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Future-proof Wiring Feeding your home's ever-growing need for information-carrying capacity...   |
Home Toys
June 2004
Carl Bowman |
The Central Nervous System of the Digital Home --- Structured Wiring Remember, structured wiring is all about being able to use not only today's technologies, but also tomorrow's. Done right, structured wiring will immeasurably improve the liveability of a home for a modest price. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Stefan Willmert |
Home Wiring: What Should You Do? As you may realize, preparing your home for technology requires some thought and planning. Take a little time now to layout your plans according to your needs and lifestyle, and you will save yourself headaches as technology changes. |
Home Toys
April 2005
Steve Faber |
How to Wire Your Home for Modern Entertainment and Control Systems As content delivery over broadband increases, especially with the advent of HDTV, bandwidth demands will skyrocket. Using a wired network will help ensure uninterrupted delivery of your favorite programming. |
Home Toys
April 2003
Maury French |
Structured Wiring Why home builder support for structured wiring is needed in the low-end new home |
PC Magazine
May 31, 2006
Eric S. Fellen |
Wire It Yourself Carving holes in walls may seem like a no-no, but it's the only way to run (and hide) Ethernet, television cables, and even extra power jacks. Here's how. |
Home Toys
April 2003
Song Zun Huang |
CAT 5 is not just for Networking Anymore Even if the homeowner doesn't have a particular use for CAT 5 today, the low cost of the wire and the future uses make it easy to see why you would want to "future-proof" your house by installing CAT 5. |
Home Toys
August 2003
Bruce Gutman |
The Structured Channeling Manifesto Structured channeling prepares you for the future and allows you to install new technologies wherever you want. By embracing structured channeling, you not only meet today's needs, but tomorrow's as well. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Bob Hetherington |
Leviton Stuctured Media Center and QuickPort Snap-In Modules Leviton makes everything you need for a structured wiring installation and the equipment is available almost everywhere, including Home Depot. You'll be surprised at how easy it is to install and how reasonably priced it can be. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Richard Gensley |
Hi-Tech Hits the Landscaping Scene "Scenes" are the new word in lighting control. Instead of just turning on a light with a switch, home owners are now turning on scenes. In well-thought-out lighting plans, scenes don't stop at the exterior walls. They extend the lighting feel and visual effects right on out to the landscape. |
Home Toys
December 2004
Jonathan Yodis |
Home Theater Solutions for the 21st Century Say goodbye to expensive and time-consuming in-wall installations, in favor of high performance, invisible Audio & Video wiring solutions. |
Home Toys
April 2003
William Black |
Structured Wiring A career in the installation of structured wiring can be profitable and fun. |
Home Toys
August 2005
Costello & Verna |
Structured Wiring Panel: The Heart of Today's Home Just as the human heart serves as the primary organ in the body, the structured wiring panel too shares that role in a house and it needs to be regarded as such. It requires a small degree of care and a reasonable amount of placement consideration. |
Home Toys
February 2005
Jack Andresen |
Running 10BaseT Ethernet Over Existing but Unused Coax Cable Cable companies have, over the years, installed a lot of coaxial cable that is no longer in use, such as households that have installed or plan to install some version of DSL to bring video over the telephone line. Along with the video they get data, typically 10BaseT Ethernet. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Prasanna M. Shah |
Structured Wiring For Whole House Music Distribution This article describes ways of taking advantage of structured wiring for whole-house music distribution. |
This Old House
Max Alexander |
From the Ground Up: Smart Home Networks Wiring for communications, entertainment, and security |
Home Toys
October 2003
John Stagl |
Standards Schmandards Cabling standards provide a level playing field for both the builder and the installer. They also provide a uniform and predictable infrastructure for the customer. The question is not whether standards will become universal, but when. |
Home Toys
February 2004
Frank Koditek |
Selecting a Structured Cabling System for Home Networking, Automation and Entertainment It makes sound business sense for homeowners to take the time to research the residential cabling system marketplace and apply the same value-based thinking to selecting a cabling system as they do in selecting their home. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
Integrated Home Networks The focus of this article is the computer network as part of the integrated home network. |
Home Toys
April 2005
Brett Griffin |
Structured Wiring: To Be Wired Or Not To Be! It's confusing to understand what you need to do to with home wiring when you build a home. Here's what you need to know about networking your house. |
Home Toys
October 2004
Jesse Riling & Jeff Wolfgang |
Computer Cable Store The basic steps to installing your own basic wired home network using cabling and hardware. |
Home Toys
June 2003
Ben Hewitt |
Techno-Home With a little help from smart-home experts Bob Hetherington and Bob Vila, you can install the gadgets and wiring to give your abode -- new or old -- an IQ boost. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2009 |
How to Ditch Wi-Fi for a High-Speed, Ethernet-Wired Home It turns out that nothing beats a hard-wired connection for setup simplicity, reliability and speed. |
PC World
April 2004
Stan Miastkowski |
Conquer Multimedia-Center Cable Clutter Five steps to an orderly home theater and media center. |
Home Toys
August 2005
Ted Archer |
For High-Speed Home Retrofitting, Look to Coax As in-home IP networking needs increase, installers and homeowners will benefit from using a home's existing infrastructure. |
Home Toys
October 2003
Renee Bruno |
Future-Proofing for Your Home with Carlon Resi-Gard Installing raceways throughout the house provides the opportunity to easily remove the outdated cable and replace it with new cable without tearing up the walls. |
This Old House
Ian Austen |
On the Same Wavelength A home computer network means there's no waiting in line to get online. |
Home Toys
April 2006 |
The Convergence Of What People Watch, Listen To and Do With All The New Toys What are installers and multi-dwelling unit owners looking for? A fast, easy, inexpensive quality solution to deliver triple play signal to all the converging digital products being manufactured. Here are some options: BPL (Broadband over Power Lines)... Fiber Optics... etc. |
U.S. CPSC
May 1, 2003 |
May Is National Electrical Safety Month Good news for homeowners -- aluminum wiring fix still available |
Home Toys
August 2005
Tori L. Harris |
Top Ten Home Technology Mistakes With purchases often running well into the thousands of dollars, avoiding some of the more common home technology mistakes can save time, money, and frustration. |
Home Theater
March 26, 2002 |
Flat, Thin Cable Leaves No "Footprint" Speaker wiring is one of the most problematic aspects of any home theater installation. Many of the best grades of speaker cables are big and bulky, making them impossible to hide. DeCorp's new "FlatWire Ready" speaker wire, claimed to be the world's thinnest, may be the answer... |
BusinessWeek
February 5, 2007
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Juicing Up Home Networks The wiring behind your walls could connect the video in all your rooms. |
Home Toys
June 2003
Don Marquardt |
"JEANNIE": The House that Listens Home Automation can be both very useful and affordable to even the modest home owner. You can start small and add functions as you get time and money. But if you're building your home, you can go all-out with the necessary equipment for networking and automation relatively inexpensively. |
Popular Mechanics
November 21, 2008
Joseph Truini |
5 Fast Lighting Upgrades: DIY Guy Under-cabinet task lighting... Recessed light fixture... Motion-sensor floodlight... Sconce lighting... Landscape pathway lights... |
This Old House
Tim Snyder |
Adding a Second Phone Line Upgrade a phone system without shelling out big bucks to the phone company |
Home Toys
April 2004
Teger & Waks |
Translating Theory to Reality: Broadband Lessons Learned Our goal was to match affordable broadband products and services with the wonderful design created by architect Sarah Susanka, and to demonstrate that these technologies can enable families to live more enjoyable, convenient and productive lives. |
This Old House
Josh Garskof |
Shocking Truths The top 10 wiring problems and what to do about them |
Home Toys
June 2006
George Wilkinson |
Taming the System Checkout and Integration Procedures Beast Part 1: Necessities of Proper Planning. Audio and video systems are much more complex and highly integrated than every before. Here is the first of a five-part series that goes through the steps that form a complete systems checkout and integration process. |
Home Toys
December 2005
David Frey |
How to Hide the Wires Most consumers agree that the best wire is a hidden wire. Here are three options to hiding yours. |
Home Toys
June 2004
Don Johnson |
To Centralize or De-Centralize your Lighting Control: That is the Question! It was common knowledge that controlling lights with computerized panels throughout an entire home is a luxury that only the wealthy can afford -- until now! |
Home Theater
July 2002
Mark Elson |
Speaking of Wire . . . Inside tips from the pros can save you hundreds of dollars in speaker-wire installation costs. |
PC Magazine
July 22, 2008
Griffith & Rist |
Build a Future-Proof Home Network Enter a new age of digital entertainment -- and avoid unnecessary upgrades and hassles -- by future-proofing your home network with the fastest high-end technology available. |
PC Magazine
December 13, 2006
Lance Ulanoff |
Good-bye Cable TV, Hello Fiber FiOS TV is loosening cable's hammerlock on the digital television service market and that's a good thing. |
Home Toys
April 2003
David Teel |
The Kids' Zone Planning home technology with the kids in mind |
PC Magazine
April 6, 2004
Stephanie Chang |
Home Networking: From the Ground Up With blueprints in hand, we give the new home of contributing editors Bruce and Marge Brown a networking makeover. See what technologies we recommend for their home--and yours. |
Home Toys
June 2004
Jack Urrutia |
Modulating on Digital Cable Systems Even though digital cable may present interesting challenges, it is still possible to distribute video sources like security cameras around the house using a video modulator and the existing cable TV wiring. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2006
Mike Allen |
Repairing Electrical Wiring How to identify and fix a short circuit in your car. |
Home Toys
December 2005
Bill Ablondi |
Home Builders: Key Channel for Consumer Electronics Home builders sold $11 billion worth of technology products in 2004 and expect sales to increase 10-12% in 2005, according to Parks Associates' 2004 Builder Survey. |
Popular Mechanics
July 19, 2006
Anthony Verducci |
Learn How to Install a Car Radio Upgrading your car stereo is not as complicated as it seems. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Craig Slawson |
Home Management Systems Today and Tomorrow: What to look for, what to buy? Today's fully integrated home management systems bridge legacy serial home and A/V controllers with rapidly emerging IP-based home networks and broadband world networks. |
