Even with all of the conveniences of home automation , there is always room for improvement and adding new functionality. For example, if you use your iPad to control your home’s automation system, you know that fumbling through an iPad and trying to open an app in the middle of the night while waking from a deep sleep to turn on …
CEDIA 2014: Crestron Awards, Pyng and 4K Displays
The annual convention of the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) was bigger than ever in 2014. Beginning September 10 and ending September 13, over 480 exhibitors filled the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. There were 110 different specialty training sessions offered this year, of which 48 had never been presented before. The dominant theme for home entertainment: cutting …
Crestron’s Newest Touch Screen of 2014: TSD-2020
The TSD-2020 beautifully combines a Crestron touch screen and HD video into one slim and lightweight touch control surface that permits total control of your home. Its 20” full HD display offers a larger viewing surface for controlling AV, lighting, security, temperature and other technologies in your home while also delivering excellent video as an HDTV or computer monitor. Its high-sensitivity surface gives touch response …
Are Handheld Remote Controls Dead?
Remote controls, in their earliest forms, were used to control boats. Nikola Tesla invented this form of remote control by radio, not knowing that his initial innovation would later be built upon and used for people’s day to day lives. From the very first wired “Lazy Bones” remote invented by Eugene Polley to the first-ever wireless television remote invented by …
Crestron’s QMT™ Shade Motor: First of Its Kind
The first-of-its-kind Digital QMT™ shade motor by Crestron transforms home shading solutions with a brushless DC motor with solid-state control that is incredibly small, yet powerful enough for any job. The Digital QMT motor delivers energy-efficient and virtually silent performance for window shades of almost any size. The motorized shade is so reliable that it comes with a limited lifetime …
Motorized Shades Integration with Crestron
AHT Residential finished project at new icon, The St. Regis in Bal Harbour. This peerless haven of oceanfront elegance, unwavering taste, and seductive amenities. SHADING SOLUTIONS Roller Shade Systems › Provides quiet, precise control of daylight with full range of fabrics and options › Manual and motorized versions available Drapery Track Systems › Accommodates pinch pleats, Ripplefold® and Accordia® style options …