[SIZE=18pt]CocoonTech.com Product of the Year Voting Results[/SIZE]
Congratulations to the winners of this year's awards, keep up the great work!
[SIZE= 24px]Home Automation Hardware of the Year[/SIZE] [SIZE= 20px]Elk M1[/SIZE] [SIZE= 16px](
Elk Products Website)[/SIZE] [SIZE= 12px]The Home Automation Hardware of the Year Award for 2008 goes to the Elk M1 Gold. No surprises here as the Elk M1 has proven to be a staple with our "Do It Yourself" crowd. The hardware does a good job of blending home security with most common home automation needs. The Elk staff and support is also top notch and has a great presence on CocoonTech. Congratulations to Elk Products and their Elk M1 Gold hardware platform.[/SIZE]
[SIZE= 24px]Home Automation Software of the Year[/SIZE] [SIZE= 20px]Charmed Quark Controller (CQC)[/SIZE] [SIZE= 16px](
Charmed Quark Systems Website)[/SIZE] [SIZE= 12px]The Home Automation Software of the Year Award for 2008 goes to Charmed Quark Controller (CQC). CQC incorporates all features that users want with a home automation, home theater, and home security system. This leads to a very stable platform as all drivers and addons follow strict code compliance requirements. CQC also incorporates features such as SageTV support as well as touch screen graphics display capability. Congratulations go out to Dean Roddey of CQC for this great software product![/SIZE]
[SIZE= 24px]Home Theater Hardware of the Year[/SIZE] [SIZE= 20px]SageTV HD Theater[/SIZE] [SIZE= 16px](
SageTV Website)[/SIZE] [SIZE= 12px]The Home Theater Hardware of the Year Award for 2008 goes to the SageTV HD200 extender (SageTV HD Theater). This hardware lets you incorporate high definition viewing from a SageTV server on our home network. You can also enjoy your favorite YouTube and other online videos with a press of a remote with no PC required. Congratulations to SageTV on this fine product![/SIZE]
[SIZE= 24px]Home Theater Software of the Year[/SIZE] [SIZE= 20px]SageTV Media Center[/SIZE] [SIZE= 16px](
SageTV Website)[/SIZE] [SIZE= 12px]The Home Theater Software of the Year Award for 2008 goes to SageTV. Again, this is no surprise, especially with the Home Theater Hardware of the Year Award going to a critical piece of hardware for this software to operate on remote clients. SageTV does a great job of recording, displaying, scheduling, and managing TV shows as well as provide a great distribution point for music, pictures, DVD's, etc... Home automation software such as CQC and MainLobby have SageTV drivers so its features can easily be incorporated into ones overall display/system. Congrats go out again to SageTV.[/SIZE]
[SIZE= 24px]Home Security Hardware of the Year[/SIZE] [SIZE= 20px]Elk M1[/SIZE] [SIZE= 16px](
Elk Products Website)[/SIZE] [SIZE= 12px]The Home Security Hardware of the Year Award for 2008 goes to the Elk M1 controller. Well, a lot of the reasons the Elk won this award are the same as to why it won the Home Automation Hardware of the Year Award, and that is it can do BOTH! Most of our forum members require hardware that can handle home automation and security tasks, so it only makes sense to purchase a system that can handle these requirements with one system. Congrats again go out to Elk Products for their Elk M1 Gold platform.[/SIZE]
[SIZE= 24px]Home Security Software of the Year[/SIZE] [SIZE= 20px]AverMedia NV DVR[/SIZE] [SIZE= 16px](
AverMedia Website)[/SIZE] [SIZE= 12px]The Home Security Software of the Year Award for 2008 go to the NV DVR from AverMedia. Security camera viewing and image capturing/recording are a vital piece to most of our member's home security/automation systems. This software combines a lot of feature left out by other companies. It also support IP cameras as well. Congratulations to AverMedia![/SIZE]
