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…)

Lexington, KY – September 5, 2007 – Audio Authority‘s two position and four position HDMI switchers have been highly optimized for transitions in as little as two seconds. The switchers‘ ability to discretely select input positions, in addition to their multiple control options, make them ideal for integration into a whole house audio/video system as well as many other tasks in residential and commercial applications.

Control Options:

• Front panel selector button
• Included IR remote control via the built-in IR sensor
• IR input jack for an external IR receiver
• RS-232 port which can communicate with a remote control system

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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…)

Ballston Spa, New York–September 5, 2007–ReQuest, Inc.‘s iQ Intelligent Music System has won universal praise for its uniquely elegant integration of whole-house audio and music-server technologies. The iQ Intelligent Music System range combines the convenience of easy and intuitive multiroom sound with the high-end sonic quality and powerful musical storage of hard-disk-based design for which the New York State company is well known. Now the iQ Intelligent Music System adds even more value and utility, with the introduction of dual-stream Internet radio capability. (more…)

North Reading, MA–September 5, 2007–International audio-video manufacturer Rotel Electronics, has been known worldwide for more than four decades for their unique high-end audio and home theater components. The latest example to be unveiled at the 2007 CEDIA Show in Denver, Colorado, is the new RSP-1069 surround processor-preamplifier equipped with the latest generation of digital signal processing and reference-grade audio and video components. The RSP-1069 is the ideal centerpiece for a sophisticated system for state-of-the-art audiophile music reproduction and superb home theater impact. (more…)

North Reading, MA–September 6, 2007–Rotel Electronics, the international company whose audio and A-V components are admired around the world for their unmatched value with high-end performance, will introduce two exciting new multichannel amplifier models–the RMB-1085 and RMB-1076 at the 2007 CEDIA Show in Denver, Colorado. These new designs feature groundbreaking Class D circuit topology to deliver a new standard of power and performance from components that are almost unbelievably compact, lightweight, and cool-running. Less than three inches tall and under 12 pounds in weight, both power amps fit where conventional amplifiers cannot, and since they produce virtually zero heat, they can safely reside inside cabinetry, racks, or system closets without fear of thermal limits. (more…)