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Previously, we told you a little bit of information we obtained about JAP’s new HDMI over IP gear. Today we know more, including if the 1st generation is still sold and supported, whether you can mix and match 1st and 2nd generation product, and what kind of network impact you might expect from tossing HD around your network with no visible compression artifacts. You should click the read link for the whole scoop – but beware, the details can get technical.

Sometimes, you want to go to bed while listening to the TV, a rhapsody playlist, a local radio station or something along those lines. More often than not, you fall asleep before you remember to turn everything off. What to do? Create a sleep timer. We’ll build on the previous post of creating custom buttons for this one. Click the more link to find out how.

Looking for a new receiver or Blu-ray player and don’t want to worry about whether the driver someone created was “good enough”? Look no further than the first products hitting the street with Control4 certified drivers courtesy of Denon. From the press release: “Denon’s Control4 Certified products, with expected SRP and availability in parenthesis, include the A/V receiver Models AVR-5308CI (SRP: $5,500, current), AVR-4810CI (SRP: $2,999, current), AVR-3311CI (SRP: $1,199, June) and AVR-2311CI (SRP: $899, June), as well as the DVD-A1UDCI (SRP: $4,500) and DBP-4010CI (SRP: $1,999) Universal Blu-ray Disc players and the AVP-A1HDCI (SRP: $7,500) A/V surround sound and video processor. Other previously introduced Denon products that also meet Control4 certification requirements include the A/V receiver Models AVR-4310CI, AVR-3310CI, AVR-2310CI, AVR-990 and AVR-890, as well as the DBP-2010CI Profile 2.0 Blu-ray player.” Click the read link to read it in full.

It’s no fun waking up each morning to go to work, but how about doing it in style. Probably won’t make you feel better, but it’s better then an annoying buzzing sound from your alarm clock. Read on to see how to create a repeating wake up agent…

Custom buttons allow you to quickly execute programming from the on screen navigator or remote. It’s also useful with the iPhone GUI. There are a limited number of funtions you can’t directly perform with the iPhone app, but custom buttons will get around this. Click on the title above to find out how

In case you missed it, Electronic House Magazine and Control4 hosted a webex chat session entitled “Debunking the Myths – Getting Started with Home Control”. They asked Bryan Jefferson from The SOHO Shop to offer a dealer’s perspective, and Jeff Layn to talk about the technology as an end user. Besides a basic overview of getting started with automation, the Q&A is worth listening to for tidbits of information from Jeff Dungan at Control4, who discusses when the HC-200 & HC-300 might receive a hardware refresh, what plans are for Windows Phone support, and whether iTunes synchronization will be native with Control4′s 2.0 update – among others. To listen to the webcast directly, click here.