Current MCIA Activities

MCIA TRAINING & EDUCATION COURSE MATERIAL NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
Click here to download the material.

MCIA RELEASES THE AUTOMATED VERIFICATION TOOL
MCIA has released the new Automated Verification Tool, which tests Windows Media Center installations by simulating customer use. Click here for more info.

NEW VERSION OF THE DIGITAL CABLE TUNER DIAGNOSTICS TOOL RELEASED
MCIA has released a new version of the Digital Cable Tuner Diagnostics Tool for its members. This application is designed to help integrators set up and diagnose issues with Windows Media Center® and CableCARD. Click here for more info.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MCIA INSTALLATION CASE STUDIES

In an effort to promote best practices around media center installations and highlight successful projects, MCIA is publishing case studies for installers interested in seeing media center utilized in real life applications. Click below to download each case study and watch each project video below. 

If you have an exciting media center project you'd like profiled, please email admin@mediacenterintegrator.org for more details.

Zoetica - Wellness Spa Installation - Zoetica, a Chicago-based wellness center and a retrofit project, fully devoted to sustainability and personalized customer experience. Using Microsoft Windows Media Center as the core of Zoetica's entertainment and automation system, solutions provider 3G Applied Technologies is providing a cutting-edge environment that will react to every client's presence and preferences automatically. Rick Simpson of 3G has led the still-evolving project since 2006. Click here to download the full case study.

The 2009 New American Home - A reflection of true Las Vegas lifestyle, the 2009 New American Home incorporates visionary architectural design, seamless integration of the interior of the home with the outdoors and state-of-the-art technology. Designed as a show home for a luxury housing development, the New American Home features Windows Media Center as the central hub for all integrated technologies. Through Toshiba HD displays, a 16-zone NuVo Technologies whole home audio system, Life|ware media servers and home control software, the New American Home's usage of Windows Media Center brings HDTV, movies, music and pictures together with home automation to deliver a solution that showcases a system on the forefront of connected home technology. Click here to download the full case study.

Van Dyke Residence - Nestled outside of downtown Orlando, Florida is a showcase home built by James M. Krantz Construction. The home, which incorporates some of the latest in environmentally-friendly products and construction techniques, possesses a fabulous multi-room entertainment and control infrastructure using a Windows Media Center ecosystem as its core. Click here to download the full case study.

 
Kreaden Residence - Winner of the 2008 Windows Media Center Ultimate Install Contest, this Sunnyvale, California based home included a whole home automation and entertainment solution with Windows Media Center at the helm. Installed by integration firm cyberManor, the home incorporates a single, consistent user interface locally accessible from all desktop computers, wall-mounted touch panels, LCD displays and tablet PCs and includes storage of all digital media in a centralized location. Click here to download the full case study.

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