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Are you ready to Rack & Roll?

Using racks as a showpiece

 

There are many reasons that people use rack enclosures now a days to help tidy up their automated world. While TVs continue to get thinner and more beautiful and soundbars are making surround sound more discreet, the components we connect to them, such as our Blu-ray players, cable boxes, game consoles etc...have largely remained dull black or silver boxes. And there are still all those ugly wires to manage! So now we have these neat and tidy solutions to all these issues, and putting them on display can have lots of great advantages as well!

HOME THEATER RACK DISPLAYS: 

Did you know that racks can also be an important part of a home theater set-up? So You just spent a lot of money on your new home theater system, but now you’re looking at a lot of “black boxes” and wondering where to put them all. Residential designer racks, sliding home theater cabinets and shelves, and cabinet frame inserts can all house your home theater components without detracting from your decor, and many can even be retrofitted to your existing furniture. 

Maybe you want to show off the components as part of the high-tech style of your new home theatre, essentially making your components and the rack part of your home’s furniture. 

Maybe you have young kids obsessed with pushing buttons. (What kids aren’t, after all?) Then you’ll want your components neatly tucked out of sight in a closet, or at least behind a cabinet with a safe Lexan door. That’s okay, too! However having an open concept show piece design tends to have more benefits.

RESTAURANT/BAR RACK DISPLAYS:

Now a days with the growing technology demand, restaurants and bars are another prime place to find examples of rack enclosures. It is also another perfect example of using your rack set up as a show piece. Some restaurants and bars chose to hide there electronics racks  in a back room or closet while other choose to set up an eleborate and beautiful display for customers to enjoy!

Displaying your electronic rack can have several great benefits! When you have several consoles running all at once things can heat up very quickly and cause many issues. Having your rack system out in the open lets it breath and helps manage the heating issues. This option will also prolong the life span and function of your equipment.  

Don't deal with the stress or the mess! CALL US TODAY! Let us set up your Rack Star showpiece!

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Deliver HD throughout your space on EVERY TV!

Meet ZeeVee!

ZeeVee offers world-class video solutions, bringing you the best of what video can offer! ZeeVee products are also scalable to an unlimited number of displays throughout any facility, guaranteeing that this video distribution model meets your needs.

Here are some examples of some of the places that use this type of technology:

 

 

 Benefits of Video Distribution Solutions:

  • ZeeVee upgrades all of those fuzzy analog channels on your facility’s TVs to crystal clear digital.
  • Keep people entertained or engaged with top quality digital video.
  • Benefit from scalable solutions that could save you thousands in equipment costs.
  • Best-in-class video distribution leverages a single digital infrastructure to effortlessly integrate with analog or digital sources. 

Make a crystal clear impression by delivering high definition throughout your space on every TV. ZeeVee’s video distribution technology is even compatible with existing coaxial cables.

  • No need to re-wire with single digital video infrastructure
  • Compatibility with any video source including analog, digital, SD or HD
  • DIRECTV and Dish Network approved, so you can enjoy more of your favorites

Benefits of Digital Signage Solutions:

  • Versatile digital signage from ZeeVee can deliver your tailored message and represent your brand with ease.
  • From easy message management to high definition signal distribution for unlimited displays, our leading solution is both efficient and affordable.
  • ZvShow, the bonus information channel built into every ZeeVee unit, gives you an in-house information channel without requiring a separate signage player on every single display.
  • Advanced digital signage players added to ZeeVee technology expand the messaging abilities of what you can achieve across a single coaxial cable. Using the amazing feature set of digital signage, restaurants promote their daily specials, health care facilities provide news and information, schools post announcements, and the list goes on.
  • Enriched display image that updates content in real time 

  • In-house channels for announcements specific to your facility’s needs 
  • Security and safety are enhanced with discreet DVR camera channels 

There are many more benefits and things to learn about this great product! Call us today to find out more! 

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Extreme Makeover: Wiring Edition

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Are the wires from your equipment out of control? Have you lost track of what goes to what? Let us show you the difference organized wiring can make both in your equipment’s performance and usability.

Take a look at our most recent wiring makeover project:

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Believe it or not, we took all these wires, sorted them, organized them, and concealed them.

Not surprisingly, many other issues the equipment was having disappeared. We assessed the other challenges and upgraded only what we had to leaving the customer satisfied with his investment for the first time ever. And to think, we were the third company on the job, yet the first to understand the importance of organized wiring.  

Stay tuned for the big reveal of our extreme system makeover and see what it looks like now and what exactly we did!

 

Set Sail & Vacation with Intelligence!

Your Vacation should be Smart too!

 

Home automation has become all the rage these days and if you have experienced it yourself then you will most likely agree that is has become a convenience you just don't want to live without! Well great news! Now when you vacation or even when you take the boat out, you don't have to be without the automation luxuries you have grown so accustomed to!

 

AUTOMATION IN YOUR VACATION HOME:

What?: It would be easier to tell you what you cant have because the possibilities are truely endless. 

  • Security systems 
  • Audio & Video
  • Home Theaters
  • Media Rooms
  • Outdoor Automation
  • Lighting control
  • Shade Control
  • Temperature Control
  • Music in Every Room
  • Entry Systems
  • Energy Management
  • Scenes & More!

Imagine being an hour away from your vacation home and being able to get everything ready for your arrival with the touch of a few buttons! Turn on the spa, heat up the pool, turn on the lights, raise up the shades, set the perfect tempature, start your favorite music and be vacation ready as soon as you walk through the door! Check it out for your self... VIDEO HERE

 

BOAT AUTOMATION:

Boat Automation has several options as well and of coarse as the size of the boat increases so do the options. A Control4 System can be used to manage different things throughout the vessel, access navagation equipment, make service requests for staff, Incorporate state of the art secuirty systems and several other options such as:

  • • Remotely controlling lights and heating or air conditioning to turn on shortly before arrival, ensuring everything on the vessel is set to preference yet reducing energy consumption
    • Automating exterior running lights to allow the crew to move around safely
    • Adjusting the thermostat to ensure appropriate interior cabin temperatures
    • Providing GPS and navigation data through the television or touch screens so owners and onboard guests know the current location of the vessel and anticipated arrival
    • Triggering lights to automatically turn on, off or dim, based on detected light levels or specific times of the day
    • Opening and closing blinds, according to when the sun sets or the skies become cloudy to allow for optimum levels of natural light
    • Centralizing audio and video collections from multiple sources and allowing selection of music or movies by cover art from a single library from any room on the vessel
  • • Outdoor TVs that can withstand the elements of the ocean or water as well as weather, and even theaters and media rooms!         Check it out: VIDEO HERE

 

CALL iSS Today and start living the Smart life even when you are away from home! 

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Sports Bars

Make your Sports Bar the MVP!

 

 INDOORS:

Commercial control can provide high tech savings and convenience! From a massive bar in Las Vegas to a sports bar in the center of San Jose, every business needs a “control freak.” After all, there are raw materials, your budget, and a planet to save. We, with the help of Control4 and others, can answer every question you have around commercial control, whether you’re looking for a robust system to support an expansive building or just a room within it.

On top of automating lights, shades, music, video, HVAC, security and energy, Control4 also gives you the ability to control it all from a secure, back-end system. Better still, it’s not just affordable—it’s intelligent. You can also access everything from any device thanks to SAVI controls! Because our commercial solutions can easily integrate with your existing business networks and enable communication between devices from most manufacturers, we ensure that you experience bottom-line benefits sooner rather than later. Even the most sophisticated commercial automation solutions are easy and affordable. Practical Control4 products make it easy to build on when you’re ready. Start with an intelligent lighting control solution and add more features when you’re ready—smoothly and economically.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

 Managing numerous TVs on different channels in a sports bar can become very complicated. Control4 makes it easy for you and your team to control the AV system, LIghts, Music, etc. Play HD video from a variety of sources on multiple TVs, and control them all from one simple interface. Automate lighting and climate control systems to save energy. Turn on the building in one touch and make “Closing” time easy by powering down everything with one button.

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We offer a premier experience of all-weather digital signage displays, touch screen monitors and outdoor HDTV by SunBriteDS - the leader in outdoor television, as well as SEURA and others! Designed for permanent placement outdoors, and capable of enduring harsh climate conditions, outdoor signage displays, all-weather HDTV & video screens and outdoor signage solutions - provide an optimum viewing experience for any outside commercial venue. SunBriteDS now offers all-weather menu boards for QSR quick-serve restaurants. The weatherproof features include direct-sun tolerant, bright screens, anti-reflective glass, multi-fan airflow systems, along with a best-in-class rugged exterior engineered for demanding commercial-grade applications. If you have a great outdoor patio be sure to keep the entertainment going! 

We can also provide you with top of the line secuirty options for your sports bar as well as help you keep things neat and tidy with our rack enclosure options! Some bars even put their racks on display ;-) Call us today to learn more & make your Sports bar the MVP this year!

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The Reveal!

A while back we showed you a project we were working on.  It is a perfect illustration that shows just because you purchased quality equipment, does not mean you get a quality system.  The most important decision you make in any project is choosing the professional subcontractor that will give you the greatest level of service before, during and after the sale.  That is what we at iSS strive to do everyday. 

In this particular case, the client had paid a large sum of money for good audio gear.  Naturally they assumed they would receive a professionally installed system that ran just as it was sold to them and give them years of enjoyment.  Unfortunately, this was not the case.  Instead they received a very poor level of service, a rats nest of wire and a system that never performed as it should.   

This project came to us through a referral from a long term client.  Initially we were only going to upgrade their system to a Sonos whole house system, but upon inspection of the wiring disaster, we advised that it would be in their best interest to clean up ALL the wiring and clearly lable all wires so that future service of the system will be efficient and POSSIBLE. 

Needless to say, once we cleaned up the wiring and turned over a very functional system to the client, we made another lifelong relationship.  We are continually trying to ensure that every project we walk away from, the client will have zero hesitation to call us back to perform another service for them.  That was exactly what happened in this case.

If you have a system that could use a little TLC, then we are exactly the company you need.  Call us for a free consultation.

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Time to Rack It Up!

Lets Learn about Rack Enclosures & Why you need them!

 

There are many reasons that people use rack enclosures now a days to help tidy up their automated world. While TVs continue to get thinner and more beautiful and soundbars are making surround sound more discreet, the components we connect to them, such as our Blu-ray players, cable boxes, game consoles etc...have largely remained dull black or silver boxes. And there are still all those ugly wires to manage! So now we have these neat and tidy solutions to all these issues, and putting them on display can have lots of great advantages as well! Lets learn more..

What is a Rack?

Racks are frame structures designed for mounting standard 19" rack-mount equipment-servers, routers, UPS systems, switches, audio/video-regardless of vendor. They provide rack equipment organization, security and cable management while enabling airflow. There are two basic types: rack enclosures (also called rack cabinets) and open-frame racks.

Where are Racks used?

  • Server rooms and data centers
  • Audio/video installations
  • Closets housing telecommunications equipment
  • Industrial environments such as a factory floor

 

Types of racks:

What size rack do you need?

 

The height of a rack, and the height of equipment in it, is expressed in "rack units" (a rack unit is 1.75 inches, or 44.45mm). The actual height of a 42U rack is therefore 42 x 1.75 = 73.5 inches. A 2U server would occupy two of the available 42 rack units.

Be sure to make an accurate assessment of the amount of rack space you currently need, and allow for future growth.

Rack Depth

Determine the maximum rack depth required to mount your equipment in a floor-standing or wall-mount rack enclosure cabinet.

Floor-Standing Rack Depth Designations
Rack Depth (in.) Ideal for...
Shallow 27 A/V equipment, limited space
Mid-depth 31 Limited space
Standard 37 Servers
Deep 42 Extra cables, improved airflow
Wall-Mount Rack Depth Designations
Rack Depth (in.) Ideal for...
Patch-depth < 16 Patch panels
Switch-depth 16 - 23.99 Switches
UPS-depth 24 - 31.99 UPS systems
Server-depth > 32 Servers

 

More info on our Rack & Roll Blog last year! Check it out: http://isstenn.com/blog/item/are-you-read-to-rack-and-roll 

CALL 865-690-0154 to get yours or to learn more!

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