{"id":17243,"date":"2011-03-31T09:12:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T13:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=17243"},"modified":"2011-03-31T09:15:12","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T13:15:12","slug":"crestrons-media-controllers-they-do-a-nice-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2011\/03\/31\/crestrons-media-controllers-they-do-a-nice-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Crestron&#8217;s Media Controllers &#8212; they do a nice job!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>From DSC:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Crestron&#8217;s Media Controllers do a nice job of moving the complexities of technology into the background &#8212; providing an easy to use, touch-panel interface to their media controllers (i.e. to control such &#8220;sources&#8221; as desktop computers, laptops, DVD\/VHS players, document cameras, audio inputs from iPods\/iPads, etc.).\u00a0 So no longer do you need to search for the correct remote (of the 5-10 remotes on your lectern) &#8212; you just use the touch-sensitive panel to drive your media. Very nice. The downsides to this set of technologies are the costs involved to purchase and install the equipment, as well as developing the necessary skillset to configure and maintain them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crestron.com\/products\/touchpanels_touch_panel_control\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17245\" title=\"Crestron\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Crestron.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Crestron.jpg 730w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Crestron-150x95.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also see:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crestron.com\/downloads\/pdf\/product_brochures\/touchpanels.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17244\" title=\"Crestron-2\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Crestron-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Crestron-2.jpg 572w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Crestron-2-150x73.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crestron.com\/markets\/classroom_campus_room_and_building_automation\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.crestron.com\/markets\/classroom_campus_room_and_building_automation\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230; and<a href=\"http:\/\/mail.educatorsportal.com\/response\/redirect.aspx?muid=2945&amp;cuid=7fc99bea-4ed2-4e0b-8115-59d0aae7bb8f&amp;linktext=Crestron%20Debuts%20Versatile%20TPMC-9L%20Wall%20Mount%20Touch%20Panel%20Delivering%20Speed%2C%20Performance%20And%20Style%20At%20A%20Great%20Value&amp;targeturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crestron.com%2Ftouchpanels\"> Crestron  Debuts Versatile TPMC-9L Wall Mount Touch Panel Delivering Speed, Performance  And Style At A Great Value<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nCrestron announced today [3\/31\/11] that  the new TPMC-9L Wall Mount Touch Panel, the latest addition to its family of  Core 3 OS-ready panels, is now shipping. TPMC-9L is the perfect-sized touch  screen &#8211; large enough to enjoy a full, rich interactive user experience with a  minimalist design that remains discreet in any setting. A 9\u201d widescreen provides  more space for designing custom graphical interfaces, and a larger display for  viewing cover art, control apps and scores of other dynamic content. TPMC-9L  also offers a slew of cool new media and communications tools like widgets and  high-definition streaming video for IP\/Web security cameras that instantly  enhance whole home and building automation systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From DSC: Crestron&#8217;s Media Controllers do a nice job of moving the complexities of technology into the background &#8212; providing an easy to use, touch-panel interface to their media controllers (i.e. to control such &#8220;sources&#8221; as desktop computers, laptops, DVD\/VHS players, document cameras, audio inputs from iPods\/iPads, etc.).\u00a0 So no longer do you need to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[354,32,3,87,84,40,466],"tags":[355,56,566,615,612,42,132],"class_list":["post-17243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-av-audiovisual","category-education-technology","category-higher-education","category-learning-spaces","category-smart-classrooms","category-technologies-for-your-home","category-television","tag-av","tag-educational-technology","tag-higher-education","tag-learning-spaces","tag-smart-classrooms","tag-technologies-for-the-home","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17243"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17252,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17243\/revisions\/17252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}