Do you remember the days when your home office seemed cluttered with equipment? There was the printer, the copier, and the scanner — the last of which seemed to cause endless problems. But thankfully, that time is now ancient history. The new generation of the all-in-one printer combines everything into one unit that can do everything except make your morning coffee (although that may be in the works). These multi-function units not only cut down on space, which is a boon in every house, they’re supremely functional pieces of gear. We present five of our favorites.
Tag Archive: home stereo systems
Sonos Begins Shipping Pre-order Units
The company expects that all pre-orders will be filled within 10 days.
The Sonos Digital Music System is now available for purchase online at www.sonos.com and will be offered at consumer electronic retailers across the nation over the next several weeks. Sonos now offers an introductory bundle of two Sonos ZonePlayers and a Sonos(tm) Controller for $1,199.00. Since the system is scalable up to 32 zones, additional ZonePlayers retail for $499.00 and additional Controllers retail for $399.00.
Logitech’s New Cordless Desktop LX 700
With the Logitech Cordless Desktop LX 700 solution, it’s simple to capture, create and share digital music, photos and videos, with optimized buttons that are tightly integrated with popular media players and the new Logitech MediaLife software.
The keyboard emulates the sleek look and feel of consumer electronics equipment with its media control buttons. But the power of the buttons is in the integration with software, including Logitech MediaLife software — an easy-to-navigate, full-screen interface that brings together all of the music, pictures and video on the PC. With Logitech MediaLife, it’s easy to quickly access playlists, play impromptu slide shows and watch video clips.
Linksys Ships Real Rhapsody Media Device
RealNetworks, Inc. and Linksys today announced that the companies are working together to make it easy for consumers to access and enjoy online music on their high-fidelity home stereo systemsby making Linksys’ devices and RealNetworks’ Rhapsody Internet jukebox service work together seamlessly.
“Linksys is a powerful partner whose innovative product designs, marketing expertise, and extensive retail presence has helped take home networking into the mainstream,” said Rob Glaser, founder and CEO, RealNetworks. “We believe that Linksys will also play a major role in the emerging digital media device market, and we’re truly excited to be working together. Combining our Rhapsody service and Linksys’ easy to use device makes the celestial jukebox a reality.”
Rhapsody to hit your home stereo
In a significant step forward for the online music market, RealNetworks today announced it is working together with Intel to make it easy for broadband-connected consumers to link their PC and homestereo systems and enjoy the award-winning Rhapsody digital music subscription service throughout their homes. Through these efforts, Rhapsody will soon be the first digital music service to enableconsumers to control and listen to the service in their living room. Consumers will be able to access Rhapsody’s wide-ranging library of more than 30,000 CDs and build a single, vast library of musicthat’s accessible both on their PC and through high-fidelity home stereo and home theater systems.
The new service offering is made possible through Intel’s Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Authoring Tools, which RealNetworks has used to integrate support for UPnP home networking technology into the current version of Rhapsody. As a result, Rhapsody is now capable of communicating with a new generation of digital audio products that enable consumers to access music from their PC via their stereo and home theater systems. These products include the latest version of the Omnifi from Rockford Corporation, which is expected to ship with Rhapsody support beginning November 14, 2003, and a number of devices from other manufacturers that are expected to ship in the coming weeks.
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