size Matters So you are thinking about building a home theater. The big screen experience is so much more impressive and enjoyable than even the largest plasma at literally a fraction of the cost -- and now you have total control over the size! |
Home Toys
February 2003
Jimmy Busby |
Hardwired Lighting Control: Now Affordable and Reliable Because of the complexity and the high cost, lighting control and whole house integration has only been available to a fortunate few. By keeping devices simple and programming easy, automation can become something that everyone can use. |
Home Toys
October 2004
Robert Bruder |
Finding the Computer That Can Run Your Home: Not tomorrow but today The Pentium M combined with the right design features in an all-in-computer may be poised to create a quiet revolution in comfort, security and entertainment within our homes. |
Home Toys
June 2005 |
A Consumer Guide: Choosing the Right Large Screen Display for Your Home You don't have to be a "techie" to use a large screen display. In fact, many are as easy to use as a regular TV. |
Home Toys
June 2005
Steve Faber |
Home Theater Design Part One If your budget allows, you can used advanced construction techniques to keep your theater soundtrack from annoying the rest of your house. In addition, you can keep outside noises from intruding into your theater. |
Home Toys
February 2005
Doc Greene |
Just What The Doctor Ordered Last spring an old customer, a prominent eye specialist called and told us he was remodeling his kitchen and would like something a little nicer than the old 1990 Sony 32 inch CRT. Here's what we did. |
Wired
November 2002
Jack Boulware |
Power Houses Tech execs and extreme jocks are making the world safe for plasma-screen shaving mirrors and Wi-Fi window shades. Here's an exclusive tour of the ultimate wired homes. |
Home Toys
October 2003
David Teel |
The Internet: Shopping and Flopping - Buying Home Automation on the Net Selling boxes is easy. Buying boxes is easy. Integrating the boxes may not be so easy. Designing the right system with the right boxes is even harder, thus the reason homeowners pay integrators to engineer and install the perfect working system. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Richard Gensley |
Hi-Tech Hits the Landscaping Scene "Scenes" are the new word in lighting control. Instead of just turning on a light with a switch, home owners are now turning on scenes. In well-thought-out lighting plans, scenes don't stop at the exterior walls. They extend the lighting feel and visual effects right on out to the landscape. |
Home Toys
February 2004 |
Mathews Light Paper - Part One First in a series of "Light Papers" that address technical and aesthetic issues relating to the application of lighting in home theater environments. |
Home Toys
April 2003 |
Interview: David Frangioni An interview with home theater consultant and designer David Frangioni. |
Wired
January 2006 |
The Coolest Rooms on the Planet It's a perfect match: Elegance meets tech, from a home theater in Manhattan to a ranch house in the Rockies. |
Home Theater
April 2003
Larry Houser |
Lighting for Dummies Simple tools to create the ideal lighting environment for your home theater |
