Summer Specials from Karbon Consulting!
Summer is right around the corner and what better way to bring in the warm months ahead by checking out ways for you to entertain your guests with a new set up from Sonos Wireless Music Systems? Continue reading
The Universal RTS Interface: What It Is and Why to Get One
The Universal RTS Interface II by Somfy is a marvelous device – like something out of the Jetsons. The device uses 16 different channels of what are known as Radio Technology Somfy (RTS) control to coordinate and control the multiple remotes that you use in your home or Bay Area office. Continue reading
Bay Area Home Security and Automated Surveillance
The Future of How to Protect Your Family and Property?
You have invested a lot of time and money furnishing your home. You want to protect your loved ones and your property with the most appropriate surveillance technology and home security systems. But the diversity of home security systems can be mind boggling; it’s difficult enough to even begin to research. That said, you might be interested in a curious surveillance tech innovation developed by Hitachi Kokusai Electric. This system leverages face recognition in a major — some might even say revolutionary — way. Continue reading
Siri + Crestron = Home Automation Harmony
Close your eyes and picture supreme control over your home theater system. What would it look like? Crestron has tag-teamed with Apple’s Siri to create a kind of home automation dynamo like something out of a 1950’s future Utopian paradise. Continue reading
The Skinny on Samsung’s New OLED TV
Whether you’re an AV enthusiast drooling for the chance to own your own 55-inch super OLED television from Samsung, or you’re a self-declared “critical thinking shopper” who wants to distinguish hype from reality, this article will introduce you to the key basics about this much talked about (and gawked over) 2012 home entertainment superstar. Continue reading
How to Choose the Best In-Wall Speakers…and Where to Put Them
Maybe you own a small Bay Area loft (not much space, but a beautiful view!). Or maybe you’re a homeowner who wants to avoid the cluttered look that characterizes homes stocked with way too much AV equipment. In either case, an in-wall or in-ceiling speaker solution might be for you. This article will introduce you to the basics. Continue reading
Move Over Full HD! New JVC Projectors First To Display 2D HD Content with 4K Precision
JVC wowed prosumers and experts alike at the 2012 International CES Convention Las Vegas in January by rolling out the very first home theater projectors to manage 2D HD content with complete 4K precision capabilities. Continue reading
Samsung’s Voice/Gesture Controlled Televisions Hit Marketplace
The so-called Smart Interaction Technology is similar to Microsoft’s Kinect with the added plus that you can manipulate the television itself (although you don’t get the game control). Using specialized gesture and voice recognition software, which is embedded into the bezel near the top of the screen, the system allows users to control volume, channels, menu controls, and more. Continue reading
Disruptive Innovation 101: Apple Poised to do it Again in 2012 with Apple TV
The legacy of Steve Jobs lives on, big time… at least if the wonks and techies at Forbes are reading the tea leaves correctly.
The Apple Television set is on track to disrupt the consumer TV market in the third or fourth quarter of 2012. The geniuses at Cupertino are revving up their supply chain to roll out the set. Continue reading
