COMDEX Fall '98: The Sands Convention Center, Boote 21st Century.Peracom Neto cameras and video game stations into an integ HomeConnex offers all the benefits of traditional PC to PC home networking products, including file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. , print sharing and access to the Internet. In addition, HomeConnex delivers entertainment to the user wherever they may be in the home. From any TV in the home users can: - View and control VCRs, DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. decks and video game stations * Watch a DVD movie playing from a PC * Move entertainment from satellite receivers or cable boxes - Transform existing video camcorders into baby monitors or security cameras - View and control the PC from any TV in HomeConnex that are low-cost, easy-to-install atworks, Inc. "Imagine having the PC screen as jthe remote control. These capabilities increase hat video device. The HomeConnex System HomeConnex is comprised of four basic components: a Wireless Remote, a PC Caster, a MediaCaster, and CableCaster. The Wireless Remote, combined with an easy to use graphical interface that pops up on every TV, controls each device on the network.The PC Caster connects PCs to the network via the USB port. The MediaCaster connects video devices to the network via standard RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. audio/video connectors. The CableCaster insulates the home network from the outside world, providing high quality pictures to every TV and ensuring that sensitive data on the network never leaves the home. Pricing and Availability Peracom will be available through retail outlets in the first quarter of 1999. System pricing will vary depending on the number of PCs and video devices consumers want to connect to the network. Typical installations will range in price from $200 to $400. Professional installation of HomeConnex will be offered as an option. Consumers may also expand their home entertainment network by adding PC Casters or MediaCasters to connect additional PCs and video devices. About Peracom Networks Inc. Peracom Networks Inc., founded in 1997, is located in Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. . Peracom is a leading developer and provider of USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. products including multi-port hubs, USB to serial converters and "PC Week's Best of COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). Spring 1998" USB to Ethernet adapters. Peracom is also leading the development of home networking technologies that enable the distribution and control of multiple sources of video entertainment in addition to PC - PC communications. To view and download photography of the graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to , wireless remote, PC Caster, MediaCaster, or CableCaster go to www.peracom.com/media |
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