Networked AV Gear Supports Smaller Racks
By Gordon Van Zuiden, May 02, 2013
The analog-to-digital transformation of
networked home audio video and control
equipment over the last decade has
dramatically changed the “fire breathing
AV rack” of yesterday, as my integrator
peer Rich Green fondly used to name this
tower of integrated electronic equipment.
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Previewing New Lighting Control Products Coming Out in 2013
By Gordon Van Zuiden, March 13, 2013
Lighting control systems–like almost every other electronic product in the home from thermostats to sprinklers systems–are becoming intelligent IP- controllable nodes on the home network. Over the last decade, high-end lighting control systems, such as those from Lutron, Vantage, Crestron, Savant, and now, Control4, have added IP-based centralized processors for local and remote lighting control.
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Untangling the Network
By Gordon van Zuiden, August 31, 2012
Over the last decade of custom home
installations, we have seen an explosion
in the number of products that we now
connect to a client’s home network.
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What’s Your Mobile Strategy?
By Gordon Van Zuiden, July 09, 2012
I was recently pondering what my
integration company’s mobile platform
strategy should be.
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The Ultimate Networked TV
By Gordon van Zuiden, May 07, 2012
I am writing this column on my PC in
my home office, just as I have done for
Residential Systems for each of the last
10 years.
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The App Isn’t Everything
By Gordon Van Zuiden, February 03, 2012
The impact of the Apple iPad on the
custom home control market has been
well documented–almost all of our
clients want a Crestron, AMX, Control4,
Savant, or URC app on their iPad or
other iOS device to control their home.
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Digital Home Renovations
By Gordon Van Zuiden, November 08, 2011
Over the last year, our company has seen
a significant swell of new and recurring
opportunities in what we call “technology
refresh installations.”
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Apple’s Limitations
By Gordon Van Zuiden, September 07, 2011
Ever since Apple introduced the iPod
in October 2001, the company has
impacted the solutions our industry
provides.
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Tuner Clouds Have Arrived
By Gordon Van Zuiden, July 12, 2011
Since the 2009 Consumer Electronics
Show, I have been reading technology
columns and seeing booth demonstrations
of CableCARD HDTV tuner farms from
Ceton and Silicon Dust.
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The Network is the Home
By Gordon Van Zuiden, May 05, 2011
In the late 1980’s, Scott McNealy–
cofounder of Sun Microsystems–
infamously proclaimed that the “Network
is the Computer.”
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