OpenRemote Integrates with Sonos
In the same way as broadcasted television and video playback has changed into streaming, IP-TV and “on-demand” watching whenever you like, wherever you like, also playback of…
AV Distribution
Bluetooth CableJive dockBoss air Brings Music Back to Your 30 Pin Dock
Apple’s move from 30 pin to the new Lightning connector may have caused you some consternation if you had invested in a nice speaker dock….
HDMI over Cat5 – A Home HDBaseT Extender Review
Automated Home regular Tim Hawes recently moved his telly out if range of a standard HDMI cable. This created the opportunity to try out one of…
Tiny FLIRC USB Dongle Adds IR Control to Raspberry Pi, NUC, HTPC’s
This has been around for a while and we’ve only just heard about it, but this cool little USB dongle may just make your day….
Keene Launch New In Wall Amp with Bluetooth
Keen have launched a new digital in-wall stereo amplifier with on board Bluetooth. The KLAB20DB amp fits into a standard UK two gang wall box and provides…
Kaleidescape Video Store Expands to United Kingdom
Kaleidescape have announced that their online video store is now available in the UK. The service launches with around 400 films and over 450 television episodes from Warner…
Video: The New Plex App for Android
The Plex guys have just released a major update to the Android app. New features include powerful filters, recommendations between friends, sharing videos through Facebook…
Home Automation Case Study: Custom Controls
UK specialist Custom Controls recently undertook one of their most ambitious projects. Read on for all the photos and details… This project saw Custom Controls using…
New UK Show Home Demos Savant’s Apple Powered Home Automation Solution
UK Distributors RGB, have just opened a Savant Experience Show Home to demonstrate how Savant has brought the familiarity of the Apple user interface to home automation….
Native Drobo Plex Media Server App
Data Robotics have announced that a new Plex Media Server app is ‘coming soon’ for their Drobo 5N. So as well as hosting all your media…
The Plex Media Server and the Mac mini DIY Fusion Drive
Yes yes, I know you’ve heard it a million times before but we love Plex! One of the best new features over recent months, PlexSync…
Plex Introduces New Improved Android App
Plex team leader Elan Feingold has blogged an introduction to their new improved Android app. The ground up rewrite targets devices running Android 3.2 or…
Control4 Introduces TuneIn and the Control4 Wireless Music Bridge
Control4 have announced they are adding the TuneIn service from April this year along with a new hardware device – the Wireless Music Bridge. The unit will…
HD Connectivity Launch HDanywhere Modular HDMI HDBaseT Matrix
HD Connectivity have just announced a new range of high-end HDMI Matrix switches. The HDanywhere Modular range has been designed and built in the UK…
Sonos Sub Review – A Wireless Woofer Wonder
A few months ago we got our hands on the latest product to come out of the Sonos stable and we’ve been listening to it…
Useful Gadget of the Week : USB FM Transmitter
This little £15 wonder could be just the thing you need to distribute audio between rooms. USB FM TRANSMITTER – A compact pen-drive style USB FM…
Plex Now Available for 2012 Samsung Smart TVs
Plex have released another raft of update goodness in the last few weeks including a new web based media manager, offline media syncing to your…
Crestron Expands its DMPS Family with Two New Models
Crestron have announced 2 new models in their “DigitalMedia Presentation System” line of AV matrix switches. The DMPS-300-C and DMPS-200-C models are available now and the 100-C model…
Plex Launch New Web Client and PlexPass Subscription
The Plex guys have been busy again and earlier this morning they outlined in 3 new blog posts (part1 part2 part3) a new version of the Plex…
HDMI Wall Plates with IR
Keene Electronics have just launched a new kit of HDMI Wall Plates with built-in IR capability. The pair of faceplates are passive so require no…