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| Cortexa Brings New Digital Home Solution Cortexa Technology has delivered the dream of a truly digital home for American homeowners. For the first time, home buyers can enjoy a fully functional digital home for about a few thousand dollars or about 2% of the cost of an average home in the United States. With the launch of its newest home control system, Cortexa Technology leverages the latest version of Windows Media Center now and in the upcoming release of Windows Vista, Microsoft's latest version of the Windows operating system. Windows Media Center gives homeowners total control of their digital home by merging their digital entertainment –music, photos, home videos, and live and recorded TV – with all the subsystems in the home – audio, lighting, security, surveillance cameras, irrigation and climate control - in one complete, easy-to-use, affordable package. Once deemed only for the luxury home market, home buyers today can have complete digital functionality within their home at a fraction of the cost of other solutions without compromising on technology, functionality, or quality. Unlike competitors' solutions that sell for upward of 10% of the average purchase price of a home, Cortexa is transforming the industry by packaging both hardware and software together at a price point that is within reach for the typical home buyer. The availability of a Windows Vista-ready Cortexa Home Control System blows the doors open for builders, multi unit developers, integrators and homebuyers to create fully functional digital homes for a mass market price. Home control has truly entered the mainstrmainstream as evidenced by a study conducted by the Consumer Electronics Association. In this study, home builders reported that nearly half of all new homes were sold with automated lighting, home automation, and/or energy management systems while 65% of all new homes had distributed audio as a standard or optional feature. Clearly, home buyers are enhancing their homes with these digital features. The Cortexa Home Control system may be managed using Windows Media Center, a Cortexa touch panel, any device running Windows CE or XP, or simply through a web browser. The easy-to-use interface – My Home – allows homeowners to seamlessly integrate their audio, security, surveillance cameras, lighting, irrigation and climate control systems with all the digital entertainment offerings of Windows Media Center. The Cortexa Home Control system is a completely open-standard environment and easily scales for future enhancements. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |