Recent Thoughts About The Edge of My Network
In recent weeks I’ve been accumulating some thoughts about the edge of networks, and the edge of my home office network in particular. This all started last month where there…
Wired vs Wireless For A Home Office
Not long ago Colin Berkshire made an interesting observation about a trend in new home construction. He noticed that builders are no longer pulling cable for telephone and network connections,…
Chromecast In Da House
In the first day or two of its release I ordered a Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player via Amazon, and was lucky enough to actually get one delivered. We’ve…
Belkin Ships Dyle Mobile HDTV Tuner For iOS
I’m not the biggest fan of watching TV on a tablet or cell phone. I know that people do it, but I still prefer the more traditional experience of a…
New TIA Standards For HDVoice Over Analog Jacks
Doug Mohney of HDVoice News recently noted that The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) has issued a series of new standards documents in reference to wideband audio over analog connections. These…
Measuring The Real Impact Of Smart TVs
Since the introduction of “Smart HDTVs” a couple of years ago I’ve been wondering just how much impact the built-in applications have on the purchase process, and the user experience.…
Revisiting Video Calling To The Living Room, Yet Again
This is a topic that seemingly will not go away, yet it’s not clear that there’s much uptake by customers. Going back two years, the first wave of “Smart HDTVs”…
Review: Invoxia NVX 610 Speakerphone
Invoxia’s NVX 610 is a curious device. In some ways it defies description. Is it an iPhone/iPad dock? Is it a desk phone? Or is it a conference phone? In…
The Deskphone Re-Imagined: Invoxia’s NVX610
In recent years we’ve repeatedly heard of the death of the land line, how large numbers of consumers are “cutting the cord” and turning to mobile phones as their only…
HDVoice: On The Cheap & Analog RJ-11 Style
A short while back I addressed the question of how DECT & CAT-iq may foster the broad deployment of HDVoice. At that time I described one possible scenario where carriers…