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Wi3 MoCA Product Wins CES 2012 Innovations Award: Discovery News
Faster Home Networks Using Coaxial : Discovery News.
CES 2012 Innovations Award Winners
Building on the success of it’s WiPNET product, Wi3 announced that it had won the CES 2012 Best of Innovations Award in the Home Networking category. The WiPNET replaces the coax outlet in your home and is described by Discovery Channel News:
Each patented in-wall sleeve and interchangeable cartridge features two Ethernet ports and is professionally installed in 5 minutes without ripping apart or drilling into sheetrock. Even better, the system is future-proof. As the technology evolves, you’ll be able to customize/upgrade your home media set-up by simply swapping in a new cartridge.
WiPNET has also won 2011 CEDIA Manufacturers’ Excellence Finalist, 2011 Resi Award for Industrial Design, 2011 CE Pro Best Technologies Award, and Communications Technology 2011 Platinum Award. Congratulations to Wi3 and their amazing MoCA-based product.
MoCA Powers Custom Home Theater – Custom Retailer
Custom Retailer February 2011.
The Custom Installation market, which includes Home Theater installation, is changing the focus from new home builds, which have slowed significantly, and on to retrofitting existing homes with the latest digital entertainment systems. However, few homes have existing CAT-6 cabling which makes MoCA an ideal solution for quickly and inexpensively adding new Ethernet ports to rooms that need them.
Mike Ehlenberger from Actiontec Electronics outlines the advantages of using MoCA for customer installers including the ability to finish more jobs in a lot less time than running CAT-6, speed and reliability of the home network, and compatibility with existing cable and satellite networks in the home.
This article also gives a great overview of the basics of MoCA technology for anyone interested in installing a wired home network for digital entertainment.
MoCA joins CEDIA
MoCA recently announced its membership in CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association). With support of CEDIA, MoCA’s is extending it’s reach into the home via a recognized and professional organization of installers and integrators who are deploying systems that move high definition content around the home. The MoCA Alliance will also be exhibiting at the CEDIA EXPO 9/22-26 in Atlanta, GA.
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September 16, 2010 at 2:19 pm Smart Phone Dojo Leave a comment
Blu-ray: 11 Networked Components at CEDIA Expo 2009, by Tom LeBlanc – Electronic House Info and Answers
What to add to your Home Theater for Christmas? Here’s the definitive list of latest and greatest connected HDTVs and Bluray players being offered with Netflix, Vudu, YouTube, Pandora and more. The guys at CEDIA (Custom Home Theater Installers) don’t fool around and usually price is no object, so if you have the dough this is where to spend it.
