SmartPad LCDs Make It Easy To Be In Control

Sylmar, Calif. – September 5, 2007 – So many remote controls, so many instructions to read and so much to learn. Why would anyone want to fiddle with a controller for each device? Xantech‘s new SmartPad LCD allow users to control virtually every major system in a home, from the entertainment system to lighting, heating, air conditioning and more. Just as importantly, Xantech engineered the SmartPad LCDs with an easy-to-understand, simple-to-use presentation. It eliminates the rows of confusing buttons and clutter of multiple wall panels throughout the home, and looks great too! more

Kits Solve Almost Any IR Control Solution Problem

Sylmar, Calif. – August 23, 2007 – Solving infra-red control system problems is now easier than ever. Xantech offers IR components in preconfigured kits – so you can be secure in the knowledge that all components are compatible, and come with the signature Xantech quality you‘ve come to expect. more

Revolutionary Active Hi-Wirez Technology Now Housed in Even More Compact, Easier to Install Package

AUSTIN, TX – September 6, 2007 - VizionWare, the Texas-based signal management and signal conditioning company, announced that their highly acclaimed Hi-Wirez™ advanced digital HDMI interconnects now incorporate a new, slim-line design. The sleek new connectors, which meet or exceed all dimensional standards for HDMI cables, save space behind equipment, make running the cables easier for installers, yet still incorporate all the proprietary, patented VizionWare circuitry that has raised the bar for HDMI cable performance. more

Unique Single-Strand Design Offers Unparalleled Flexibility, Durability and Deep-Color Performance Over Distances up to100 Meters

AUSTIN, TX – September 6, 2007 – VizionWare, the Texas-based signal management and signal conditioning company and creator of the award-winning Hi-Wirez™ Active Digital HDMI Interconnects, announced today the release of the all new 1650LD Series Fiber Optic HDMI Interconnects. more

Touch Wheel Control Offers Quick Scrolling Through Menus and Commands

Sylmar, Calif. – September 1, 2007 – Xantech‘s new XTR39 is a stylish, yet simple-to-use LCD touch-screen remote control. Unlike other touch screen remote controls, the XTR39 can be used with one hand and offers the end user incredible feel and balance, along with a vivid 3.9-inch brilliant color touch screen that can be personalized – perfect for the home theater environment. more

ATLANTA, GA, September 5, 2007 — Visix, Inc. unveiled its newly constructed Network Operations Center (NOC) at the company‘s Atlanta headquarters, and announced several personnel appointments. These actions support the company‘s unprecedented growth in the three years since its reinvention from hardware manufacturer Tech Electronics (TEi), to a software developer of unified communication applications. more

Cambridgeshire, England, September 5, 2007–Meridian Audio, the British firm credited with creating digital home theater, will introduce and demonstrate a unique new enabler for the Apple Computer‘s hugely popular iPod™ family of personal media devices at the 2007 CEDIA Expo. Like many other iPod “docks,” the Meridian iRIS ™ Universal Dock for iPod accepts the full range of current iPod models and delivers battery charging and home audio-system integration and control. Additionally, the Meridian design features high-end video up-conversion processing (up to 1080p) that produces astonishing images with clarity and detail, delivering true big-screen performance from iPod Video. more

Two New Cat 5 Receiver Options for the AVAtrix™

LEXINGTON, KY., Sept. 4, 2007 – In response to customer‘s requests for additional installation options, Audio Authority is introducing two new Cat 5 receivers for the company‘s HD over Cat 5 distribution systems.

The Decora® style 9879 Wallplate comes in three colors and fits a single gang j-box. Its dual IR jacks (front and rear) provide connections for external IR receivers or in-wall IR wire paths. The Model 9880 is perfect for wall-mounted displays. Cable connections are parallel to the wall, allowing near-flush mounting for flat panel displays. more

Ballston Spa, New York–August 28, 2007–ReQuest, Inc has further solidified its leadership position in music-server and whole-house audio innovation with the addition to its powerful iQ Intelligent Multiroom Solution of unique, useful, fun software widgets. The iQ system, which delivers audiophile quality music to as many as eight rooms or zones from its internal hard disk-based music server and associated sources, now offers four new built-in widgets that automatically access the network and internet to provide information throughout the home. These free programs deliver stock, weather, webcam, and calendar information to the iQ‘s touchscreen system-controllers, including the freestanding 15-inch TS.15 and the in-wall, 3.5-inch TS.35. more

Ballston Spa, New York–August 28, 2007–ReQuest, Inc., the innovator that leads the custom-installation music-server market, has added a double handful of valuable new features to its groundbreaking iQ Intelligent Music System. The server-based iQ multiroom solution, which can play music to as many as eight different rooms, now enjoys flexible integration and full control over such legacy devices as cable boxes and CD players through ReQuest’s new Network IR Extender. Just as exciting, terrestrial and satellite tuners from Polk Audio and NuVO, can now be integrated into an iQ system with fully “two-way” remote control and display. more