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		<title>Reliable Home Security System</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting a monitored <a title="Monitored Home Security" href="http://www.ushomealarm.com" target="_blank">home security system</a> from nationally recognized company is very important. Monitoring fees charged by smaller companies are ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Getting a monitored <a title="Monitored Home Security" href="http://www.ushomealarm.com" target="_blank">home security system</a> from nationally recognized company is very important. Monitoring fees charged by smaller companies are as low as $8 per month but the main difference is the level of service and support. Larger companies often offer maintenance and service package in their monthly fee. This gives the homeowner a piece of mind that their system is always up an running. Additionally, larger companies usually have multiple monitoring centers across the country which allows them to respond much faster to alarm signals. In case of a break in, monitoring centers are notified within seconds and, depending on type of the alarm, authorities are dispatched much quicker. Another advantage of <a title="Home Security System" href="http://www.ushomealarm.com" target="_blank">home security system</a> monitored by large company is in house monitoring. While smaller companies tend to use outsourced monitoring centers, larger companies have their own in-house representatives. This significantly improves the level of service as calls are answered much quicker. Remember that when it comes to <a title="Home Security" href="http://www.ushomealarm.com" target="_blank">home security</a>, you want to make sure your home is monitored by reliable company. May dealers offer free equipment and installation.</p>
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		<title>Merry Christmas!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the year ends, we think about all we are grateful for. On behalf of everyone at AK Security Solutions I would like to thank ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As the year ends, we think about all we are grateful for. On behalf of everyone at AK Security Solutions I would like to thank you for your business this past year and look forward to working with you again in the new year. Merry Christmas!</p>
<p>Sincerely,<br />
Krys Wdowiak<br />
AK Security Solutions<br />
www.aksolutions.net</p>
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		<title>FreedomAlert vs Competitors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.freedomalertsystem.com/freedomalert-system/" target="_blank">FreedomAlert</a> and <a href="http://www.freedomalertsystem.com/guardian-alert-911/" target="_blank">GuardianAlert 911</a> are an excellent choice when it comes <a href="http://www.freedomalertsystem.com" target="_blank">Personal Emergency Response Systems</a> (PERS).
We did a little ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.freedomalertsystem.com/freedomalert-system/" target="_blank">FreedomAlert</a> and <a href="http://www.freedomalertsystem.com/guardian-alert-911/" target="_blank">GuardianAlert 911</a> are an excellent choice when it comes <a href="http://www.freedomalertsystem.com" target="_blank">Personal Emergency Response Systems</a> (PERS).</p>
<p>We did a little bit of research and compared both products with other systems. The main difference between is that both FreedomAlert and GuardianAlert 911 do not have any monthly monitoring fees. Although you have to pay for the equipment yourself, your system will always work and you don&#8217;t have to worry about paying monthly monitoring bills. Both systems cost less than just 1 year of service with another company. We combined activation fee, shipping and handling plus total annual cost of monitoring to compare. We only used the basic equipment setup without any additional accessories as our base price.</p>
<p><strong>Monthly Monitoring Cost:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Bay Alarm &#8211; $27.95</li>
<li>Alert One &#8211; $29.95</li>
<li>Life Alert &#8211; $29.95</li>
<li>Lifeline &#8211; $40 &#8211; 50</li>
<li>FreedomAlert &#8211; $0.00</li>
<li>GuardianAlert &#8211; $0.00</li>
</ul>
<div><strong>Upfront Fee</strong></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Bay Alarm &#8211; $0.00</li>
<li>Alert One &#8211; $0.00</li>
<li>Life Alert &#8211; $95 &#8211; $195</li>
<li>Lifeline &#8211; $71.95</li>
<li>FreedomAlert &#8211; $299.95</li>
<li>GuardianAlert &#8211; $199.95</li>
</ul>
<div><strong>Shipping</strong></div>
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<ul>
<li>Bay Alarm &#8211; $9.95</li>
<li>Alert One &#8211; $11.95</li>
<li>Life Alert &#8211; $0.00</li>
<li>Lifeline &#8211; $0.00</li>
<li>FreedomAlert &#8211; $0.00</li>
<li>GuardianAlert &#8211; $0.00</li>
</ul>
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<div><strong>Total Cost for 1 Year (Monthly Fee x 24 + Upfront Fee + Shipping)</strong></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Bay Alarm &#8211; $345.35</li>
<li>Alert One &#8211; $371.35</li>
<li>Life Alert &#8211; $454.40</li>
<li>Lifeline &#8211; $551.95</li>
<li><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>FreedomAlert &#8211; $299.95</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>GuardianAlert &#8211; $199.95</strong></span></li>
</ul>
<div><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Total Cost for 2 Years of Service</strong></span></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Bay Alarm &#8211; $680.75</li>
<li>Alert One &#8211; $730.75</li>
<li>Life Alert &#8211; $813.80</li>
<li>Lifeline &#8211; $1031.95</li>
<li><strong>FreedomAlert &#8211; $299.95</strong></li>
<li><strong>GuardianAlert &#8211; $199.95</strong></li>
</ul>
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<div>As you can see above, both FreedomAlert and GuardianAlert cost less in the first year than competitors. The cost of FreedomAlert and GuardianAlert does not increase.  While these systems cost between $199.95 &#8211; $299.95, the cost remains the same and the system pays for itself over time. Comparable systems cost between $1000 &#8211; $1500 over a period of 3 years.</div>
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<div>Another major difference is that both FreedomAlert and GuardianAlert911 over 2-Way voice communication so in case of emergency, you can always talk to someone and explain the nature of your emergency. You don&#8217;t have to be near the base station. They both have an excellent coverage and cover homes up to 5000 SQFT without any problem, while other systems work only up to 150 feet.</div>
<div>Bottom line is that both <a href="http://www.freedomalertsystem.com" target="_blank">FreedomAlert</a> and <a href="http://www.freedomalertsystem.com" target="_blank">GuardianAlert 911</a> offer excellent features. They are less expensive than other <a href="http://www.freedomalertsystem.com" target="_blank">Personal Emergency Response Systems </a>and offer 2-Way Voice communication.</div>
<div>You can learn more about these systems at www.freedomalertsystem.com.</div>
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		<title>Free 1 Year of Home Security</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free 1 Year of Home Security is Here.
‎$1 Million Dollars Giveaway is finally here.
Senior Citizens, U.S. Military Personnel and Veterans Only
We are happy to announce ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Free 1 Year of Home Security is Here.</p>
<p>‎$1 Million Dollars Giveaway is finally here.<br />
Senior Citizens, U.S. Military Personnel and Veterans Only</p>
<p>We are happy to announce that starting TODAY we will be giving away 1 FULL YEAR of Home Security Monitoring Service. We called this promotion $1 Million Giveaway because our goal is to giveaway $1,000,0000 worth of security monitoring by the end of 2012. Regular monthly price for Basic Monitored Home Security system is $35.99 per month which adds up to $431.88 for a full year of service.</p>
<p>AK Security Solutions will apply $432 payment to each eligible account.<br />
Rules are very simple:<br />
- This promotion is available only to Michigan Residents.<br />
- Only Seniors (65+), U.S. Military Personnel and Veterans are eligible.<br />
- Pay One time $99 installation fee<br />
- Free Equipment and Free Activation<br />
- Credit, in the amount of $432 will be posted on the account within 45 days of activation</p>
<p>This special offer is not available anywhere else. This is OUR way of giving back and we do this, because we care.</p>
<p>To take advantage of this offer and help us reach our goal, please call us at our Dedicated Toll-Free Phone number: 888-551-2617</p>
<p>Please reshare this post with all your friends and help us spread the word.</p>
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		<title>$1,000,000 Home Security Giveaway is here!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[$1 Million Dollars Giveaway is finally here.
This promotion is ONLY Available to MICHIGAN RESIDENTS
Senior Citizens, U.S. Military Personnel and Veterans Only
We are happy to announce ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>$1 Million Dollars Giveaway is finally here.<br />
This promotion is ONLY Available to MICHIGAN RESIDENTS<br />
Senior Citizens, U.S. Military Personnel and Veterans Only</p>
<p>We are happy to announce that starting TODAY we will be giving away 1 FULL YEAR of Home Security Monitoring Service. We called this promotion $1 Million Giveaway because our goal is to giveaway $1,000,0000 worth of security monitoring by the end of 2012. Regular monthly price for Basic Monitored Home Security system is $35.99 per month which adds up to $431.88 for a full year of service.</p>
<p>AK Security Solutions will apply $432 payment to each eligible account.<br />
Rules are very simple:<br />
- This promotion is available only to Michigan Residents.<br />
- Only Seniors (65+), U.S. Military Personnel and Veterans are eligible.<br />
- Pay One time $99 installation fee<br />
- Free Equipment and Free Activation<br />
- Credit, in the amount of $432 will be posted on the account within 45 days of activation</p>
<p>This special offer is not available anywhere else. This is OUR way of giving back and we do this, because we care.</p>
<p>To take advantage of this offer and help us reach our goal, please call us at our Dedicated Toll-Free Phone number: 888-551-2617</p>
<p>Please reshare this post with all your friends and help us spread the word.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/FreeAlarm" target="_blank">&#8220;Like&#8221; us on Facebook and stay updated.</a></p>
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		<title>$1 Million Dollars Giveaway!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are looking forward to helping our senior citizens protect their home and property. With the economy in a downturn and crime on an upswing ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are looking forward to helping our senior citizens protect their home and property. With the economy in a downturn and crime on an upswing we will be giving away the FIRST YEAR of Monitored home security system ABSOLUTELY FREE to senior citizens. This is our way of giving back. Rules will be very simple: Anyone 65 and older will be eligible to receive this offer. More information will be available shortly as we prepare for this amazing promotion scheduled to launch December 1st.</p>
<p>Follow us on Facebook to get latest information about this promotion <a href="http://www.facebook.com/FreeAlarm" target="_blank">Facebook.com/FreeAlarm</a></p>
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		<title>About DirecTV</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your TV experience doesn&#8217;t get any better than this.
You have a beautiful High-Def TV. But if you want to see what it can really do, ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Your TV experience doesn&#8217;t get any better than this.</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>You have a beautiful High-Def TV. But if you want to see what it can really do, you gotta hook it up to DIRECTV. DIRECTV delivers the highest-quality picture, with the most movies in 1080p HD,1 the same stunning format as Blu-ray™. DIRECTV has the most HD channels — now over 160 of your favorite channels in crystal-clear HD.2 And DIRECTV leads the 3D TV revolution as the first TV provider to launch dedicated HD 3D channels.3 Prepare to be mesmerized.</p>
<p><strong>Your favorite channels in crystal-clear HD.</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>DIRECTV is the unrivaled leader in HD, with over 160 of your favorite channels in crystal-clear HD right around the corner. Enjoy your favorite shows in amazing clarity and detail. Experience heart-pounding sports action like never before — DIRECTV offers more sports in HD than anyone.4 If you want to get the most out of your High-Def TV, you gotta hook it up to DIRECTV HD.</p>
<p><strong>FREE HD</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>The best in HD just got even better. DIRECTV HD is now FREE for as long as you&#8217;re a DIRECTV customer. Experience all your favorite movies, shows and sports in breathtaking HD at no extra charge.</p>
<p><strong>The highest-quality picture.</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>Enjoy a theater-quality movie experience in the comfort of your home. With DIRECTV, you have access to the most movies in1080p HD, the same breathtaking picture format as Blu-ray™.In fact, we have double the movies in 1080p than DISHNetwork at any give time. If you haven&#8217;t experienced moviesin 1080p HD, you haven&#8217;t seen anything yet.</p>
<p><strong>Welcome to the future</strong>.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ve experienced it at the theaters. Now the HD 3D experience comes to your living room. DIRECTV is the first TV provider to launch dedicated HD 3D channels with movies, shows and sports, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup on ESPN 3D. Get ready to be blown away!</p>
<p><strong>It&#8217;s not just about the picture.</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>Your home theater experience isn&#8217;t complete without theater-quality sound. With DIRECTV, you can enjoy state-of-the-art Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound5 to match the stunning brilliance of the High-Def picture. Immerse yourself.</p>
<p><strong>Call us Today and Save up to $70 every month off your cable bill!</strong></p>
<p><strong>800-531-2995</strong></p>
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		<title>Dish Network TV Everywhere</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dish Network]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[DISH Network, a Fortune 200 company,  is the leader in technology and HD programming and currently serves more than 14.1 million customers. DISH Network is ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-283" title="TV Everywhere" src="http://www.aksolutions.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/slide-11-300x155.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="155" />DISH Network, a Fortune 200 company,  is the leader in technology and HD programming and currently serves more than 14.1 million customers. DISH Network is known as the value leader among all television providers and is known fo keeping costs low internally in order to pass savings on to subscribers. Their motto is to &#8220;spend money like it&#8217;s your own&#8221; so DISH Network chooses to make very careful investments. The company negotiates fair contracts with programmers to ensure the best quality programming for customers at the greatest value. The company is the first in Customer Satisfaction among all cable and satellite providers according to the 2010 American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) survey results for the country&#8217;s largest cable and satellite TV providers.</p>
<p>DISH Network&#8217;s goal is to be the best at delivering video, anytime, anywhere.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Take a look at this quick promotional video for DISH Network.<br />
<object style="height: 390px; width: 640px;" width="640" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8qsDhbSz3pg?version=3" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8qsDhbSz3pg?version=3" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object></p>
<p>Give us a call today if you are interested in getting DISH Network TV Everywhere system.</p>
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		<title>Home Alarm Systems</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 02:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many dangers that lurk about our neighborhood. Especially when the home owner is gone for work or vacation, that is when robbers choose ...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-caption-text">Burglary happens every 2.3 seconds</p>
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<p>There are many dangers that lurk about our neighborhood. Especially when the home owner is gone for work or vacation, that is when robbers choose to break in to our homes.</p>
<p>Thanks to todays technology we are able to detect and prevent such things even when we are not there. There are couple types of home security systems from monitored ones, when we have to pay monthly monitoring fee and self monitored systems which do not cost anything per month.</p>
<p>There are many companies nationwide offering monitored home and business alarms and AK Security Solutions offers both monitored and self monitored systems.</p>
<p>Monitored system from AK Security Solutions is monitored by the leader in home and business security. When the alarm is triggered, monitoring center is notified and dispatcher tries to contact the home owner. If the owner cannot be contacted or person answering the phone can&#8217;t verify the password set on the account, monitoring center notifies the local police department or contracted security company regarding the alarm.</p>
<p>Self monitored alarm systems work in a similar way, the only difference is that once the alarm goes off, the system will notify the home owner directly about the problem. Then it is up to the owner to notify the police. The main difference is that monitored alarm system offers 24 hour uninterrupted service so the call is always answered. With self monitored system there is no guarantee that you will always be able to answer your phone.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ushomealarm.com" target="_blank">Monitored Alarm system</a> can be ordered from AK Security Solutions. For more information please call our Toll Free nmber at 800-868-0134 or visit our alarm website at <a href="http://www.ushomealarm.com" target="_blank">www.ushomealarm.com</a></p>
<p>Burglary happens every 2.3 seconds in the United States. The average loss is around $2500 and 32% of burglars enter through the front door.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t become another statistic, protect your family and your home for about $1 per day.</p>
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		<title>Matrix &#8211; Any Source on Any TV at Any Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are surrounded with technology. Most households have multiple TVs located in living rooms, bedrooms, family rooms, even bathrooms. I&#8217;m fascinated with technology especially home automation. The ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are surrounded with technology. Most households have multiple TVs located in living rooms, bedrooms, family rooms, even bathrooms. I&#8217;m fascinated with technology especially home automation. The biggest problem most people face is the amount of audio/video components they have hooked up to their TVs. It is common to have multiple satellite or cable boxes so every TV can show different programming and kids can watch Nickelodeon  in the living room while you are watching CNN in the kitchen while preparing dinner. Separate cable or satellite boxes not only let us watch whatever we want but also allow us to receive HD programming on our HD TVs connected with HDMI cables.</p>
<p>The challenge starts when you add more components to your TVs in the house. You get XBox for your Basement TV, PlayStation 3 for your Living room, Blu-Ray player for the basement and one of the bedrooms, not to mention the brand new Apple TV box you just purchased. The physical connection of the components is relatively easy to do with one wire HDMI hookup. The real problem is when you decide to play PS3 in the Bedroom and would also like to view Apple TV in the kitchen.</p>
<p>There is just too much work involved to move all the components around and makes it very inconvenient. How about a system that would allow you to view any of your HD ready components on any of you flat screen TVs at any time? In other words wouldn&#8217;t it be cool to start playing Call of Duty or any other game on your PlayStation 3 in the living room, continue playing in the bedroom and then finish playing in the kitchen?  How about watching the same BluRay movie on couple TVs in the house at the same time? Or streaming the video from your last trip you took with the family to your basement TV and your Living Room TV at the same time?</p>
<p>The solution? Matrix Switcher.</p>
<p>Matrix switcher is a device that routes multiple audio/video sources to multiple outputs at any time. Matrix switchers with HD 1080p capability are not the cheapest devices on the market. With prices in the upper $1500 for a 4 in and 4 out system many people simply pass on the idea.</p>
<p>I recently completed a job for my customer and installed 2 flat screen TVs. One in the kitchen and one in the bedroom. There are total of 4 TVs in the house and all the components are wired into a central location in the closet. I mounted the TVs on the wall and ran 50FT HDMI cables throuh the attic. All the components located in the room included 4 cable boxes, PS3 and  Apple TV.</p>
<p>I was asked by my customer to see if there was a way to design a system that would allow him to view any source on any TV at any time. The first thing that came to my mind was the matrix switcher as the only way to make the system work and make it easy for the customer at the same time. The problem was the price and the amount of labor involved in rewiring the house with CAT5 cables, HDMI baluns and other components.</p>
<p>After researching other alternative products, I came across 4:2 HDMI Matrix switchers for relatively small price compared to $2000 units. The units were under $150 each and provided the same functionality as the 8:8 switchers. The difference was that the expensive 8:8 units were made for whole house distribution using CAT5 which offers greater distances and combined with HDMI baluns and IR repeaters the system was a true plug-n-play out of the box unit that was user friendly after the installation.</p>
<p>To meet the requirement of the project I designed a system that included 2 4&#215;2 HDMI Matrix switchers, 2 1&#215;2 HDMI Splitters and a dozen of HDMI cables of various lengths.  The total hardware cost was much lower and offered the same basic idea: any source, on any TV at any time.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aksolutions.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/MATRIX.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-177" title="HDMI Matrix - 6 Sources/4 TVs" src="http://www.aksolutions.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/MATRIX-300x286.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="286" /></a> Look at the diagram on the left to see how all the components are connected together. Another difference between this custom made system and the actual full size matrix switcher is that the picture from 2 cable boxes will be shared on 2 out of 4 TVs so TV in the living room will not be able to output the picture of box number 1. This was done only because there was no real need in sharing the cable picture on all 4 TVs as each box will have the same programming.</p>
<p>This kind of setup allows any TV to share cable picture, PlayStation3 picture and Apple TV picture on any TV in the house via single HDMI cable. Since the 1:2 switches constantly send signal to the switchers, the only thing that has to be controlled is the 4:2 matrix. The operation should be relatively easy especially with programmable RF remote such as Logitech 890 or similar.</p>
<p>The job is not scheduled to be installed until end of this week or beginning of next week as I&#8217;m waiting for all the components to come in but as soon as everything is successfully installed, I&#8217;ll update you with additional information, before/after pictures and notes.</p>
<p>The bottom line is that this kind of system is much cheaper compared to full blown Matrix switchers and is also better than buying 4 PS3 consoles and 4 Apple TV boxes.</p>
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