Wireless Home Alarm Systems
Home Alarm Systems Are Popular
Are people really thinking about home alarm systems across the US? You bet they are. Gone are the days where you could leave the front door unlocked and not worry. This is not your grandparents US, those days are long gone. This is why even as the economy goes south, people are still investing in home alarm systems. Regardless of whether you are buying a new house or just thinking about protecting your family in an existing home, there are plenty of home alarm companies and home alarm systems to choose from.
Although there are many different alarm systems to choose from, they can basically be grouped into two groups: wired home alarm systems and wireless home alarm systems. Yes, both of these systems do the same basic function – protect your family, but with a wireless system, you will most likely end up spending about 10 times as much as you will with a wired home alarm system.
In the event that your home is not pre-wired for a home alarm system, then wireless is the way to go. But if your home is pre-wired for a home alarm system, then it is hard to do better than installing a wired home alarm system because the costs are so much less than the wireless alarm systems.
No matter if you choose a wired or wireless home alarm, only one thing really matters anyway – that you and your family are protected.
Insignia Infocast 8" Internet Media Display
While it's too early to tell if touch screen-based alarm clocks, armed with apps and widgets, will become what the world wakes up to, it's safe to say that the initial offerings haven't been all that impressive. Insignia's Infocast Internet Media Display ($169.99 direct) is the first of this new breed of product to excel in the most important area: user friendliness. The Sony Dash ($199.99 direct, ) and the Chumby One ($119.95, ) offer similar content, but do so in a far less graceful manner. If playing Pandora stations bedside while perusing Facebook apps is your thing, the Infocast is the best option for you. Of course, you could also just use a smartphone like the iPhone 4 ($199 direct, ) or an iPod touch ($199 direct, ) as your alarm clock and have access to far better apps, a full Web browser, and a lot more—but you won't get a big, 8-inch screen.
Design
The Insignia Infocast 8" Internet Media Display looks a lot like a digital photo frame , measuring 7.2 by 8.7 by 4.8 inches (HWD) with an 8-inch, 800-by-6000-pixel touch-screen LCD. The top panel of the black frame houses a single Home button emblazoned with the Insignia logo, while behind the screen, two stereo speakers and a Power button are built into the base of the unit's stand. The base also houses two USB ports, a standard 3.5-mm headphone jack, and slots for SD, SDHC, MMC, CF, xD, Memory Stick, and Memory Stick Pro Duo cards. A power adapter is included, but unfortunately, like the Dash, the Infocast has no internal, rechargeable battery. So you're likely to park the Infocast on your nightstand and leave it there. These devices would be so much more interesting if you could, say, move them all around the house, or even outside, without having to be tethered to a power source.
Wireless Home Alarm System
Wireless Home Alarm System
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