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For better or worse, television is a part of our life. Today, there are literally hundreds of channels to choose from. With more educational and instructional programming than ever before, we don't have to feel so guilty about the tube these days. In fact, 66% of Americans have 3 or more sets in their home and we rent twice as many movies per day than we check out library books. The Problem The most common way to hook up DVD players, cable boxes, and satellite receivers is directly to each TV in the house. If you want to watch those sources on any TV in the house, you'll have to buy those devices for every TV location. While that sounds simple enough, it poses some problems for people taking advantage of newer technologies. For instance, the show you recorded on your DVR must be watched in the same room. Or, if you own a DVD library changer, you can only view it on one TV in the house. Maybe you'd like to spring for that new HDDVD player, but you would like to watch it on more than just the TV it's hooked up to. The Solution Mutliroom video switching solves these problems and more. Now, video and television sources are distributed from a single point to any television in the house as shown in the illustration above. All rooms are wired to accept video and audio via the multiroom system. Your satellite/cable receivers, DVD players and librarians, surveillance cameras, and more can be viewed on any single tv or combination of tv’s at the touch of a button. Add Flexibility This technology provides flexibility such as the ability to start watching a DVD in the home theater and finish viewing in the master bedroom without having to touch the DVD. If you own a DVD librarian or movie server, movies can be displayed on any screen in the house. Another thing our clients love is the ability to record a show on the DVR and have the option of watching it in whatever room you are in. Less Mess! You've bought that new plasma and hung it on your bedroom wall. It looks clean and opens up space in the room, but now you have to figure out where you're going to put the DVD player and the cable box. Multiroom Video eliminates the need to have any source components in the room. Everything is hidden away in the central equipment closet out of sight. Video switching is accomplished using the Audio Design Associates Suite 16. Here again, quality is the focus of this piece. Where other brands tend to trade off a little picture quality for the convenience of multiroom video, the ADA switcher maintains the same picture integrity the source would have if it were connected directly to the tv.
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