Avation Put Home Auto In the Palm Of Your Hand SpeakerCraft has appointed Avation as its exclusive distributor in Australia and is celebrating by launching a programmable remote that manages automated households.
Multi Million Dollar Smart Metre Roll Out Back On The Victorian Government has approved a re-start of the multibillion-dollar rollout of smart meters to Victorian homes – halted last year by the then Labor Government following massive protests by citizens who found their meters were going to see their bills sky-rocket.
Logitech Sued Over Harmony Remote Patents Logitech who last year had to bail out of the Google TV market, is being sued for 17 patent breaches relating to their Harmony Remote Control.
No Cost Update For HAI Customers A new update has been released for Snap-Link home automation software that gives customers better management of their home and business systems.
Black Market For Philips Pronto Remotes Emerges EXCLUSIVE: A black market in Philips Pronto remote controls has developed with dealers from around the world offering hundreds of thousands of dollars for old stock.
Philips Pronto Rescue Appears To Have Failed EXCLUSIVE: Insider information given to ChannnelNews indicates that the deal to secure a long term future for Pronto has fallen over with Philips now moving to shut down the struggling universal remote control operation.
Philips Shipping iPad Type Touchscreen Despite Shut Up Shop Notice It appears to be business as usual for the Philips Pronto Division, after the European Company shipped samples of their new in-wall touchscreen, the TSW9500 to Qualifi their Australian distributor last week.
Custom Installers Set To Be Hit By Dead Remote Controls Custom installers who were making money selling customised Univeral remotes such as the Philips Pronto or the Logitech Harmony Remote are set to be hit by a loss of revenue say analysts as consumers move to Smartphones and tablets to control their devices.
Philips Uses Exit Statement To Flush Out Buyer For Pronto Business Speculation is mounting that Philips may have been crying "wolf" when they announced that they were set to shut down their Pronto control business with insiders now claiming that the actions of last week were designed to flush out a buyer.
EXCLUSIVE:Philips Kill Off Pronto Remote Business But Forgot To Tell Distributors EXCLUSIVE: Philips, who 18 months ago pulled out of the flat panel TV market in Australia, have now pulled the plug on their Pronto remote control business without giving any warning to their local distributor Qualifi who have invested tens of thousands marketing the device in Australia.
Logitech Harmony Remotes $300 More Expensive Than Same US Model 24 hours after SmartHouse revealed that consumers were set to move to free TV and home entertainment applications designed for smartphones and tablets as opposed to expensive remotes like the Logitech Harmony range, Swiss Company Logitech has slashed the cost of their Harmony 300 universal remote to sub $40.
Harmony Remotes Replaced By Free Phone & Tablet Remotes Logitech is set to come under pressure with their Harmony remote range as consumers start to use free Smartphone and tablet applications to control their home entertainment devices vs. proprietary remotes that need to be programmed either by an installer or specialist retailer.
Yale Teams Up With Control4 To Launch New Security Locks Control4 has teamed up with Yale locks to deliver a new security system for the home. Revealed at the 2010 CEDIA Expo in the USA the new Yale offering includes two models that can be integrated into any SmartHouse to control a variety of functions.
Philips Launch iPad Competitor That Fits In A Wall Philips, who are under pressure from control applications designed specifically for the iPad and Android based tablets, has overnight announced a new in-wall touch screen controller which will go on sale in Australia in December.
Crestron To Lauch iPad Dock Crestron is taking the iPad seriously with the company set to reveal a new iPad dock at the 2010 CEDIA show in the USA this week.
Crestron Takes On The iPad With New Touch Track Pad As the Apple iPad starts to put pressure on control devices from home automation manufacturers Creston has come out with a new 6 button track pad remote control device.
New Control4 OS/2 To Be Launched In OZ Advance Audio Australia, who takes over distribution of Control4 products in November, will kick off their new product range with a brand new Control4 operating system that includes the ability to support user-downloadable Flash-based third-party applications.
New Apple Entertainment Control System Australian Apple owners are set to get the benefit of a new automation control system, called Pronto Tunes that allows Apple iTunes and Apple TV users to visually control all their entertainment libraries from one touchscreen controller.
New Philips Dynalite Control System For Pronto Australian distributor of Philips Pronto control systems, QualiFi, will be showcasing its new and improved Philips Dynalite control interface at the CEDIA trade expo tomorrow.
Sonos Rolls Out Software Update Sonos has released a free software update that promises new audio features and additional languages for its products.
Sonance Scores Wall Mount iPad Automation Patent Automation Vendors looking to develop an on wall iPad docking station may have licensing problems after it was revealed that automation Company Sonance has a patent on the concept.
Control A New Samsung TV Via Your iPhone Or iPod Samsung have released a dedicated TV remote control application that runs on the iPhone and the iPod Touch. They are also developing a new electronic program guide in Australia.
RedEye Remote Controls AV Gear Using iPhone ThinkFlood and TotalQ have announced that it will be bringing RedEye to Australia beginning next month. This new device allows a user to use their iPhone or iPod touch to control a device that receives standard infrared signals.
RTI Remote Control Fight Gets Dirty New Distributor Appointed EXCLUSIVE: Ongoing disputes over quality and a high level of failure of RTI remotes, is believed to be behind the dumping of Australian distributor RTI Controls by US Company Remote Technologies.
New Full Colour Harmony Low Cost Remote From Logitech Logitech who have had a lot of success with their Harmony remotes in Australia are now set to expand the range with the launch of two new low cost models that will replace five current models.
Nevo Remotes To Control Imerge and Sonos Universal Electronics has announced the release of a new software suite that comes with 2-way control features for its NevoQ50 and NevoS70 Pro Series Controllers.
New Crestron iPad App Set To Hurt Custom Installers US automation company Crestron has announced the launch of a brand new application for Apple's iPad in a move that could cost it and hundreds of CEDIA installers millions in lost revenue from the sale of high-end touchscreens.
New Standard In Remote Controls A new global standard for advanced remote controls replaces 30-year-old infrared technology with radio frequency control.
Philips Takes Control Of Sonos Philips has announced a major upgrade of its Pronto remotes that allows the device to automatically detect IP-based devices, including Sonos wireless systems. The new PEP 2.4 software also features enhanced UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) and DNLA (Digital Network Living Alliance) compatibility.
Home Automation On The iPhone Takes Off New Apps Automation Companies Imerge, Opus and local Company Switch Automation, have revealed new iPhone and iPod control systems that let users manage their home automation using Apple touch screen technology.
Logitech Remote Harmonises AV Devices Logitech has unveiled two Harmony remotes that allow a user to control a number of devices without the hassle.
New 7-inch RTI Touchscreen Remote RTI, the maker of high end remote controls, is set to take on the Philips Pronto remote with a new 7" widescreen touchscreen remote control.
New Bi Directional Wi Fi Remote From Crestron Rather than use an OEM remote with their software added to it Crestron have gone out and built a brand new remote which was shown at the recent Infocomm show in the USA last week. This new product is 100 percent Crestron.
RTI Now Controls Multimedia Files RTI announced that its control systems now provide two-way communication, allowing users to control and view files stored on the server or surf the Internet via the remote control.
New Harmony Remote With 3.5" Touch Screen Logitech has cranked up their universal remote capability by launching the Harmony 1100 which delivers new remote control capabilities via an 8.3 centimetre LCD touch screen.
Automation Easy With Universal Controller A new automation interface and control system in one uses a tactile button press, which uses tiny display technology to provide multiple levels of interaction and therefore ease of use.
Home Automation On an iPhone Lutron the lighting automation Company whose products are distributed in Australia by Illumination Systems has announced a neat new iPhone, iPod Touch interface for their lighting control system.
AMX Launches VoIP Touch Panel AMX is expanding its portfolio of widescreen intercom enabled touch panels with the new 5-inch Modero Wall/Flush Mount Touch Panel with Intercom.
New Clipsal C-Bus Program For Control Systems After more than a year of development, QualiFi has finally launched an interactive 2-way control interface for the Clipsal C-BUS smart lighting and automation system exclusively written for the Philips Pronto and Marantz control systems.
Hitachi Seriously Embarrassed Hitachi's latest invention, a 1.3m high robot, seriously embarrassed the company when it crashed into chairs and a desk when being demonstrated in Tokyo. What Hitachi engineers had not allowed for was the clatter of lunch-break wireless network traffic which sent the robot into a spin.
FIRST PICTURE: Stunning New Baby Philips Pronto Remote The first pictures of the baby new Philips Pronto remote has been revealed. A big hit at the CEDIA Expo being held on the Gold Coast, the remote is due to be released in Europe in September 2007 and Australia a month later.
