Control4 Announce New Home Controller

Control4 have announced their latest home controller – the HC-500.   In addition to its Home Automation credentials of lighting, temperature and security control, it also offers multi-room music from its built-in media server. The unit is expected to ship in March and packs IR, Serial, wired Ethernet, Wifi and Zigbee.  Read on for the details.

[googlead]”Control4 announced the release of their latest Home Controller the HC-500 at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The HC-500 is a high performance home automation controller with extensive I/O connections for device control and in-built media server.

In addition to managing the home cinema, the Home Controller HC-500 can control multi-room music, lighting, temperature, security and many other home automation sub-systems.
“The combination of improved processing, high-definition screen graphics and expansion capabilities as well as the new industrial design makes this a core part of the platform for the digital home.” says Will West, chief executive officer.

The Home Controller HC-500 offers multiple infrared and serial connections and video sensing for easy home cinema integration. In addition, the HC-500 offers a comprehensive range of standards-based communication technology including Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and ZigBee mesh networking.  Additional features include:

• HD on-screen display provides a very intuitive graphical user interface
• New box design means unit can be on display with other AV kit
• Audio encoding/decoding for full support of analogue/digital audio
• Expansion capabilities via 2 USB ports and 1 Ethernet jack
• 160 GB storage
• Backwards compatibility with all Control4 products

The HC-500 is expected to ship in March with a list price of £1,674″

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