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A New Direction

We're going to adopt a slightly new focus to the Int2View website. While there is a plethora of sites and reviews available for everything new and shiny to appeal to the younger generations little is being devoted to the folks over 50. We are going to try to help balance that with a focus on "Boomer Tech". These are devices that are as current as is available but will or could have a special appeal to the older generations. It may be as simple as the newest 5G cellphone that happens to have features that make navigating it convenient (even for those whose thumbs no longer move at 60mph). It may be more specialized features that will appeal to those less adept or capable when it comes to tech options. Or, it may just be incredibly cool (and functional) that appeals to the "20 something" in all of us. Whatever the approach, we will try to highlight these products and the benefits they offer.

We'll look forward to your feedback as we re-engineer.

The ZVOX AV157 Speaker Bar

Picture this, no.., better yet imagine listening to a TV show, movie or DVD. There's (and you can choose one) an orchestra, rock band, car chase, shooting or general mayhem and a character says,"I can't believe it, the.....$^&_# ($&)  )*&&^". WHAT? What did he say? Options: You can rewind and try your luck again, ask the person Say whatnext to you or turn on closed captions. No matter how you slice it, it's very frustrating.

Well, it just so happens there's a solution for that which won't require any of the above. ZVOX, a company founded by Tom Hannaher (more about him later) has a line of speaker bars made just for this purpose. We tested the AV157, The newest flagship product in their offerings.

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Insteon Home Control System

By Brad Pransky, Editor

Insteon® advertises itself as "the most affordable, complete connected home solution". starter kitIn an age where the Internet of things is pervasive and invading our lives and our homes, we decided to put that slogan to a test.

The principles behind the operation of the Insteon system are long tested and proven. What we wanted to see was if it really did the job in a simple, effective and economical fashion.

 

So what do you want to be when you grow up?

If you've been around technology long enough to remember the early transistor radios, the emergence of FM, UHF TV stations and the Bowmar brain, then most assuredly you remember places like RadioShack selling the X10 controllers that were so convenient to turn lights and devices on and off. X10 is still alive and well (https://www.x10.com/) but it always had certain limitations because of its dependence on the internal wiring structure of your home.

Insteon dual bandInsteon's smart home devices are sort of what X10 would look like when it grew up. It combines the use of your home's wiring system but augments that by setting up a Wi-Fi mesh network among its devices. This is what makes up Insteon's patented dual band technology. All of our testing demonstrated a 100% device activation success rate.

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