The Smart Home Show - 50 Free Tickets!

["Mark McCall" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you=92ve ever wished for music in every room, a home cinema,
integrated
lighting, or an intelligent security system, then a visit to The T3 Smart
Home Show at the NEC, Birmingham on 22 =96 25 March 2007, is a must.

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We=92ve team up with the organisers to give away 50 pairs of free tickets
t=
o
this unmissable event. For your chance to win, simply call the ticket
hotline on 0870 730 0964 and quote =91Automated Home=92.
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More people are discovering that smart homes are not only a fabulous way of
life but an increasingly affordable reality. The T3 Smart Home Show, which
is on at the NEC from 22 =96 25 March 2007, will bring together all the
lat=
est
trends in smart home solutions. Visitors will find out how to enhance their
home with a sophisticated multi-room entertainment system; improve the look
of their home with a lighting system that changes the mood of a room;
increase their safety by installing a state-of-the-art security system;
chill out watching a favourite movie from the comfort of their bath=85.and
=
how
all these can be controlled from the touch of a button inside or outside
th=
e
home...

There will be hundreds of products to meet every need and budget including

* multi-room entertainment
* home cinema
* audio & visual components
* lighting systems
* telecoms/intercoms systems
* touch control panels
* remote access/monitoring
* wireless, cabling systems
* distributed internet access
* planning, consultation, installation, new technology and intelligent
appliances
* security systems
* climate control systems=20

Visitors to The T3 Smart Home Show will also gain free access into the
co-located National Homebuilding & Renovating Show which brings
together
over 500 national and regional exhibitors, new products, new services and
all the latest innovations in the self-build and renovation market.

Venue: National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham

Date/Hours: 22 =96 25 March 2007 - 10am =96 5pm

Show Profile
The UK=92s only dedicated consumer exhibition which brings together the
bes=
t
intelligent technological solutions and products for the home. The show
wil=
l
show the latest innovations in the four key sectors of smart living =96
hom=
e
entertainment, intelligent heating & lighting, networking and
communication=
s
& security. The T3 Smart Home Show will be co-located alongside the
well-established National Homebuilding & Renovating Show allowing
visitors
to each show free access to other show.

Products Sectors
Home cinema & multi-room entertainment; lighting & climate control
systems;
telecomms & wireless communications; integrated touch control systems;
remote access, monitoring & security systems; intelligent appliances;
custo=
m
installation, smart homes consultancy and more=85

Exhibitors
Over 60 exhibitors with featured brands including Abitana, Amina, AMX,
Artcoustic, Artsound, Audio ReQuest, AvNex, B & O, Beamax, Bose,
Clipsal,
Comfort Home Control, Convergex, Creston, CRIS, Cyrus, Denon, Discrete,
Dupilne, E-visio, Extron, Freewave, Fujistu, Gira, Harmon/Kardon, Harmony,
Hitachi, Honeywell, iDyl, Imerge, IQ-bus, IQ-cardio, Jamo, KEF, Legrand,
Living Control, Loewe, Lutron, MediaX, Mirror TV, Monster, Mordaunt Short,
Netstreams, Nevo, Nexus, Niko, Opus, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Qbus,
Rako, Rhythm bath, Russound, Samsung, Screen Research, Sharp, Siemens,
Silent Gliss, Smartkontrols, Sonos, Square D, T&A, Toshiba, Ulti,
Vivadi,
Waterfall, Xantech, Yamaha

Special Features
There will be six free seminars per day where visitors can learn how to
integrate technology, entertainment and automation into their home

Ticket Hotline:
0870 730 0964
Tickets =A38.00 in advance, =A312.00 on the door

SMART BUT AFFORDABLE

The term Smart Home can conjure up the image of a top premiership
footballe=
r
and his current WAG blasting music and movies throughout their country
pile=
,
whilst operating their lighting, heating and even their curtains at the
pus=
h
of a button. That=92s just one end of Smart Home technology spectrum,
howev=
er
visitors to the T3 Smart Home Show at the NEC from March 22 =96 25 can see
=
an
array of products to suit every pocket. Here are some of the products which
can be snapped up at the show which wont break the bank.

UNDER =A3100
o The BT Home Monitoring solution is a self-install security system which
allows you to monitor your home when you are away, as well as automatically
notifying you of alerts by telephone, SMS text message and email. Winner of
the 2003 British Security Excellence Awards for Best Innovation, the BT
Hom=
e
Monitor kit is available for around =A385 and available from Intamac
System=
s

UNDER =A3200
o 2techvisuals has a digital picture frame for =A3150 which enables you to
create your very own digital art gallery. The stylish picture frame will
play all your digital images and movies on a bright screen: Relive your
wedding, holiday or family get-together

UNDER =A3500
o Around Sound has the Bose Sound dock for =A3245. Designed to have any
App=
le
i-Pod plugged into it and give great sound in one room. For people with TV
screens but no sound system, and a desire for a clutter-free option they
have the Bose Cini-mate speaker system for =A3490. This plugs directly into
the TV and provides amazing cinema like sound from only two speakers and a
hide away bass unit.

UNDER =A31000
o Bose 321 and 321GS single room solution offers a surround sound home
theatre system from two speakers and hide away base. This is the World=92s
Best Selling Home entertainment system and is available from Around Sound
from =A3700
oDigital Plumbers can supply a home automation system for around =A3900,
giving you music, movies and wireless access to your PC throughout your
home.
o Plug in any audio source - ipods, TV=92s music phones, laptops, DVD / CD
players - and play through Futuros=92 Amp Lamp, available from =A3900. The
=
Amp
Lamp fuses together high quality audio and lighting into a radical yet
unobtrusive design statement.
o Simply Sonos Digital Music System has been dubbed iPod for the home It
allows you to wirelessly play different music in different rooms or the
sam=
e
music in multiple rooms. Best of all it is controlled from a wireless
colour-screen, handheld device that does not require infra-red line of
sigh=
t
and so is free to go where you go. A starter system for two zones of music
is =A3949.

UNDER =A32000
o Provide sound for multi room entertainment systems use Amina speakers
which can be inserted into a wall, then plastered and painted over =96 no
n=
eed
for messy wires and unsightly speakers. Using this latest innovation in
sound technology, Amina flat panel loudspeakers are designed to sit within
the wall=92s plaster and create the illusion that music is coming from your
walls. A pair of these unique speakers cost =A31600 and can be used to
crea=
te
music in any room you choose.
o You want the latest home cinema equipment, but don=92t want a screen
dominating the room? Picture House (www.plasmafireplace.co.uk) has designed
a plasma TV fireplace. The plasma TV is completely hidden inside a stylish
fireplace with a fully working fire which outputs 2kW of heat. All you do
i=
s
press the remote and the TV screen automatically lifts into view =96 when
you=92ve finished watching TV, simply press it again and the screen
magical=
ly
disappears. Their Award-winning Beachcomber is available for =A32,000

BLOW THE BUDGET
Budget not an issue? Then you may want to speak to one of ten custom
installers at the show who can make your dream a reality=85=85.as you
drive=
home
use your mobile phone to open the gates to your drive, unlock the front
door, turn on the lights, put the kettle, dishwasher and washing machine
on=
.
You may also wish to close your curtains, turn up the heating and turn on
the oven so dinner is almost ready. Or if you=92ve had a bad day, perhaps
you=92d prefer to run a bath to your desired temperature and depth and have
your electric blanket warming your bed. Then chill with your multi-room
hom=
e
entertainment systems =96 allowing access to your entire music and film
collection from any zone in your home at the touch of a button.

That=92s just a taste of some of the technology available at The T3 Smart
H=
ome
on at the NEC from 22 =96 25 March. There will also be six free seminars
pe=
r
day where visitors can learn how to integrate technology, entertainment and
automation into their home. Visitors will also gain free access into the
co-located National Homebuilding & Renovating Show which brings
together
over 500 national and regional exhibitors, new products, new services and
all the latest innovations in the self-build and renovation market. There
will be a series of Masterclasses including four relating to smart home
technology including How to have a smart home without being too clever by
half!, Home Automation, Mood Lighting and Multi-room Audio

For tickets to The T3 Smart Home Show, you can call the ticket hotline 0870
730 0964, or visit www.smarthomeshow.co.uk. Tickets are =A38.00 in
advance,=
or
=A312.00 on the door. The show will be open daily from 10am to 5pm on 22 =
=96 25
March 2007.=20