With the increase in demand for simplified control of consumer electronics in Residential, Commercial & Marine environments there has been a plethora of control systems enter the market. Never before has the consumer had so much choice, but which is the right solution for you?
Firstly let us have a look at the history of control systems in the Audio Visual industry.
There are two prominent control solutions that have been around since the 1980’s. With more than 20 years of experience as well as continual Research and Development, these companies lead the industry and are the only true consideration in commercial & high-end environments due to the flexibility & reliability they offer. Each system has its strengths and weaknesses as well as the organisation who delivers your solution so picking the right product as well as the organisation to implement it will ultimately provide you with a solution you are extremely happy with or a poor outcome that leaves you somewhat disappointed.
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Have you ever asked yourself what Structured cabling or Smart wiring means? Are they the same thing?
Structured cabling has existed for many years and is a term more commonly found in the commercial sector. It is a cable network design that is implemented in a building to support technology and communications services. It can incorporate data, telephone, security, BMS, Fire and electrical but it is commonly referring to data & telecommunications services.
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With the dawn of broadband services, delivering technology and managing it remotely has now very much become a reality. Even in marine environments it is now possible to remotely diagnose system issues and manage software updates over satellite services. It has allowed organisations like ours to provide full solutions to clientele with no geographic boundaries.
We have successfully delivered solutions in residential, corporate & marine environments without the requirement of skilled local technical support due to having the ability of remote diagnostics and management of systems.
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With an ever increasing importance on environmental sustainability, energy management should be on top of your list when it comes to building a new home. But what is energy management? It’s the efficient use of power throughout your home covering all aspects from your lighting to your general power outlets.
Using an energy management system will provide you with reduced power consumption, produce less carbon emissions, provide more flexibility with how you interact, as well as automated processes to save you power when you forget.
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We are surprised and disappointed by the Court of Appeal’s decision and by their rejection of existing California contract law.
In the 2007 trial, the DVD CCA claimed that Kaleidescape breached the CSS License Agreement and in particular, that Kaleidescape did not comply with a document called the “General Specifications.” Kaleidescape successfully argued at trial that the General Specifications document was not a part of the original contract since it was never referenced in the CSS License and was not provided to Kaleidescape until after the contract had been entered into. In addition, Kaleidescape presented evidence at trial that its products fully comply with the General Specifications anyway. In 2007, the trial court agreed with Kaleidescape that the General Specifications are not a part of the original contract. Because of this, the trial court did not clearly rule on whether Kaleidescape complies with the General Specifications. The Court of Appeal has now ruled that the General Specifications are a part of the contract, but did not decide whether or not Kaleidescape complies with them. The Court of Appeal has sent this back to the trial court to decide.
The new proceedings by the trial court will likely take place in a year or two, unless the California Supreme Court agrees to review the Court of Appeal’s decision. Kaleidescape will continue to fight, and we expect to prevail. However, it may take many years for this issue to be fully and finally resolved.
In the meantime, Kaleidescape Systems remain 100% licensed and legal. We will continue selling Kaleidescape Systems, developing innovative products and technologies, and providing excellent service to our customers, including the Movie Guide, the Music Guide, automatic software updates, and automatic service alerts. The Blue-Laser Player is still on schedule for release in 2009.
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Lighting control systems are becoming more and more common in the marketplace but they are far from new as large commercial buildings have been utilising the technology for decades under building automation systems.
What has changed is that there is a greater presence in the residential arena for these systems and they extend from the basic contactor switching methods to dimming systems with a greater focus on energy management.
Lighting in the home has had some significant changes too. Once it was all about functional lighting for people to see what they are doing and provide a safe passage. Now feature lighting is becoming more prominent and if you are serious about lighting when you are building your new home, the services of a lighting consultant are utilised to provide a lighting design that will deliver both functional and feature lighting throughout your home.
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Kaleidescape has always been associated as the pinnacle of DVD Media Servers in the marketplace but they have also been considered more expensive than the other players in the market.
Recently we looked into pricing comparisons in Australia and even we were surprised how Kaleidescape was not only cheaper to purchase, but provided far greater value for money!
Now Imerge do produce an audio only server (Imerge Sound Server S2000) which Kaleidescape doesn’t but the new Kaleidescape Mini System provides video as well as audio for only $ 2,800 more!
So let’s look at the comparative pricing:
Imerge S3004B-400 – 4 zones audio only, 400 Gig of storage, No RAID support. $11,300.00 inc GST
Kaleidescape Mini System with 2 drives – 1 x movie / music zone, 2 x additional audio only zones, 500 Gig of Storage expandable to 1.5 TB, RAID K, additional cascading of mini systems and servers, additional player support up to 15 additional simultaneous movie or music zones. $14,129.00 inc GST
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Developed by Rabone Systems, Fragrance control provides the ability to manage 3 different scents per room and schedule times as well as dispersion rates. Residing on the AMX platform, this neat little application has uses in residential homes, corporate offices, retail outlets & Hotel venues.
Rabone Systems has released a proprietary touch panel tracking system for its residential control software.
Rabone Systems, a leading control solutions company has implemented its proprietary touch panel tracking system into its Residential v2.0 software.
The system allows users to roam freely within the home and provide automatic configuration of the control environment. The software identifies the location of AMX MVP series wireless touch panels and configures the appropriate control pages.
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DVD Media servers are increasing in popularity as they provide a really good way to manage and view your collections without the clutter and damage that occurs from continual use of discs.
The problem is that due to their popularity, we now have so many to choose from. Escient Fireball, Axonix Media Max, Imerge, AMX Max & Kaleidescape to name the major players but only one stands out from the crowd.
Almost all DVD servers or Digital media servers have an operating system because essentially they are a computer with a large amount of storage space. The majority of manufacturers resort to using Microsoft or Linux as an OS. Out of the two, Linux has been proven to be more stable in this environment but the limitations of using an OS from another provider is that you are at the mercy of the OS.
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