Denon announced two new A/V receivers (AVRs) on Wednesday, both sporting Dolby’s latest Atmos surround sound technology and, hedging their bets, ready for DTS:X with a free firmware update later this year. These new AVRs are moderately priced and, as is the rule these days, absolutely packed with features.
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Strata-gee Visits TiO HQ & Factory
How dogged are we in pursuing stories for Strata-gee.com readers? Dogged enough to travel to Florida…in June! Yes, we traveled earlier this month to Melbourne, FL to visit Anuva Automation, parent company of home automation upstart Turn It On (TiO). There has apparently been a lot going on at TiO lately with a flurry of recent press releases and we wanted to see for ourselves, just exactly what the company has been up to in the still early stages of its launch.
See what we found in Florida, including photos of their facility… [Read more…] about Strata-gee Visits TiO HQ & Factory
Samsung Display Launches New Transparent & Mirror OLED Displays
See more on Samsung’s new mirror and transparent digital signage displays… [Read more…] about Samsung Display Launches New Transparent & Mirror OLED Displays
Beyond the Referral – Tools & Techniques to Power Up Your Marketing Strategy
Be sure to see the cover story in the June issue of Residential Systems magazine titled Beyond the Referral – Tools & Techniques to Power Up Your Marketing Strategy by Strata-gee’s own Ted Green. This article introduces readers to the top tools of marketing to market your tech company today.
What are these top tools? Read more below… [Read more…] about Beyond the Referral – Tools & Techniques to Power Up Your Marketing Strategy
Quirky HiFiMan Launches HE1000 High-End Headphones
HiFiMan, an independent manufacturer of high-end headphones, portable music players, and associated accessories, announced on Wednesday a new top-of-the-line, full-sized headphone – the HE1000. Featuring the company’s preferred planar magnetic technology and a breakthrough diaphragm design, these headphones are for serious music listening, or as the company puts it, “intended for reference use in home or studio.”
Learn more about this remarkable high-end model, with a nano-tech breakthrough… [Read more…] about Quirky HiFiMan Launches HE1000 High-End Headphones
Hitachi Jumps into Wireless Speakers Biz
Hitachi America, Ltd. announced on Tuesday that it has entered the wireless speaker business with three self-contained wireless speaker systems using Qualcomm’s AllPlay technology. According to Hitachi, their new hardware/software “smart media” platform makes it simple for consumers to stream any local or cloud-based media from any type of device via Wi-Fi.
Learn more about Hitachi’s new wireless music system… [Read more…] about Hitachi Jumps into Wireless Speakers Biz
Savant Offers App for Apple Watch
Savant, a leading home control & automation company, announced today that it is making an app available for the Apple smart watch – called, logically enough, the Savant App on Apple Watch. Since Savant is one of the only home automation companies to base their control systems on the Apple operating system, it only makes sense that they would be one of the first in the tech business to offer an Apple Watch app.
See more on Savant’s Apple Watch App… [Read more…] about Savant Offers App for Apple Watch
Tesla’s Musk Not Only Wants to Power Your Car, but Your Home Too
Residential & Commercial Energy Storage is a Fast Growing New Market
Two separate announcements this week add significant momentum to a rapidly growing market we first told you about three years ago – the residential energy storage market. Now, two new announcements – one from Toshiba in Japan, and the other from home-grown Tesla, dramatically reveal the increasing interest in this all-new market for residential energy storage devices.
See more on what Tesla’s Elon Musk and Toshiba are working on… [Read more…] about Tesla’s Musk Not Only Wants to Power Your Car, but Your Home Too
At Tidal – A Wave of Layoffs & New CEO
Tidal, the music streaming service recently purchased by rap star Jay Z and more than a dozen of his closest music superstar friends, is already feeling the impact of its new ownership. Moving quickly, Jay Z and his team has taken several steps including dismissing the existing CEO Andy Chen and what the company says is a “handful” of other executives from the service.
See more on this rapid and surprising move… [Read more…] about At Tidal – A Wave of Layoffs & New CEO
Showing the Power of Software – Latest TiO Update Expands Capabilities
We have been reporting on TiO and its various predecessor permutations (Colorado vNet, 3vNet, ACTP) for some time now. TiO, which stands for Turn it On, is an interesting hybrid of software and hardware enabling an incredibly flexible home automation system that strikes a balance between easy operation, system capabilities, user experience (UX) and powerful performance.
TiO is app driven and also has a proprietary system software solution . And now the company shows us the power of a strong system software foundation with an “update” that dramatically expands the systems capabilities.
