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Integrated Home Networks The focus of this article is the computer network as part of the integrated home network. |
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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. |
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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
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Home Theater Solutions for the 21st Century Say goodbye to expensive and time-consuming in-wall installations, in favor of high performance, invisible Audio & Video wiring solutions. |
PC World
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Conquer Multimedia-Center Cable Clutter Five steps to an orderly home theater and media center. |
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Flat, Thin Cable Leaves No "Footprint" Speaker wiring is one of the most problematic aspects of any home theater installation. Many of the best grades of speaker cables are big and bulky, making them impossible to hide. DeCorp's new "FlatWire Ready" speaker wire, claimed to be the world's thinnest, may be the answer... |
Home Toys
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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
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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. |
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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
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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 |
Home Toys
June 2002
Bill Hubbard |
Lights! Camera! Action! Install your very own camera system & make it available on the 'Net. |
Home Toys
February 2005
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What is the LCN Installation Bus? The installation bus is a new way to electrically wire buildings that is more cost effective and offers many new functionalities over the conventional method. The LCN installation bus distinguishes itself through performance and cost effectiveness compared to the rest. |
Home Toys
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Structured Wiring For Whole House Music Distribution This article describes ways of taking advantage of structured wiring for whole-house music distribution. |
Home Toys
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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. |
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Learn How to Install a Car Radio Upgrading your car stereo is not as complicated as it seems. |
Home Toys
August 2005
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A Technical Introduction to Audio Cables As audio systems continue to improve in accuracy, listening to a "live" performance in your living room gets closer to reality. Cables are an enabling factor for advancements in audio reproduction and can play a remarkably important role in your system. |
Home Toys
October 2004
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Computer Cable Store The basic steps to installing your own basic wired home network using cabling and hardware. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
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In-Phase Technologies helps Boeing upgrade test equipment for helicopter avionics The result was a custom-designed automated coaxial cable test system that eliminated problems associated with the previous manual test procedures. |
PC World
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Home Wired Home Dad's crunching spreadsheet numbers on his PC upstairs. Mom's writing a grant proposal on her machine downstairs. Junior's browsing the Internet in his room. But what happens if Dad wants to get on the Net, or if Mom wants to use the color printer that's attached to Junior's computer? This family needs a home network. |
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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. |
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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. |
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December 2005
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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
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Home Builders: Key Channel for Consumer Electronics Home builders sold $11 billion worth of technology products in 2004 and expect sales to increase 10-12% in 2005, according to Parks Associates' 2004 Builder Survey. |
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Adding a Second Phone Line Upgrade a phone system without shelling out big bucks to the phone company |
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20 Questions for. . .Don Bouchard The vice president of sales and marketing for Ultralink/XLO, a manufacturer of high-performance A/V cables and connectors, discusses the cable terms and technologies you need to know and offers his insight on the benefits of high-end cable. |
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Quality Cables Using the best wiring, cabling is very important in one's stereo or home theater system. Quality control and quality of the cable components, will affect the long term musicality in ones system. |
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The Cable Game Salespeople may tell you that exotic video cables deliver a better picture. But the results of our exclusive lab tests could save you money. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2010
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The Cable Guide: Know Your Computer and TV Wires The different wires that are needed for your home entertainment equipment are listed here. |
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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. |
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Network Printers: Leading Lasers We review 9 monochrome units, and they're easier than ever to manage. |
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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. |
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February 2004
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Selecting a Structured Cabling System for Home Networking, Automation and Entertainment It makes sound business sense for homeowners to take the time to research the residential cabling system marketplace and apply the same value-based thinking to selecting a cabling system as they do in selecting their home. |
Home Toys
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John E. Johnson |
Speaker Cables and Interconnects for Your Home Theater Out of all audio and video components we buy, perhaps the most misunderstood and underestimated are the cables we connect them all together with. Selecting cables for your home theater system is an important task. |
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July 2002
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Speaking of Wire . . . Inside tips from the pros can save you hundreds of dollars in speaker-wire installation costs. |
Home Toys
October 2002
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Avtrak Rotating A/V Equipment Rack Have you noticed how many wires are needed to set up even the simplest of home theater or stereo systems these days? If you have 3 or 4 components the back of the cabinet can turn into a quagmire of knotted cables that makes Einstein's hairdo look orderly. Enter the rotating A/V rack. |
Home Toys
October 2003
Renee Bruno |
Future-Proofing for Your Home with Carlon Resi-Gard Installing raceways throughout the house provides the opportunity to easily remove the outdated cable and replace it with new cable without tearing up the walls. |
Audiophilia
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Home Toys
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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. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2008
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The Internet Kitchen: Expand Counter Space for Plugs, TV & More Suggestions on how to make your home more digital friendly. |
Home Toys
August 2005
Ted Archer |
For High-Speed Home Retrofitting, Look to Coax As in-home IP networking needs increase, installers and homeowners will benefit from using a home's existing infrastructure. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2004
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How To Change A Hard Drive Adding hard-drive space for more storage. |
This Old House
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On the Same Wavelength A home computer network means there's no waiting in line to get online. |
Audiophilia
February 2008
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Ear to Ear Cables Cables designed for spectrally balanced and slightly warm sounding stereo systems. |
PC World
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Networking PCs Made Easy If PCs are proliferating in your home or office, it's time to get them connected. Network your PCs--it's easier than ever... |
PC World
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Get More Out of Your PC With these tips and techniques, you can teach any machine new tricks, from recording radio to saving you money on phone bills. |
