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Test Report: Control4 HC-250 Controller

Get your gear — and your entire home — under control.
- By John Sciacca
- Posted September 18, 2012
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Control. Having personally installed hundreds of systems in people’s homes, I can definitively say that at the end of the day, that’s what it all boils down to. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about a system for a dedicated theater, a bedroom, or even a simple home theater in a box. Having the ability to easily control that system is what sets the good apart from the bad.

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Up Close and Personal with the Samsung Smart TV Lineup

The accent is on personalized control at Samsung's TV rollout event
- By Al Griffin
- Posted March 9, 2012
Though we got a good peek at them at the recent CES, Samsung’s 3/6 event in NYC gave Sound+Vision a chance to get even more up close and personal with the company’s new LCD and plasma Smart TVs.

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HTPC Update #2: Of Mice and Mousepads

Overcoming the biggest obstacle to HTPC gaming
- By Geoffrey Morrison
- Posted September 26, 2011
If you've been following my progress integrating an HTPC into my theater, you'll recall my frustration with getting fluid and precise control.

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Meet the DUAL, Philips' new QWERTY remote
- By sandv blog
- Posted September 7, 2010
Philips has announced a new universal remote, that combines a minimalist navigation design with a full QWERTY keyboard.

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CFL light bulbs mess with TVs in Britain
- By sandv blog
- Posted April 12, 2010
Green technology seems to be making home theaters a bit wonky in the United Kingdom.

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A remote that doesn't use batteries
- By sandv blog
- Posted November 18, 2009
We've become a remote-controlled world. When was the last time you actually pressed a button on your HDTV or Blu-ray player?
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Monster's tabletop $50 remote control
- By sandv blog
- Posted June 11, 2009
Though it looks like it was ripped straight from the dashboard of a 1974 Chevy Nova, Monster's new AV50 remote control is an all-new piece of gear.

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Logitech Harmony 1100 Hits the Stores
- By sandv blog
- Posted February 7, 2009
Would you spend more on a remote than many people would spend on their entire home theater? The Logitech Harmony 1100 touchscreen universal remote is quite an amazing remote.

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CES 2009: New Harmony touchscreen remote
- By sandv blog
- Posted January 8, 2009
Logitech’s Harmony remote control division announced their latest remote, the successor to the Harmony 1000, their first foray into the true touchscreen market. The new remote, the Harmony 1100, has some cosmetic upgrades as well as some major behind the scenes software retooling that should make the remote both more user and programmer friendly.

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GreenPeak Green Remote Controls
- By sandv blog
- Posted December 17, 2008
Green is the new black. We knew that already. It's great to see how companies are living up to their responsibility to reduce power consumption and save our planet.

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Cheap for a Bryston, not for a remote
- By sandv blog
- Posted October 21, 2008
As a custom installer, I love high-end gear. Milled aluminum faceplates? Awesome. 99.9999% pure silver interconnects? For sure. Laser etched engraving? Damn straight. But when I received the e-mail touting Bryston’s new BR2 multifunction remote control, even I had to step back and say, “Really?”

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Panasonic Reinvents the Remote
- By sandv blog
- Posted October 1, 2008
If your house is like mine, you have enough remote controls lying around to fill a 10-gallon trash bin. In fact, if Panasonic's new EZ Touch Remote catches on, that's exactly where your old remotes may wind up.

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