Netstreams Wins Multi-Room A/V Product Of The Year From Sound & Vision Magazine
NetStreams DigiLinX IP-Based Multi-Room Audio System Honored at the Consumer Electronics Show
AUSTIN TX – January 19, 2007 – NetStreams®, the global leader in networked entertainment systems and technology based on Internet Protocol (IP), announced the DigiLinX™ Audio Distribution system was named co-winner of the Multi-Room A/V Product of the Year award by Sound & Vision, the world’s largest entertainment magazine. DigiLinX is the world’s first fully IP-Based Multi-Room Audio Distribution system. As an entertainment system based on computer networking technology, DigiLinX offers advantages in performance, cost, and ease of installation, systems integration, and scalability.
DigiLinX was one of just 22 products chosen by the magazine’s editors and reviewers from the scores of products the magazine’s editors tested throughout the year. To select the award winners, Sound & Vision asked its staff to nominate products that stand out by virtue of their innovation, performance, build quality and value. This list is then whittled down in editorial meetings where each product’s merits are defended and debated. NetStreams IP-Based DigiLinX product line received top honors in the Multi- Room A/V category. Also receiving top honors was the Polk Audio LC265i, an advanced IP-Based loudspeaker designed with NetStreams’ StreamNet™ technology.
“We are honored and elated to receive the Sound & Vision award,” said Herman Cárdenas, Founder and Chairman of the Company. “NetStreams has lead the industry into the emerging era of IP-Based entertainment systems, and will continue to deliver on this promise in 2007 when we deliver IP-Based Video and HDTV distribution to the DigiLinX system. We appreciate Sound and Vision’s recognition with this most prestigious award and also for the recognition of Polk Audio’s outstanding IP Speaker, which also uses NetStreams technology.” In honoring DigiLinX as the Multi-Room product of the year, Sound & Vision cited it as, “breaking new ground in both innovation and performance . . . [offering] an exciting glimpse of audio distribution’s future.”
About DigiLinX
NetStreams DigiLinX family of IP-Based products offer distributed entertainment and control with capabilities never seen before. DigiLinX features plug and play architecture with a rich user experience only available in highly custom systems today. DigiLinX delivers on the promise of convergence -- effectively marrying networking technologies with hi-fidelity audio and video -- leading the way in 'Networked Digital Entertainment'.
About NetStreams
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NetStreams is the world leader in digital entertainment networks, based on Internet protocol (IP) technology. NetStreams' IP-Based systems, are designed for residential and commercial use, and offer new levels of affordability, simplicity, reliability, and expandability, benefiting both installers and end-users with lower costs for installation and set-up, with an intuitive and rich user experience.
By utilizing its patent-pending StreamNet™ technology, NetStreams systems enables true plugn- play integration with other products for entertainment, automation, security, and communications. NetStreams is committed to utilizing cutting-edge human factors engineering to create entertainment systems that are truly user-friendly and future compatible. NetStreams is enabling the future of IP-Based entertainment today.
For additional information on NetStreams and its innovative products, please visit www.netstreams.com.
About Sound & Vision
Established in 1958, Sound & Vision has led the category in the coverage of consumer electronics products for nearly 50 years. From early adopters to everyday shoppers, people come to Sound & Vision for the latest product reviews, recommendations and information on home theater, high-definition TV, digital surround sound, and more. Published ten times per year, the title has a rate base of 200,000.
NetStreams, DigiLinX, and StreamNet are trademarks of NetStreams L.L.C. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners
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