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cedia 2008

iPhone: The Home Automation Remote Killer

There are already a few home automation iPhone apps in the store, but here at CEDIA it's clear that all of the home automation heavies have definitely discovered the obvious: the iPhone makes for a great universal touchscreen remote for everything from your AC to your living room blinds to your music collection. And most of them won't make you pay the price of a snazzy dedicated touchscreen controller to get it, either. Most of them. More »

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6:15 PM on Thu Sep 4 2008
By John Mahoney
68,699 views, 20 comments

Latest by indyarrowfire: Okay, so I have all the sound machine apps available, I got animals, Instruments, Silly Sounds, and Army Men and more »

cedia 2008

Lifeware's LMS-810 Media Center PC Can Drive Ten TVs at Once

See these 10 TVs? They're all being driven by the same, single Media Center PC. Taking what they came with last year and doubling it, Lifeware has crammed eight CableCARD tuners (two on board and six more in the external Lifetuner box on top) into a dual Intel Quad Core, 12TB RAID 5 box that can stream out to ten Media Extenders (here, Xbox 360s driving Samsung LCDs). The box can record from all eight of its HD streams while streaming to all 10 Extenders at once, so if you've been wondering what to do with your home's 8 spare digital cable feeds, now you know. No price yet for a pre-Christmas release, but last year's model with half as many CableCARDs was $15k. More »

5:42 PM on Thu Sep 4 2008
By John Mahoney
8,453 views, 12 comments

Latest by Sixdust: Do want, but would I need to upgrade my power line for all of these things running? more »

house of the future

I'd Rather Live in the Old Disney "House of the Future" Than the New One

Here's two visions of our future home. One has wall-sized TVs, lots of plastic wares and all-electric grooming tools. The other, touchscreens everywhere, smart kitchen counters and auto-thermostats. More »

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4:30 PM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By matt buchanan
24,379 views, 29 comments

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HP MediaSmart Server Now Available; Iomega and Others Unveil Windows Home Servers

At long last, you can go order the eagerly awaited HP MediaSmart Server, running Microsoft's lovable Windows Home Server software. It's up at Amazon, Best Buy, CompUSA, and Circuit City, though Amazon is the only one offering any kind of discount from the $750 (1TB) or $600 (500GB) list prices. We'll give you more on the MediaSmart server when we get a unit, and see how it differs from the Norco DS-520 system-builder setup Chen reviewed last week. In the meantime, here are the other big news items:
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12:01 AM on Mon Nov 5 2007
By Wilson Rothman
9,759 views, 5 comments

Latest by devGOD: no Intel Processor? BOOOOOO! sorry but i'm not an AMD fan. more »

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Life|Ware Shows Quad-Recording Media Center with Four CableCARDs

Life|Ware rolled out what it says is the first media center PC running four CableCARDs at the same time, and it proved to us that the whole thing actually works today at CEDIA 07. Its life|media Media Center PC is the new top of the line for the company, and it's packing an Intel Quad Core processor, 4GB of RAM and 4TB of storage for a cool $15K. The money shot? It can record four HD channels while it's streaming HD video to four Xbox 360 Elite boxes running the media center extender at the same time. And, it does all this without even breathing hard.
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3:10 PM on Fri Sep 7 2007
By Charlie White
5,404 views, 12 comments

Latest by pete: Why does this have (need) 4 coax lines going into it? more »

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Next Gen House: Lifeware Touchscreen Up Close

In pretty much every room of the Next Gen House is a wall-mounted touchscreen running off of the main server in the back using Vista (which is pimped pretty thoroughly in the house). As you can see in the galleries, the touchscreens can be used to control pretty much every aspect of the house, from lighting to the climate. You can also stream HD video to each touchscreen as well as pictures. Don't look for these babies in the $15k connect home dealio that Best Buy is offering up, though — these are aimed exclusively at high-end consumers and it costs many, many thousands of dollars. Granted, you can always add on to the Best Buy package, provided you have the dough. Gallery goodness after the jump. More »

7:33 PM on Tue Jan 9 2007
By Matt Buchanan
1,093 views, 2 comments

Latest by Kyang: Oh please... more »