HomeToys 50th Emagazine Issue
Bob Hetherington
December 2004 Newsletter
Yikes, I must be getting old. We have just posted our 50th issue of the
Emagazine! For a bit of nostalgia have a look at
www.hometoys.com/theoriginal.htm and see what we were yakking about back in
1996. I'd love to hear your comments?
The December Emagazine Issue is online and it has a record of 44 articles,
reviews and interviews. Last month our readership hit a new high of over
91,000 of you keen technology buffs :-)
Feature Articles: Read the complete issue at www.hometoys.com/htinews.htm
Big Broadband: Public Infrastructure or Private Monopolies - By Wayne
Caswell
Video Display Calibration - by Tom Schulte
Don't Stop Movin' - by Tim Windsor
New Face of Audio/Video - By Michael Green
DVD Insider - A series of articles about what's happening in the home
technology and DVD industry.
Introduction to Acoustic Treatment. - By Ethan Winer
Bats in your Belfry? - by Bill Hubbard
Software Configuration Tools - By Adam Stone
Improve Picture on Rear Projection TVs - by Brett McLaughlin
Introduction to DVI & Digital Connectivity - from DVIGear Technology
Connection
The Promise of the Connected Home - By Raoul Wijgergangs
Electronic Signage Networks - Ken Sinclair
CEA Connections Guide - shows the consumers where the connectors are located
and how they can use them to optimize product performance.
The Hi-Fi Guy - Brent McCall
Loudspeakers and the Digital Age - by Jan Plummer
Display Werks Touches Residential Systems Market - By Martin Hamilton
BACKUP! BACKUP! BACKUP! - Gavin Smith
Video Intercoms Go High-Tech - By Carol Lieb
Six Elements of Future Home - by Damien Wong
Cooling the Mid-size Enclosure - By Frank Federman
Unleash your wireless music - by Mike Ridenhour
A Guide to Digital Video - by Jeff Wolfgang
HTPCs Beget HTPCs - By Chris Bomicino
New Era of Building Management - by Anu Kätkä
Hold The Big Box - by Lee Adams
Lights, Cameras. Pick up the Pieces! - A tale of caution... Whole Home
Systems
Home Theater Solutions - Invisible, Surface-Mounted FlatWire by Jonathan
Yodis
Total Home Technology - By William T. Schafer
Multi Room Audio Systems - By Matthew Bramble
How Do You Sell Lighting Control? - Bill Hambley
Home Monitoring Network - By Gary Drake
Secure Your Boat - Abucco Technologies
Switch off the TV when Xmas comes! - NoviiMedia
How did I lose a 3,000+ pound brightly painted object? - scientists have
developed the C-Car car-finding keychain
Heated Driveways - WarmZone
Use Your Camcorder as a PC WebCam - TrackerCam
FlashPoint USB Memory Pen Drive - Xmultiple
Next Generation of Central Vacuums - AquaAir
Voice Alert: The Perfect Gift - By Juli Isola
Interviews:
Kristine Stewart, President, Internet Home Alliance - as an industry, we
need to make it much more simple and turn-key for the consumer to adopt and
install connected home solutions.
Bob Heile, chairman ZigBee Alliance - ZigBee's unique emphasis on low
power, reliability, scalability and easy deployment and low cost make it
ideally suited for the residential control market.
Nick Mellios, Yummy Interactive - Game players no longer have to install
a CD or even go to the store to buy one. They can now just click on a button
and almost immediately start playing a game.
Reviews:
QMotions-GolfT Indoor Golf Simulator - uses patented electronic
technology to recognize swing speed and measure club head directional impact
to translate actual golf swings into popular golf game titles.
CP290 Director X - New program for the original X10 home automation
computer controlled interface.
Read the complete issue at www.hometoys.com/htinews.htm
News Headlines: Read all the news here - www.hometoys.com/news.htm
SONOST DIGITAL MUSIC SYSTEM HONORED AS "BEST OF AUDIO" IN THE 2005 CES
INNOVATIONS AWARDS
The Sonos Digital Music System, which is scheduled to ship in January 2005,
is beginning to receive recognition from various outlets and audiences.
Recently named`Best of What`s New` by Popular Science, the company has just
been honored by the CEA.
2005 CEDIA REGIONAL EDUCATION
Start your most profitable year ever with CEDIA Regional Education in 2005
GET FREE EXHIBIT SPACE AT IS ASIA 2005
InfoComm Asia has announced that audio equipment manufacturers who exhibit
at IS China will be eligible to get 9 sq. m of raw exhibition space free at
IS Asia 2005.
DH LABS INTRODUCES NEW PRODUCTS AT CES 2005
DH LABS INTRODUCES A HOST OF NEW PRODUCTS AT CES 2005
CONTECH ELECTRONICS INTRODUCES THE MINISCARECROW
Protecting your furniture, plants and pets! The Mini Scarecrow deters pets
with a harmless blast of air along with a corrective tone, quickly teaching
your pets to stay off countertops, away from plants, out of rooms and off
furniture!
PLEASE TOUCH
Take a look at the range of touch screens
DEBUT RELEASE FOR AUDYSSEY MULTEQ TECHNOLOGY
Audyssey Laboratories, Inc, new technology for calibration and comprehensive
correction of room and speaker acoustics, is now available in the Denon
AVR-5805 receiver, the first licensee of MultEQ.
DELANO ASSOCIATES MARKS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Custom electronics industry business consultant has a successful first year.
`Take care of the customer` Delano says.
XANTECH SMARTPAD LCDT NEW FEATURES!!!
These new features include transparent button overlays, control emulation,
full bi-directional status feedback, and much more!!!
IN TIME FOR HOLIDAYS, HOME THEATER PROJECTOR FROM MITSUBISHI NOW AT RETAIL
Mitsubishi`s HC900U home theater projector offers 1300 lumens, 2000:1
contrast ratio and 4000-hour lamp for high quality video, gaming and other
applications.
MAGPIX MAGNIFIES PRODUCT LINE WITH 3.1 MEGAPIXEL DIGITAL CAMERA BINOCULAR
MAGPIX Inc. today announced its third generation digital camera binocular.
The MAGPIX SX3 offers a series of innovative features never-before-seen in
the binocular camera category and is the first and only true 3.1 CMOS
megapixel on the market today.
VUTEC INTRODUCES THE RETRACTABLE SILVERSTAR
Award-Winning SilverStar raises the bar and is now the brightest retractable
flat projection screen in the world
ELANT BEGINS SHIPPING SYSTEM12
Plug-and-Play Video Routing and Abundant Number of Inputs Address Need for
Growing Number of Sources in Today's Whole-House Entertainment and Control
Systems
THE NEW FX-50 FROM FREECOM IS THE FIRST TO OFFER MOBILE 16X AND DOUBLE-LAYER
DVD RECORDING FEATURES
The FX-50 series from Freecom features the first mobile DVD device to offer
16x writing speed combined with innovative double-layer DVD technology.
AXENTRA RELEASES NET-BOXT, THE WORLD`S FIRST ALL-IN-ONE HOME/SOHO DIGITAL
NETWORK APPLIANCE
AxentraT Corporation today announced it has begun shipping Net-BoxT, the
first all-in-one home digital network appliance to reach consumers. Priced
from $499...
M&S SYSTEMS GOES RETRO WITH THE NEW DMC3-4 SYSTEM
The new DMC3-4 retrofit music/communication system is designed to replace
most 3 and 4 wire intercom systems. It is easy to install and uses existing
home wiring.
LONMARK INTERNATIONAL DEFINES OPEN SYSTEMS
LONMARK International announces the release of the LONMARK Open System
Definition which defines the key characteristics of device networks that
range in size from a few devices to enterprise applications.
NEW LOGITECH PLAY LINK WIRELESS EXTENSION CONNECTS DEVICES TO INTERNET IN
ONE STEP: PLUG IT IN
Connect wirelessly to your broadband connection easier then ever with
Logitech`s Play Link wireless extension. Plug it in and instantly extend a
broadband Internet connection to a game console or an Ethernet device
anywhere in the house.
A PRIMER ON NETWORKED SYSTEMS WITHIN THE HOME
Now Available For Consumers, Builders, and Contractors Free of Charge on the
Internet
INTELLON AND BRIDGECO INTRODUCE INDUSTRY'S FIRST POWERLINE AUDIO REFERENCE
DESIGN
Enabling Original Design Manufacturers to Offer HomePlug-Enabled Home Audio
Networking Products
DIGITAL CABLE VOD HAMSTRUNG BY THIN CONTENT
With over 50% of US digital cable subscribers now enjoying access to VOD, a
wide choice of content is still lacking, according to Vamsi Sistla, ABI
Research`s director of broadband and residential entertainment technologies.
More news - www.hometoys.com/news.htm
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Upcoming Events
Nov 30-Dec 2 Net-atHomeT2004 Nice, France
Nov 30-Dec 2 Wi-Fi Planet Conference and Expo San Jose, CA
2005
Jan 6-9 International CES - Defining Tomorrow's Technology Las Vegas, NV
Jan 6-10 Seventh Annual T.H.E. Show; The Home Entertainment Show Las Vegas,
NV
Jan 26-28 ISEurope 2005 Amsterdam, Holland
Feb 23-26 EHExpo Spring 2005 Orlando, FL
More events - www.hometoys.com/events.htm
Enjoy
Bob Hetherington