Controls & Cables: The Best Products of 2008
The central intelligence products of your entertainment and automation systems get their deserved recognition.
Controls and cablesthey often go underappreciated within the electronics spectrum. Cables and wires are the nitty gritty that too often are an afterthought in your entertainment purchase and setup. Then you start scratching your head as to just how important these runs are as the central nervous system of your A/V.
The old joke with controls was the basket of six remotes to control six different products. Now we have spiffy, versatile and extremely intelligent remotes. On top of that, we have automation systems that go two steps further with keypads and touchscreens that make your old VCR remote look like a popsicle stick.
If cabling is the nervous system, controls are the brains to operate things, and they can be slickly programmed to do just about anything these days. They also look sweeter than everwhether it's a proprietary facade or something borrowed from other popular interfaces. Case in pointwe love the way Savant Systems has the home automation ball rolling with its Rosie System 12 that can be controlled by an iPhone, and SpeakerCraft's MODE music system that can also be controlled with those shiny and colorful Apple phones.
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The central intelligence products of your entertainment and automation systems get their deserved recognition.
Controls and cablesthey often go underappreciated within the electronics spectrum. Cables and wires are the nitty gritty that too often are an afterthought in your entertainment purchase and setup. Then you start scratching your head as to just how important these runs are as the central nervous system of your A/V.
The old joke with controls was the basket of six remotes to control six different products. Now we have spiffy, versatile and extremely intelligent remotes. On top of that, we have automation systems that go two steps further with keypads and touchscreens that make your old VCR remote look like a popsicle stick.
If cabling is the nervous system, controls are the brains to operate things, and they can be slickly programmed to do just about anything these days. They also look sweeter than everwhether it's a proprietary facade or something borrowed from other popular interfaces. Case in pointwe love the way Savant Systems has the home automation ball rolling with its Rosie System 12 that can be controlled by an iPhone, and SpeakerCraft's MODE music system that can also be controlled with those shiny and colorful Apple phones.
Click here to read more.
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View all Products of the Year Winners.
