Digeo(R) and 4HomeMedia to Deliver Integrated Home Control Via a TV Experience.Moxi([R]) Menu to Incorporate the Award-Winning 4HomeMedia Home Control Technology for Integrated Control of Home A/V (1) (Audio/Video) Refers to equipment and applications that deal with sound and sight. The A/V world includes microphones, tape recorders, audio mixers, still and video cameras, film projectors, slide projectors, VCRs, CD and DVD players/recorders, amplifiers and Devices, Lighting, and IP Surveillance Cameras KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Digeo([R]), Inc., makers of the Emmy([R])-award winning Moxi([R]) digital media recorder See DVR. (DMR (Digital Media Receiver) See digital media hub. ), today announced they are licensing software from, and collaborating with, 4HomeMedia to develop compelling new ways to control some of the most commonly installed home control systems, such as audio/visual (A/V), lighting, and IP-based surveillance cameras. Moxi products, which are popular among HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates users and others looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a premium entertainment experience, provide an engaging and easy-to-use interface that can be applied to a variety of home control scenarios. The two companies will be demonstrating a proof-of-concept Moxi home control experience incorporating the 4HomeMedia ControlPoint(TM) software at CEDIA CEDIA Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association CEDIA Cloned Enzyme Donor Immunoassay CEDIA Century Diamond in the Digeo booth #878. Today, most A/V, lighting, and IP-based surveillance cameras are managed by multiple user interfaces, which are rarely integrated, seldom easy to use, and most often cost prohibitive for many consumers. By combining 4HomeMedia's ControlPoint(TM) technology with the popular Moxi Menu, consumers will be able to easily control various devices in their home environment, from the comfort of their couch, as part of their television navigation and viewing experience. The combined solution seeks to make home control features more attractive, easy to implement and available to a broader set of consumers. "Digeo has always been passionate about delivering a superior experience and our customers are those who expect much more than 'adequate' from their home entertainment products," said Mike Fidler Michael Edward Fidler (born August 15, 1956 in Everett, Massachusetts) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 271 games in the National Hockey League between 1976 and 1982. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Digeo. "This new partnership with 4HomeMedia will enable our DMR products to deliver some provocative new ways to apply the Moxi design aesthetic and premium user experience to maximizing the home theater An audio/video entertainment center that has a large-screen TV and hi-fi system with three speakers in the front (left, right and center) and left and right speakers in the rear. Starting in the early 1990s, video inputs were added to stereo receivers and preamplifiers. experience." "4HomeMedia has been seeking out best-of-breed CE vendors as licensees for our home control software since we launched earlier in the year and Digeo, with its immersive and eye-catching Moxi user interface, was on the top of our list," said Brad Kayton, 4HomeMedia's Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "We are excited about the combination of our two solutions and believe that there will be no better addition to a consumer's entertainment experience than a Moxi HD DMR with 4Home ControlPoint functionality." "The home control market has been confined to high-end households with the resources to fund custom installations or technically savvy hobbyists - we see this changing," said Bill Ablondi, director of home systems research for Parks Associates. "Only 10% of homes have some form of electronic lighting control, but nearly 40% have a home theater1. Consumers are not aware of the benefits control systems offer; control is a concept, not a product. Incorporating control capabilities into familiar products, such as entertainment systems as Digeo and 4HomeMedia are doing, will build awareness and adoption. We project the market for controllers to nearly double from $3.5 billion this year to $6.0 billion by 2012." In addition to the partnership with 4HomeMedia, Digeo today also announced that it has joined the Z-Wave Alliance as a Full Member and will participate in advanced training opportunities, UnPlug Fests, and Developers Working Groups. The Z-Wave Alliance is an open consortium of leading global companies dedicated to establishing Z-Wave as the standard in wireless controls. By promoting a single standard, true product interoperability among manufacturers can become a reality. About 4HomeMedia, Inc. 4HomeMedia provides the home solution that is changing the equation for deploying broadband services throughout the world. 4HomeMedia's ControlPoint[TM] and Portal Server (1) A network server that deploys portal services to a public Web site or internal intranet. See portal. (2) An application that is used to develop, deliver and maintain a Web portal. software products allow hardware vendors and service providers to create and deploy compelling, easy-to-use, and profitable home control applications and services for the home. A single copy of the networked ControlPoint software installed anywhere on the home network provides whole home coverage - from anywhere and at anytime. 4HomeMedia, Inc. is based in Sunnyvale, CA. For more information on 4HomeMedia and its award-winning solution, please visit http://www.4HomeMedia.com. About Z-Wave Alliance Formed in January 2005, the Z-Wave Alliance is an open consortium of manufacturers, developers and market influencers dedicated to delivering on the promise of affordable, interoperable wireless home control products. Its more than 160 members lead the home controls market, providing cutting edge products and systems that deliver increased comfort, convenience, safety and security for the everyday consumer. The principal members of the Z-Wave Alliance include Cooper Wiring Devices Cooper Wiring Devices is a division of Cooper Industries and provides a wide range of residential, institutional and industrial specification grade electrical devices for consumers and building contractors. External links
UEI United Education Institute UEI Unified Emulator Interface UEI Unit Effectiveness Inspection UEI Unión de Estudiantes Independientes ) and Zensys (developer of Z-Wave). About Digeo, Inc. Digeo([R]), Inc. creates state-of-the-art home entertainment technologies, including digital media recorder (DMR) platforms and services. The company's mission is to enable the best consumer experience in high-definition entertainment for the connected home. Digeo's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. - the two-time Emmy([R]) Award-winning Moxi Media Center - serves as a hub for whole-home distribution of digital entertainment and has been deployed in more than 400,000 homes by eight cable operators nationwide. In January 2007, the company announced a new line of Moxi-branded HD DMRs that will be sold directly to consumers through consumer-electronics retailers. The company also licenses its technology to third-party companies as the user interface, application or customer connection portal to drive their products or services. Backed primarily by Paul Allen's Vulcan, Inc., Digeo is based in Kirkland, Wash. For more information, please visit www.digeo.com. For a virtual demo of the Moxi Menu, please visit www.moxi.com. Digeo([R]) and Moxi([R]) are the trademarks of Digeo, Inc. Use of the trademarks and service marks of the National Television Academy ("NTA NTA National Tour Association NTA Nitrilotriacetic Acid NTA National Treatment Agency (for Substance Misuse; UK) NTA Net Tangible Asset NTA National Tutoring Association NTA National Transportation Agency "), including the mark EMMY([R]), requires the prior express written permission of National Television Academy. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. For media only: Jodie Cadieux, Digeo, Inc., 425.896.6050, jodie.cadieux@digeo.com Gaby Adam, OnPR, 425.454.6843, gabya@onpr.com Brad Kayton, 4HomeMedia, Inc. 408.329.4212, bkayton@4homemedia.com 1 In this context, a "home theater" means a TV with DVD player A stand-alone device that plays DVDs. It contains a DVD drive and the electronics to decode the digital video. The device may play only manufactured DVDs, or it may be able to play DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. DVD players are cabled to a TV or home theater system for display. , surround sound speakers and an amplifier. |
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