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ABOUT HOME ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS...
An Abridged History (and the Future) of Home Entertainment
Chapter 6– Multi-zone and Theater
Convergence
With CineTouch control systems by Golden
Pacific Systems, the headaches of trying to deliver TV and music to multiple
rooms are no more. Data-driven control allows Cinetouch to aggregate and
deliver content to any location using relational access to local, remote,
and pooled equipment and sources. Mix theater and multi-zone sources at
will. Each room will behave optimally using its most appropriate resources
when users select their entertainment. Because the database records the
state of all equipment, collisions and interruptions of other users are
prevented and handled predictably, and command cueing prevents overloading
or mis-timing commands when entering them quickly or simultaneously from
multiple locations.
Building
on this same data-driven processing idea, CineTouch manages users and
their preferences and access permissions within the database. “Bob”
gets what he expects – based on his profile, preferences, and what
he did last – wherever he uses the system, even if the room he is
in must deliver the content through different devices than another room
would. He can resume a prior program when he moves through the home, pausing
in one room, sending it to another room and un-pausing when he gets there.
Bob’s channel behavior, his user level empowerments, all his preferences
and history are maintained and offered consistently wherever he goes,
and on whatever device he chooses. At the same time, "Cheryl"
gets the same royal treatment in other rooms without conflict, and without
cluttering the house with duplicated equipment and messy wiring. "Guests"
get access to basic functions with a minimum of extra functions to clutter
and confuse them. And parents finally get real control of their children's
content and viewing use, both by allowing restriction by device and by
location, and by offering remote monitoring of use.
Because individual
command control for each device and action is managed independently, a
complex series of events can be executed and memorized or altered with
ease. Control lights, screens, shades, and content as a complete and repeatable
scene. And changes of underlying hardware or program channels can be made
transparently without affecting user favorites or behaviors. Every installation
is identical in framework, varying only in relevant data entries. Change
and support are predictable and straightforward.
With the GPS EMPATH
system database managing all source interfacing, easy-to-use
touch panels and the optional amazingly tiny Micromote pocket
controller can provide a versatile mix of control of the MusicTouch
and CineTouch system. Even the most complex mix of devices becomes
easy to use because you no longer operate equipment - you select content!
When you do interact with the devices, its still easier because of managed
consistent control, behavior, and feedback from all devices and intelligent
internal routing and switching to optimize your choice of content through
your choice of display and room. Each control panel can do everything,
since they only talk to the GPS system, which interprets intent, manages
the devices, and delivers content.
Best of all, the EMPATH
system database eliminates the need for custom programming both for system
software and for individual zones. Adding or changing devices or adding
features at any time is a trivial data revision, not a programming event,
and can even be done remotely via the Internet. This has enabled the creation
of the value-conscious MusicTouch preconfigured systems
and the unparalled CineTouch custom system.
MusicTouch
and CineTouch - There are
no similar products, at any price. Everything else does less.
Unique Features
- Standardized
wiring and setup
- Interchangeable
predefined source and control devices
- Abstraction
of behaviors for seamless control operation
- Pocket
Micromote for total control from anywhere
- Device
status, collision handling, conditional actions
- Users:
status, preferences, permissions, limits, password protections
- Different
UI and buttons per user, user programmable behaviors
- Operate
multiple linked devices at once
- Zone status,
privacy, oversight, and grouping
- Scene Processing
– combines any devices, intelligently manages them
- Change
only requires data, not programming
- Service,
updates and upgrades can be done via Internet
- Modular
features allow meeting a budget today and growth tomorrow
Life is demanding.
Life at home shouldn’t be. Golden Pacific Systems can make home
entertainment effortless for everyone in your family, today, and tomorrow.
Contact a GPS technology consultant today.
About Home Entertainment
- Introduction
Chapter 1 – From Communications
to Music
Chapter 2 – TV goes Mobile
Chapter 3 – One Remote,
Two Remote, Three Remote, Four…
Chapter
4 – Automation Platforms –
The Rise of the Machines
Chapter 5 – The Next Generation
– User and Content Centric Control
This Chapter – Multi-zone and
Theater Convergence |
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