Manufacturers
Based in New Jersey, for 25 years Crestron has designed and manufactured the world's most advanced remote control systems. These can be found in all sorts of applications from distance learning centres to, as we use them, in high-technology homes. Based around touch screen technology, a Creston controller will operate virtually any audio visual or environmental device. A Creston controller is fitted into our downstairs home cinema system where it seamlessly controls everything from the lights to the volume level even though the equipment is located in another room.
Kaleidescape manufacture an entertainment server that has changed the way movies and music are collected and enjoyed in a home, yacht or private jet. The Kaleidescape System combines a compelling user interface, an outstanding industrial design, and services that set new standards in the consumer electronics industry. Kaleidescape was founded in 2001 and is privately held.
Kaleidescape's headquarters are located in Mountain View, California. Research and development are done by Kaleidescape Canada, Inc., based in Waterloo, Ontario. Their products are available through a network of custom-installation dealers and distributors throughout the world.
In 1961, US-based Lutron introduced the world's first solid-state dimmer. Now with over 5,000 products, Lutron innovations have transformed the world of lighting controls. Lutron can provide systems that can control anything from the lights in a single room, to a complex system that can control a whole home. You can see a Lutron system in action in our home cinema rooms.
Gerard Philips established his company in The Netherlands in 1891 and by the turn of the century became Europe's largest producer of carbon-filament lamps. Now one of the largest electronics manufacturers in the world, Philip's activities range as wide as being the inventor of the compact cassette and compact disc to one of the largest producers of the electric shaver. A somewhat less known Philips product is called the Pronto: a touch-screen universal remote control which will learn the function of any remote controllable device and simplify its operation.
