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 The Home of the Future According to Philips
March 2003 (Newstream) -- In its Connected Home concept, based on the increasing availability of broadband and recent developments in wireless connectivity of consumer electronics devices, Philips is developing a range of solutions to facilitate content entering the home and being distributed around it, creating a Connected Home entertainment experience for a broad scope of consumer needs. Philips revolutionizes control of home cinema and home automation products with iPronto: the dashboard for the digital home Who hasn't frantically been searching for the remote when your favorite show is about to start? - And when you finally do track it down, it's always the wrong one. In this age of emerging wireless communications, the number of remote controls is growing rapidly... An average person will have at least four remotes. One for operating the TV, a second to program the VCR, and a third to control the audio set. The recently bought DVD player or home entertainment system might bring the total of remotes to four. And if you live in an area without cable - or your cable provider doesn't offer your selection of channels - you could easily add one to manage your satellite receiver. Face it. It's not really practical to have all these remote controls lying around. Especially when the one you're looking for is hiding down the back of the couch or under the cushions. Device control, media control, home control... The iPronto - the latest member of the Philips Pronto family of universal remote controls - provides a single device to control all video, audio and home appliances at the single touch of a button. It learns any infrared code from another remote by simply pointing it to the iPronto and pressing a button - or by selecting it from over five hundred brands in its on-board database. But that's far from all: Using display and connectivity technology to get TV listings from the Internet, the iPronto Electronic Program Guide displays it on its LCD touch screen. So no more wasting your time by surfing through TV channels to find the programs you want to watch or record. One touch to select the show you want will automatically change the channel on your TV. Manage your digital home and lifestyle through an all integrated, always on, convenient and intuitively simple interface. From any part of your house, with one touch, access your entertainment devices or find out what TV program you want to watch or go to a website to instantly access the information you are looking for. In a fully finger-operated user interface you can use multiple applications at the same time. For instance, while controlling your TV and watching a sport broadcast, you'd be checking the scores on the Internet; all on the same screen! The iPronto is the ultimate controller to your home - anywhere in your home. You pick it up to turn up the lights, turn of the music or water your lawn. You quickly reference your stocks, the weather, or the latest headlines from the kitchen. Or just sit in your room and order a pizza. The iPronto is the ideal mixture between convenience, ease of use and innovation. Whatever you do, you are in control - because Philips knows you want to be. Philips brings the freedom of wireless connectivity to online music with the new Streamium MC-i250 Broadband Internet Audio System Imagine being able to play the music files stored on your home PCs in any room around the house. Or being able to tune into your favorite Internet radio station as you wander from room to room. Sound too good to be true? Not since the introduction of the world's first wireless broadband Internet micro hi-fi system, the Philips Streamium MC-i250. The MC-i250 is the latest addition to the Streamium family. It includes all the advantages of its predecessors - broadband Internet audio connection, automatic music streaming, enviable sound quality in a sleek micro system - with the added bonus that it can be wirelessly connected through your home network to all the PCs in your house, wherever they are, at the click of a button. So now, with one audio system, you're able to:
All this, with the added advantage of wireless connectivity to your home network. It's made possible by the concept of Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity), the international leading industry standard for wireless broadband networking. Wi-Fi allows your audio system to connect to the Internet from anywhere around your home through a base station which sends and receives data within a certain range. The MC-i250 is also equipped with such 21st-century must-haves as CD, MP3-CD and mp3PRO-CD playback from both CD-R and CD-RW discs. Delivering a storming 100 watts RMS music output, the Streamium MC-i250 combines top-quality aluminum alloy speaker cones with Philips' highly acclaimed wOOx loudspeaker technology. The unsurpassed, deep and dynamic bass sounds will bring down the house! The Philips Streamium MC-i250 - the only limit is your imagination. New Philips Wireless Digital Multimedia Receiver brings PC-based audio, video and streaming Internet content into the living room Now consumers can enjoy all their PC-based audio and video content, as well as a tremendous choice of streaming Internet media, in the comfort of their living room with the new Wireless Digital Multimedia Receiver from Philips. For the first time this new receiver offers an easy-to-install and easy-to-operate solution to bring the increasingly popular world of PC-based multimedia to the normal audio systems and TV sets in consumers' living rooms or anywhere else in the home. This means users can now enjoy all this PC-based multimedia content together with family and friends in the convenience and comfort of their normal home setting, without all the restrictions in terms of location, as well as viewing and listening freedom, that use of the PC brings with it. The new Wireless Digital Multimedia Receiver brings content from the PC into the living room using a standard IEEE 802.11b ('WiFi') wireless link, so no complex wiring is needed for installation. With a simple, intuitive user interface on the receiver's LCD display and the remote control unit, consumers can easily navigate through the audio and video content stored on their PC and select whatever they want to view or hear. The controls are simple-to-use, for example with familiar functions like Play, Stop, Previous and Next. The automatic content-search feature makes it even easier to find playable content on the PC without the need for time-consuming looking for it. The Wireless Digital Multimedia Receiver allows most of today's favorite PC-based multimedia formats to be played, including for example MP3 audio, digital still pictures in JPEG format, and MPEG-1 or DIVx movies. Direct Internet connection allows PC-free use It is even possible to use the Wireless Digital Multimedia Receiver without a PC by direct connection to the Internet, simply by using a Wireless Access Point, which forms the basis for a home network. In this case consumers with a broadband Internet connection can choose from literally thousands of freely available Internet radio channels. Here again selection is very simple, for example by music styles, artists or eras, allowing consumers to create personalized stations playing their own favorite music. Also available are numerous stations with news, sports and special interests in any language and from virtually all regions of the world. Convenient installation is a major feature of the Wireless Digital Multimedia Receiver. Thanks to Universal Plug & Play ('UPnP'), there are no complex set-up procedures nor complex user interfaces. The use of the industry-standard IEEE 802.11b wireless technology ensures full and transparent interoperability and simple connectivity with all users' existing network equipment such as routers and Wireless Access Points. To make installation even easier and eliminating the need to open the PC, Philips will offer a preconfigured USB-to-wireless adapter when the Wireless Digital Multimedia Receiver is introduced, which is expected to be in the second half of 2003. Normal PC use is always possible Normal use of the PC is always possible even while the Wireless Digital Multimedia Receiver is being used, thanks to its independent multitasking capability. The receiver is always connected, which means consumers have instant access to their PC-based media at any time without the need for any start-up or connection procedures. The Wireless Digital Multimedia Receiver is a stylish unit (435 mm width and 61 mm height) and designed to seamlessly match most other audio and video components. The wireless antenna is integrated inside the unit for a simple and visually unobtrusive installation. For easy connection to all consumers' audio and video equipment the receiver has SCART A/V, stereo audio and digital audio outputs. The typical transmission range of a Wireless Access Point is 30 to 45 metres. The wireless streams between the Wireless Access Point and the receiver is subject to the normal IEEE 802.11b security features, which restricts reception to authorized users only. With this new Wireless Digital Multimedia Receiver Philips is taking a further step towards putting into practice its 'connected home' and 'digital convergence' strategies. These aim to bridge the traditionally separate PC and home entertainment worlds, giving consumers convenient and transparent enjoyment of all their favourite digital content from anywhere in the home, regardless of the device on which it is stored. Philips DesXcapeTM 150DM detachable monitor gives users access to PC data and applications anywhere in the home Why would anyone want to shackle themselves to their computers? Wouldn't it be great if your computer monitor were light enough to carry the information it displayed across the room, rather than you having to write down, try and memorize or print out the information you need? Wouldn't it be great to be able to take your information to people, rather than have to wait for them to come to you? The time of having to sit behind a computer screen to access the information you need, is over. The DesXcape [pronounced Desk Escape] from Philips allows you to access the data stored in your computer, or surf the Internet with all the convenience of a hands free telephone. The ubiquitous state of technology today means you don't have to be sat behind your desk in order to be able to pick up emails, surf the web, or chat to friends. DesXcape is a multifunctional 'smart display' based on Windows technology. It enables you to access PC applications and data via a wireless network from anywhere in your home. It even comes in it's own cradle, so when docked, the DesXcape transforms from a cutting edge detachable monitor, to a top-of-the-range LCD computer screen. The possibility of carrying your monitor around with you for any period of time is also not just wishful thinking, weighing in at only 5.5 lbs [2.5 kg], the DesXcape makes it possible to move it around your office or home with the greatest of ease. So what's it got? Well, we have packed it with an Active Matrix 15-inch color LCD touch screen, 802.11b wireless technology and Intel's Intel XScale technology, which has been specifically designed for low power consumption. All in all everything has been done to ensure that the rechargeable batteries deliver up to five hours of continuous operation to your fingertips. The DesXcape also features a built-in virtual keyboard, touch pad and sophisticated handwriting recognition, similar in usage to the state-of-the-art PDA's currently on the market. For more intensive typing requirements, the DesXcape also comes with a wireless keyboard, ensuring that you really have the maximum freedom of movement to create, research, or play via online media.
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