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Thursday, February 15, 2007 - Posts

  • Life|Ware Announces Four Builder Packages At IBS

    Four package levels let builders quickly implement digital entertainment and home automation solutions into their upgrade offerings.

    Orlando, FL – IBS 2007 – February 7-10 – Booth W3959 or NextGen Home located in West Parking Lot D2 -  Life|ware digital entertainment and automation solutions announces four new Life|ware Builder packages designed to let home builders quickly offer complete digital entertainment and home automation upgrade options for their homebuyers.

    “Life|ware is a great solution for homebuilders because of how quickly it can be installed,” said Mike Seamons, vice president of marketing for Life|ware. “These packages really streamline the process to get builders started making more money with Life|ware.”

    Ranging from a single room home theater option up through Essential, Deluxe and Premium levels of electronics and automation, the Life|ware Builder packages can fit a variety of homebuyer budgets. Builders who do not have low-voltage integration partners can be partnered with a Life|ware Certified dealer to deploy the packages in the field.

    IBS will also offer a live preview of Life|ware 2.0, which introduces an entirely new, Windows® Vista-based interface while expanding on its current ability to manage a home’s subsystems through Windows Vista Media Center to create a comprehensive digital living experience.  

    Life|ware 2.0 provides at-a-glance, gallery-style view of home subsystems – lights, thermostats, and more. By replicating the distinctive Windows Vista interface look, feel and navigation, Life|ware 2.0  presents a crisp interface that is intuitive, simple to learn and easy to use.

    There are also five points of instant access to Life|ware in Vista’s main menu, and 2.0 features Life|connect Media – the easiest way to make your household’s media libraries available everywhere.

    At IBS, Life|ware will automate the two-story NextGen home located in the Outdoor Exhibits area in the West Parking lot. A Life|ware booth on the show floor also features hourly demonstrations in the Life|ware Theater that detail the solution and its implementation.

    For more information on Life|ware by Exceptional Innovation, please visit www.life-ware.com 

    Cross Posted from Chris Lanier's Blog at http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/
  • The Media Center Show #95

    The Media Center Show #95 | 15th February 2007 (53mins 36secs) MP3 - 18.4MB (Download Here)

    This week Ian Dixon talked with Rathe Hollingum a Microsoft developer from the European Development Center in Ireland about the center and what they are adding to Media Center to make it a more global product. Also email and winner of forum post of the week and details of a new competition.

    Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site there are a whole range of forums, blogs and other resources. 

    Cross Posted from Chris Lanier's Blog at http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/
  • Exceptional Innovation Previews Life|Ware 2.0 For Microsoft Vista

    New interface, increased functionality, robust performance mark significant additions to new software and hardware from EI.

    Orlando, FL – IBS 2007 – February 7-10 – Booth # W3959 and The NextGen Home – Exceptional Innovation, producers of Life|ware™ digital entertainment and automation solutions, are excited to announce a live preview Life|ware 2.0 at the NextGen Home at IBS 2007. Life|ware 2.0 introduces an entirely new, Windows® Vista™-based interface while expanding on its current ability to manage a home’s subsystems through Windows Vista Media Center Edition to create a comprehensive digital living experience.

    Life|ware 2.0 provides at-a-glance, gallery-style view of home subsystems – lights, thermostats, and more. By replicating the distinctive Windows Vista interface look, feel and navigation, Life|ware 2.0  presents an crisp interface that is intuitive, simple to learn and easy to use.

    There are also five points of instant access to Life|ware in Vista’s main menu, and 2.0 features Life|connect Media – the easiest way to make your household’s media libraries available everywhere.

    Life|ware 2.0 takes customization to a whole new level, allowing you to see graphically the information you want on each menu. Life|scenes, too, can be easily re-learned – letting you continually evolve them as your life changes over time. Finally, 2.0’s forthcoming Life|connect Remote software let’s you take a standard Media Center remote places it’s never been before.

    “There has been tremendous anticipation on how Vista and Life|ware will enhance digital living, and the NextGen Home at IBS 2007 will give that first public glimpse,” says Mike Seamons, Exceptional Innovation’s vice president of marketing.

    At IBS 2007, Life|ware will manage the NextGen Home and numerous sub system partner products in the 2,200 square foot home located directly behind West Hall. The home will feature Life|ware connected partners, representing products from lighting, HVAC, distributed audio and security products, as well as HP Digital Entertainment Centers with Windows Vista Media Center Edition, Exceptional Innovation hardware, including Life|vision™,  Life|link™, and Life|controller™ and the award winning Life|point™ high definition touch panels. The home will be open to IBS Attendees during show hours starting on February 7th and ending on February 10th.

    For more information on Exceptional Innovation, please visit www.life-ware.com.

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