Comments on: iPhone: The Ultimate Home Theater Interface

By: smith

smith — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:39:00 +0000

The iPod touch has always been an amazing iPod. And with its groundbreaking technologies–including a Multi-Touch screen, the accelerometer, and 3D graphics–and access to hundreds of games

By: B.Greenway

B.Greenway — Sat, 09 May 2009 11:03:33 +0000

Thanks Rio, I’m just as quick to knock Apple as I am to praise them but they obviously got it right with the iPhone.

By: RIO Sound & Vision

RIO Sound & Vision — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:18:55 +0000

Nice post. This definitely something we would like to promote to our customers as there is an increasing number who have iPhones.

By: B.Greenway

B.Greenway — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:25:53 +0000

Of course but I cant:

1, play Team fortress 2
2, play Left for dead
3, run miro
4, record HD from my cable box
5, play Blu-ray w/o ripping
6, play HD DVD w/o ripping
7, play DVD’s.. w/o ripping
8, I could go on for days

On a Popcorn Hour.

But sure things like popcorn hour, appletv, etc. etc. have their place but none of them (thus far) offer all the functionality of a PC and I doubt they ever will.

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:22:22 +0000

HTPC is so last century, everyone’s moving to things like Popcorn Hour.

By: B.Greenway

B.Greenway — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:42:45 +0000

B Smith, yeah I mean we all have our phones with us pretty much all the time, why not leverage that?

Mellowware, my pleasure, it’s a great app.

By: Melloware

Melloware — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:29:48 +0000

Thanks for mentioning Intelliremote. If you have a GlobalCache or USB-UIRT you can control your home theatre TV, Receiver etc from it too. Even script control of multiple devices at once from a single click on your iPhone. Maybe even set your X10 mood lighting before watching a movie!

http://www.intelliremote.com

By: B Smith

B Smith — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:19:40 +0000

I have a Control4 system and us their app on an iTouch. It’s great to use in and around the house since it’s very portable and allows full control of my systems (lights, HVAC, video, music, etc). Far better than having the small touchscreens floating around.

By: B.Greenway

B.Greenway — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:03:12 +0000

Dealers may charge a fee for the Crestron app but it would still cost quite a bit less than any other comparable Crestron controller.

By: Crestron graphics

Crestron graphics — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:14:45 +0000

Good post. The Crestron app is cool, but they are going to charge (probably a lot, Lutron charges $100 for theirs, a figure that’s virtually unheard of in the app store) for the version that allows complete control of a/v components, etc.