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Here's a new video tour of a 4,000 square foot, Control4 powered smart home at a golf resort near Dallas.  Amongst the goodies on show are fireplaces, ceiling fans and thermostats all remotely controlled from touchscreens, keypads and iPads.  There are multiple zones of audio and multiple TVs with DVRs for each family member.  The front door bell pauses your movie and shows you a view from its cctv camera.  A bedside keypad includes a 'Midnight' button to bring the lights up to a gentle 20% to guide you to the fridge for snack.  As the owner arrives home a wave of his RFID fob immediately puts the home into his personal setting, lighting chosen rooms at certain levels, turning the TVs to the sports channel, and the audio to his favourite music...

Crestron have announced their third generation digital AV network technology.  The system will distribute any mix of digital and analogue AV signals over a single cable.  That means uncompressed 1080p HD video, 3D video, and high-definition computer signals, plus HD digital audio, control, data, and Ethernet and even 4K video in the future...

Our friends at 'Brilliant' were recently invited to participate in the Multiflight / JCT600 event at Multiflight's HQ at Leeds / Bradford Airport.  Rising to the challenge they built a state-of-the-art 8 seater home cinema on site in just 48 hours.  Fast cars, Executive Jets, Helicopters and Home Cinema all under one roof - now that's our kind of event!  Read on for the details and link to the rest of the photos...

Whether you're an off the grid environmentalist or just want to retro-fit electric blinds where there's no power outlet, then this new system from BTX may be for you.  Described as the first ever solar powered roller blind system, the makers say it only requires around 2 hours per day of 'average sunlight' to trickle charge its batteries and keep it working.  If you have lower light you can move the solar panel to a different position or link multiple panels too,  Check out the video of the patent pending system below...

For whatever reason many manufactures don't seem to think people put even a 32" HD TV in their bedrooms these days.  We've seen many flat-screens with a huge range of inputs but missing a vital headphone socket.  Many insomniacs rely on their wireless headphones to maintain marital bliss in the bedroom and so this can be quite a problem.  After being called in to look at just this situation for a family member it turns out there's a simple, effective and inexpensive solution...