Control4 debuts its high performance Home Controller HC-1000 at CEDIA that extends Whole-Home Automation capabilities. The HC-1000 is optimized to run as a dedicated master controller providing additional storage and faster processor. The Home Controller HC-1000 comes with Home Automation System Software (v. 1.3.2) that offers the capacity and performance for the most demanding home automation projects.

The latest controller can be relied on controlling the home theater, advanced temperature control, smart lighting, multi-room music, security and many other home automation sub-systems. It features ample storage, memory, and processing power to heighten the performance of demanding Control4 whole-home automation systems, and systems with extensive media libraries. It is supposed to reach stores in the 4th Quarter of 2007. Continue Reading »
Control4 Home Controller HC-1000

Sony’s first Blu-ray Disc-capable component named Home Entertainment Server HES-V1000 brings boom in the industry by organizing your digital music, movies and photos with ease. With a 500GB hard disc drive and full HD 1080p 200-disc Blu-ray Disc™/DVD/CD changer, you can easily store hours of video, 40,000 songs or 20,000 digital photos in one device. Apart from this, you can burn content to Blu-ray Discs and DVD’s. It contains HD 1080p 200-disc Blu-ray Disc™/DVD/CD changer (196 12cm BD/DVD/CDs and four 8cm BD/DVDs). For easy transfer of images, it contains Memory Stick® media inputs, Secure Digital cards, CompactFlash media and xD-Picture CardTM flash memory readers.

With Home Entertainment Server you can burn movies and slide shows to your DVD’s. Using the remote, one can customize his picture presentations as it has x-Application® feature i.e. x-Pict Story HD and x-ScrapBook photo slide show. x-Pict Story HD syncs music from your personal library with the face-recognition technology to create a photo presentation. x-ScrapBook makes a slideshow very quickly using personalized digital scrapbook. These two technologies can be used to export slide shows directly to Blu-ray Discs or DVDs.

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Sony HES-V1000 Home Entertainment Server