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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
April 2005
Steve Faber |
How to Wire Your Home for Modern Entertainment and Control Systems As content delivery over broadband increases, especially with the advent of HDTV, bandwidth demands will skyrocket. Using a wired network will help ensure uninterrupted delivery of your favorite programming. |
Home Toys
April 2006 |
The Convergence Of What People Watch, Listen To and Do With All The New Toys What are installers and multi-dwelling unit owners looking for? A fast, easy, inexpensive quality solution to deliver triple play signal to all the converging digital products being manufactured. Here are some options: BPL (Broadband over Power Lines)... Fiber Optics... etc. |
PC Magazine
May 31, 2006
Eric S. Fellen |
Wire It Yourself Carving holes in walls may seem like a no-no, but it's the only way to run (and hide) Ethernet, television cables, and even extra power jacks. Here's how. |
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. |
This Old House
Ian Austen |
On the Same Wavelength A home computer network means there's no waiting in line to get online. |
BusinessWeek
February 5, 2007
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Juicing Up Home Networks The wiring behind your walls could connect the video in all your rooms. |
Home Toys
February 2005
Wes Black |
Balanced Signal Delivery for a Unbalanced World Contrary to popular belief, advances in twisted pair and balun technology have resulted in audio-video performance that is virtually as good as any coaxial cable and in some instances surpass coax in terms of distance. |
Home Toys
October 2004
Patrick Donovan |
Networking The Digital Home A number of recent trends around digital media are culminating in what is being called The Digital Home and one of them is the pace of DVR shipments. |
Home Toys
February 2005
Jack Andresen |
Running 10BaseT Ethernet Over Existing but Unused Coax Cable Cable companies have, over the years, installed a lot of coaxial cable that is no longer in use, such as households that have installed or plan to install some version of DSL to bring video over the telephone line. Along with the video they get data, typically 10BaseT Ethernet. |
Home Toys
October 2004
Jesse Riling & Jeff Wolfgang |
Computer Cable Store The basic steps to installing your own basic wired home network using cabling and hardware. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2009 |
How to Ditch Wi-Fi for a High-Speed, Ethernet-Wired Home It turns out that nothing beats a hard-wired connection for setup simplicity, reliability and speed. |
This Old House
Max Alexander |
From the Ground Up: Smart Home Networks Wiring for communications, entertainment, and security |
Home Toys
October 2003
John Stagl |
Standards Schmandards Cabling standards provide a level playing field for both the builder and the installer. They also provide a uniform and predictable infrastructure for the customer. The question is not whether standards will become universal, but when. |
Home Toys
April 2005
Brett Griffin |
Structured Wiring: To Be Wired Or Not To Be! It's confusing to understand what you need to do to with home wiring when you build a home. Here's what you need to know about networking your house. |
PC Magazine
April 6, 2004
Stephanie Chang |
Home Networking: From the Ground Up With blueprints in hand, we give the new home of contributing editors Bruce and Marge Brown a networking makeover. See what technologies we recommend for their home--and yours. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Stefan Willmert |
Home Wiring: What Should You Do? As you may realize, preparing your home for technology requires some thought and planning. Take a little time now to layout your plans according to your needs and lifestyle, and you will save yourself headaches as technology changes. |
PC World
May 1, 2000
Rick Overton |
Broadband or Bust According to Aesop, the slow and steady tortoise beats the fast and flighty hare. But wouldn't it be great if that dang rabbit hunkered down and delivered on its promise? That's what consumers hope will happen in the world of high-bandwidth Internet access. Folks at home who want a fast connection to the Net must choose from a bewildering array of broadband technologies, among them ISDN, cable modem, and an alphabet soup of DSL varieties, including ADSL, SDSL, and G.Lite. But for people with money to burn, new superfast technologies make huge promises that sound awfully enticing. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Jeffrey Herman |
Video Baluns and Twisted Pair Carve a Niche in the Home-Wiring Market Ten years ago it might be possible to worry about the sound and picture quality at the end of a video balun connection. But today, these concerns are diminishing as the design quality of the video baluns and twisted pair cable keeps improving. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Richard Gensley |
Structured Wiring: Home Beauty More Than Skin Deep Infrastructure wiring in the walls adds significantly to the excitement of the home. Having the wire in place for connecting computers, security cameras, home theaters, and a host of automation features, makes it so you can take advantage of new and exciting equipment when it becomes available |
This Old House
Steve Hayes |
Future-proof Wiring Feeding your home's ever-growing need for information-carrying capacity... |
Home Toys
October 2002
Prasanna M. Shah |
Structured Wiring For Whole House Music Distribution This article describes ways of taking advantage of structured wiring for whole-house music distribution. |
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
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
February 2004
Wayne Caswell |
Internet Telephony It's coming to a cable network near you |
Home Toys
April 2003
William Black |
Structured Wiring A career in the installation of structured wiring can be profitable and fun. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2001
Mark Allen |
University MTU Installations While recent technologies have made inroads into provisioning high-speed access to multiple-tenant units (MTUs), such as office complexes, apartments and hotels, the future landscape of university broadband services awaits untapped... |
This Old House
Tim Snyder |
Adding a Second Phone Line Upgrade a phone system without shelling out big bucks to the phone company |
PC World
August 1, 2000
Steve Bass |
High-Speed Survival Guide You've heard the horror stories about cable-modem and DSL installations. Our step-by-step guide helps you get and stay connected--without hassle. |
Macworld
November 2000
Mel Beckman |
Kill Your Modem No Matter Where You Live, Now There's High-Speed Internet Access for You... |
Salon.com
September 23, 1999
Simson Garfinkel |
Cable modem or DSL: Which is better? My Net connection approaches light speed with cable, but that doesn't guarantee victory over DSL. If the history of technology is any guide, however, it's unlikely that the battle between cable modems and DSL will be won on technical merits. |
PC Magazine
September 16, 2003 |
Networking: What's Next Innovative standards, technologies, strategies, and products will push networking -- for the home as well as the enterprise -- forward. Here's a look at the changes in store. |
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. |
PC Magazine
November 2, 2004
Davis D. Janowski |
Tying It All Together If adding multimedia to your home network seems daunting, read on. |
CAUSE/EFFECT
Vol 22 Num 2 1999
Scott V. Street |
IP Telephony: The End of the World as We Know It? We are hearing more and more that traditional voice technology, including the standard PBX, is going the way of the telegraph key and the Pony Express: valuable and functional communications systems being replaced by new, bigger, better, cheaper technologies.... |
Home Toys
June 2002
Bill Hubbard |
Lights! Camera! Action! Install your very own camera system & make it available on the 'Net. |
Home Toys
August 2002
Bob Hetherington |
Compaq iPAQ CP-2W Connection Point and Wireless Network The CP-2W Connection point allows you to build a home network consisting of up to 4 ethernet and multiple 802.11 wireless computers all connected to a common internet port. Set-up was a snap. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2001 |
Gigabit Ethernet at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Demand for high-speed access to the Internet and other information resources is no longer confined to businesses. Educational institutions must offer similar services to attract high-caliber students... |
Home Toys
August 2003
Bruce Gutman |
The Structured Channeling Manifesto Structured channeling prepares you for the future and allows you to install new technologies wherever you want. By embracing structured channeling, you not only meet today's needs, but tomorrow's as well. |
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2007
Dan Bloom |
Broadcom's Newest Addition The chipmaker continues its habit of buying important technologies. |
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 Theater
April 30, 2004 |
HDTV Extender Gefen, Inc. works around DVI/HDMI cable length limitation with clever use of data networking technology. |
InternetNews
June 22, 2007
Sean Michael Kerner |
We Need Fat Pipes Convergence is all well and good, but without a massive overhaul of bandwidth, it's just a pipe dream. |
Home Toys
June 2005
Bob Farinelli |
A Whole House High Definition Experience While the digital dust is settling, consider taking a component video switching approach. Three discrete, HD analog RGB signals can be run down some high quality coax for little more than the cost of the wire. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Lonny Paul |
D-Link DWL-810 Ethernet to Wireless Bridge For individuals who are challenged in getting wiring to specific areas, have ethernet-only devices which need to be connected to the network, or like the "no-driver-required" feature, the D-Link DWL-810 Ethernet to Wireless Adapter is the choice for you. |
PC Magazine
November 30, 2010
Lynn & Jacobowitz |
How To Make Ethernet Cables Need a 5-inch straight-through Ethernet cable? A 37-foot crossover cable? Tired of miles of extra cable coiled around your desk? Sure, you could probably buy custom cables online, but with a spool of Cat5 and a $10 crimper you can make your own, for less. |
PC World
January 2001
Scott Spanbauer |
Warp Speed Web Access: Cable vs. DSL vs. Everything Else The latest in fast Net for 2001: We compare the providers, identify the best broadband sites, and rate the new home gateways. |
Home Toys
June 2004
Jack Urrutia |
Modulating on Digital Cable Systems Even though digital cable may present interesting challenges, it is still possible to distribute video sources like security cameras around the house using a video modulator and the existing cable TV wiring. |
PC World
March 2006
Eric Dahl |
Rise of the Entertainment PCs Media PCs take off... Home cable networks... Wire-free USB... |
PC World
May 2005
Steve Bass |
Hassle-Free PC: Add Zip to Your Internet Connection Save time with no-brainer Windows tweaks, cheap fixes, and smart download tools. |
