healthy, happy and successful 2007.

Let’s start this year with a funny film on the Wii and Sony PS3 via enthousiasmeren.

It has a lot of the things from “Hi I am a Mac and I am PC”.

I was not aware that there are already so many of these movies.

You will find out about

• Electronic systems integration and custom install solutions for the home & the office
• Digital Signage solutions
• System integration and Control solutions for Architects/Electrical Engineers
• AV/ IT/ Networking solutions
• Audio visual solutions for the hospitality industry
• Large venue and digital cinema solutions
• Multi-Media conferencing solutions

And much more… Already curious? Click here to get some impressions from the last event.

If you are responsible for managing, implementing, researching or sourcing solutions on AV and Electronic Systems Integration, then this is the event in Europe this year, which will justify your time away from the office.

Find out more about the show, who will be exhibiting and what will be on display:

• Click here to see over 350 exhibiting companies from more than 40 countries
• Access information here on all the show features, the very latest technologies and products
• Find out here about the exciting education program with a new series of Exhibitor led seminars
• Training sessions led by the 3 major associations
• Find out the latest industry issues and trends on AV and Electronic System Integration

Act now….. register your place and receive your personalized badge. This will give you immediate fast-track entry and also ensures that all the latest news and information on ISE 2007 will be sent to you directly.

ISE 2007 will be the industry platform for hundreds of inspirational new products and will give you the opportunity to meet with over 12.000 like minded professionals who also attend the show.

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If you want to meet me there just let me know in the comments and we will plan a meeting.
I would love to that. Maybe I can do something for your business.

In business for more than 18 years, AutoPatch’s product line ranges from standard to expandable semi-modular and custom-configurable matrix switchers for virtually any audio and video format.

AutoPatch will be fully integrated into AMX, and all current AutoPatch employees will now become AMX employees. AMX has formed a new group called the AutoPatch Group which will focus on further market and product development. AutoPatch’s individual product families will maintain their original model names.

From the press release, it is unclear whether AutoPatch founder and CEO Al Hale will stick around, but it sounds like he’ll be resigning. He says, “After nearly 20 years with AutoPatch, I am very excited to turn over the reigns to an organization that is so focused on providing a great work environment and continued growth for AutoPatch and its employees.”

The existing AMX sales force will take responsibility for selling AutoPatch products in their territories. All current AutoPatch dealers who are not AMX dealers will be contacted immediately by their respective regional AMX sales representative to tell them about the AMX dealer establishment process. AutoPatch dealers who are also AMX current dealers will experience no change in their relationship or ordering process with AMX. AMX customers will continue to place product orders and request technical support through the same procedures.

AutoPatch is the second company acquired by AMX this quarter. Last month, the company purchased UK-based Endeleo for its multimedia distribution technologies and in-house expertise.

Julie is adding some more predictions:

Anything’s possible, now that it is apparent AMX is willing to compete with its inConcert partners.

So let’s talk about lighting.

I will give myself a little credit for suggesting in 2005 that AMX buy lighting-controls manufacturer Vantage Controls, which was recently acquired by Legrand.

Lutron isn’t for sale, nor is Leviton, so I will stick with my earlier prediction that AMX could buy LiteTouch, and I’d add CentraLite to the roster of potential targets — assuming that Nortek doesn’t beat AMX to the punch.

AMX already offers commercial-oriented lighting controls under the Radia line, and has a very tight relationship with Lutron, whose lighting-control products can be incorporated into an AMX system as if they were native to AMX’s NetLinx platform.

Still, there’s nothing like your own lighting-control products, as Crestron will tell you.

I will also stick by some original presumptions that AMX might pick up an A/V receiver company. My money is still on Integra/Onkyo, and I will add Audio Design Associates (ADA) to that bet.

How about thermostats? That one’s a stretch, but if it wants to catch up with Crestron in that department, AMX would most certainly buy Residential Control Systems.

Speakers? No. Music/video servers? No, they already bought MAX awhile ago and are coming downscale (finally) with that product. Telecom/intercom? There’s not much to buy there, except maybe Inter-tel. Security? Not traditional alarms, to be sure, but maybe something in the access control arena.

Source: AMX Acquires AutoPatch: What it Means & Predictions for More on CE Pro

The show is not very big and at this point visited by many gamers, but it growing steadily and will atract more and more savvy consumers needing their yearly tech information source.

There are some remarks that I want to highlight here since it is about home-automation:
AMD cooperate in the build of Media Center’s:

AMD also announced alliances with Alienware and Gateway to produce Media Center devices that come very close to achieving Bill Gates’ vision of the computer becoming the center of our entertainment universe. While Gateway’s offering looks, smells and acts like a PC, the new offering from Alienware is an entertainment center component featuring 5.1 Dolby surround sound, digital and component video and a DVD player that anyone would be proud to display in his or her living room.

Z-Wave is growing and is now an alliance of 100+ companies in all kind of areas:

The Z-Wave Alliance has taken home automation another step closer to practicality with more than 100 companies jumping on board to offer everything from lamp modules to routers designed to work together using a Z-wave chip, allowing them to be controlled from a single console, PC or digital phone. Most notable among these companies are Levitron, Lynksys and Intermatic. Other devices that will remotely start your automobile, open the garage door and turn on your lights and perform other tasks have also jumped aboard the Z-Wave bandwagon.

Also there are developments for high-speed wireless modems and routers for the new 802.11N protocol. Fast?
This protocol is in theory up to 16 times faster than 802.11g, that means faster than your Ethernet network at the office. Linksys, Belkin and D-Link will have “Draft N” protocol products in the stores probably before the Christmas rush.

Source: Jocgeek via Commercial Appeal

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Technorati Tags: AMD, Media Center, Z-Wave, Z-wave chip, 802.11N

Hello,
I would like apply to my house the priciple of home automation but I don’t know from where to start: do you have nay practical handout for dummies????
thanks

Here you will find some books that will help you to get starter in the home-automation, domotics or domotica however you want to call it:

Hope you find here what you need.

The transformation of most conventional consumer electronics devices such as game consoles, DVD players, TVs and portable media players from stand-alone devices to network-connected ones using both wireless and wired IP communications technologies will fuel overall market growth, according to ABI Research.

Service providers are also a catalyst in this market, as IPTV providers such as Verizon, France Telecom, PCCW and AT&T utilize home network technologies for video distribution, while others look to home networking as a way to extend data services without having to rewire the home. Residential gateways and networked set top boxes are becoming standard requests as service providers look for new revenue streams based on IP and converged networked services.

The total number of network connections shipped into the connected home will grow from 247 million in 2005 to over 861 million by 2011, according to the research. Wi-Fi will become the most common of the connection technologies, as consumers look to connect home servers, gateways, networked consumer electronics and portable devices over the media network.

The emergence of enabling technologies such as 802.11n for wireless video distribution, HomePlug AV and MoCA as alternative multimedia network backbones, and DLNA media server and device interoperability software will also drive market growth.

Source: ABI Research

AMX invites you to discover, experience and try out VisualArchitect yourself at one of our North American VA Roadshows. Wes Hair, AMX vice president of market development will be demonstrating the product in the following cities during the months of May and June:

* Seattle, WA: Monday, 5/1

* Portland, OR: Tuesday, 5/2

* Orange County, CA: Wednesday, 5/3 – Friday, 5/5

* Tampa, FL: Monday, 5/8

* Orlando, FL: Tuesday, 5/9

* Ft. Lauderdale, FL: Wednesday, 5/10

* Philadelphia, PA: Thursday, 5/11 – Friday, 5/12

* Boston, MA: Monday, 5/15 – Tuesday, 5/16

* Northern NJ: Wednesday, 5/17 – Thursday, 5/18

* Chicago, IL: Monday, 5/22 – Tuesday, 5/23

* St. Louis, MO: Wednesday, 5/24 – Thursday, 5/25

For information about attending any of these shows and to place your order for VA, please contact AMX Domestic Sales at 800.222.0193.

Source: AMX Newsletter

e-Home Automation is an electronic architect and systems integrator specialising in the execution of fully realised home entertainment and environmental control systems.

2006 is the first time that e-Home Automation will be exhibiting at Hometech; they will show examples of the different functionalities a smart home can bring.

Home entertainment is another essential aspect within the home; with smart home living the ultimate cinematic and audio experience is on your doorstop. Ultimately from anywhere in the world homeowners can have easy access to their systems, by creating a wiring network that links each home’s individual components together.

Being the only show of its kind within the region, Hometech Middle East 2006 is the perfect platform to expose the latest, most innovative technologies on the market.

Within the Middle east the UAE is definitely the leader within the consumer electronics sector, sales in home entertainment systems, small appliances and white goods are constantly on the increase; in 2005 sales in consumer electronics within the UAE increased by 21%.

Already confirmed are close to 150 exhibitors, which is an increase of 50% since the 2005 show.

Source: TradeArabia News Service - e-Home to exhibit at Hometech

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