Archive | January, 2010

CloseBy remote monitoring for caregiving network launces at CES, built on Control4 & CardAccess

January 7, 2010

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LAS VEGAS – (Business Wire) CloseBy Network, a subsidiary of Card Access Inc., unveiled its remote monitoring for care giving solution today at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. CloseBy Network is a flexible technology solution built for the Control4® platform which allows secure, remote monitoring to keep loved ones in their homes [...]

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XBMC 9.11 “Camelot” released – New GUI, better video playback, and more

January 6, 2010

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A lot of Control4 users are running XBMC on Mac OSX, Linux, Windows, or the first XBOX for playing back video files stored on a NAS through Control4. Last month, Team XBMC released an updated version of XBMC that promises more features in addition to better video playback. Some of the things you might be [...]

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XBMC + AppleTV = 1080p (soon)

January 6, 2010

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With the help of a PCI-E Broadcom Crystal HD Hardware Decoder (BCM970012) and the loss of your wireless card, you can have 1080p playback of your video files with XBMC on your AppleTV. At this time, you have to “patchstick” your AppleTV – support has already been added to XBMC under the svn trunk – until [...]

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Netgear brings the power of the EVA9150 to a HDD-less box, supports Blu-ray .iso?, $229 MSRP

January 6, 2010

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Netgear EVA-9100 Express

  Access and enjoy your digital entertainment easily on your TV and HDTV Plays video, MP3s and digital photos from your PC, Mac or network attached storage device (NAS) to your HDTV Browse and play popular movies and TV shows from Hulu™, Netflix™, CBS™, and more using PlayOn™ on your PC ( free trial and [...]

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Control4′s app store in 2.0 now called “4Store” (Now with more tasty nuggets of 2.0)

January 6, 2010

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4 store App Menu picture by CE Pro Control4, a leader in affordable IP-based home control and entertainment systems, today announced the 4Store™, an online marketplace where customers can access applications that will extend the functionality and interconnectivity of Control4® smart homes and enable new levels of customization for homeowners. 4Store is the first app [...]

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Control4′s “Mobile Navigator” options expanding to include Blackberry, Droid – also “Mobile navigator / 4Sight” bundle pricing

January 6, 2010

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LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CES 2010 – LVCC South Hall 1, Booth #21407 – Control4, a leader in affordable IP-based home control and entertainment systems, today announced new mobile apps for the BlackBerry and Droid, making the Control4® Mobile Navigator available for users across all leading smartphone platforms. These new applications, developed by Control UI, build on [...]

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