Is DVD Ripping Legal?11.07.2008
REAL NETWORKS ENGAGES IN ROUND TWO OF THE ‘FAIR USE’ FIGHTEditor’s Note: At press time,RealNetworks failed to convince a district judge to lift its restraining order and allow it to start selling RealDVD again until the judge More...
Apple Adds Juice to AV Controls
by Gordon van Zuiden,
10.01.2008
THE IPOD AND ITOUCH DEVICES STORM CEDIA EXPO Each year that I travel to CEDIA EXPO I’m always looking for trends in our industry that help to s More...
Another Green Solution
by Gordon van Zuiden,
8.27.2008
In the residential custom installation business we typically think of
ourselves as experts in audio/video, lighting, computer, and home
control systems. Now many of our clients are beginning to ask how much
electricity, gas, More...
Maximizing Media Center
by Gordon van Zuiden,
7.31.2008
This is the year that the CableCard-supported Microsoft Media Center
platform coupled with a wide variety of Media Center Extenders options
was going to shake up the residential world of high-definition,
whole-house media More...
Getting Chummy with Chumby
by Gordon van Zuiden,
7.01.2008
I am always looking for network-connected devices that truly add value
to our client's broadband connected homes. Of course we all know about
the value of our laptop and office computers connected to broadband
Internet in the More...
CEDIA Event Paves the Way
by Gordon van Zuiden,
5.27.2008
Readers of this column know that I usually write about networking
topics that are relevant to the custom electronics integration industry
and this column will be no exception. However, instead of using
networking terms like More...
Fuze Media Systems
by Gordon van Zuiden,
3.06.2008
Readers of my column know that I have been a proponent of Media Center
solutions for the home for a number of years. But we all know that the
Media Center, for all its strengths of storing, cataloging, and
distributing digital More...
A New Year Forecast
by Gordon van Zuiden,
1.03.2008
To help you prepare for this years new technology developments, Ive decided to share my top five predictions for 2008. Measure each one against your own experience to decide how you want them to guide your own business decisions. More...
A Clever New Software
by Gordon van Zuiden,
10.26.2007
CasaTunes is a relatively new, ingenious software tool that lets any Windows computer with an Explorer or Media Center interface control any of the Russound or NuVo whole-house audio systems that have a serial interface. You point More...
My Take on Microsoft CI
by Gordon van Zuiden,
10.09.2007
When HP abruptly stopped the production of its Microsoft Media Center
digital equipment platform earlier in the year there was a sense that
Media Center solutions for the custom installation channel had been
derailed. But HP was More...
More Media Center in 08
by Gordon van Zuiden,
8.28.2007
Readers of my column over the years know that I have been a proponent of Microsoft's Media Center software as a driving force for home media management and control in our industry. When the first version of Media Center was More...
The Electronic Garden
by Gordon van Zuiden,
7.09.2007
With summer in full swing its time to think about your clients electronic entertainment and communications needs in their backyard. With all the new electronic hardware youve installed inside their home its logical to ask how you More...
A Case for CableCARD
by Gordon van Zuiden,
6.07.2007
HD CableCARD tuners are becoming readily available. These credit card-sized products can be inserted into CableCARD-ready HDTVs, Series 3 TiVOs, and even some of the Microsoft Vista Media Center computers (those that have been More...
The Noise of Others
by Llanor Alleyne,
4.05.2007
Creative Concepts for Sound Control in MDU Environments More...
A Call for Standardization
by Carolyn Heinze,
3.13.2007
As Phone and Data Systems Grow More Complex, TIA-570-B Could Be the Key to Strong Infrastructures More...