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Introducing SAVANT a True Blend of Art and Technology (2/10/2006)

CEDIA US EXPO 2006

Introducing Savant Systems LLC, a dynamic company with a fresh and determined approach to the world of home automation systems. SAVANT was founded in 2005 by a core group of technology pioneers, bringing together hundreds of years of combined real-world experience in peripheral applications such as programmable systems, digital signal processing, telephony, switching systems, video processing, and home electronics integration. The SAVANT team is committed to redefining the home entertainment and control systems industry with a visionary solution that emphasizes reliability and a maintenance-friendly open platform.

The complete SAVANT product suite has been given the moniker "Rosie," and delivers a highly flexible open-architecture platform; intuitive user-interfaces, displays adorned with elegant digital artwork, and advanced 3D graphics to enhance the beauty of both the system and its surroundings. "Rosie" is a highly programmable control system, providing multi-room audio/video, digital media server and jukebox capabilities, security surveillance, home automation and control all within one integrated solution. "SAVANT has emerged in the CEDIA marketplace with a solution set that overcomes many of the challenges facing systems integrators and custom installers today," explained SAVANT president Jim Carroll. "Providing for an unprecedented level of flexibility and ease of programming, SAVANT products not only enable a more profitable business model for integrators right out of the gate, they also create a stream of opportunity to generate incremental revenues for future sales to their existing customer base," Carroll stated.

The SAVANT solution is an entirely new platform for home automation, with superior capabilities that completely redefine the business model for installers and systems integrators. By enhancing operational flexibility and labor resource utilization, installers and integrators will benefit from advanced digital audio and video signal processing, extremely flexible and scaleable A/V switching, redundancy, and open-architecture integrated applications. These extraordinary capabilities have been engineered into the SAVANT product platform, enabling the adaptation of the SAVANT system to virtually any future hardware upgrade. At the Heart of "Rosie" is a proprietary operating system called RacePoint OS-the first open, multi-layered graphically based operating system providing definitive control over system functions through intelligent user-friendly interfaces.

The SAVANT Solution includes:

* Main Controller/Preamplifier and Multi-Room A/V
* Controller Unit
* Touch Panels - Wired, Wireless and In-Wall
* Unique Single-Handed Remote Controls
* Home Theater and Multi-Zone Amplifiers
* Plasma TVs with Integrated Video Cameras
* Integrated Applications & Services - Including Personal Concierge

Main Controller / Preamplifier and Multi-Room A/V

* Seamless connectivity to thousands of models of A/V and control devices
* Multi-zone Video Processing, Scaling and Switching
* Surround Sound Processing and Switching
* Flexible, Scalable and Robust I/O's (input/outputs)
* Home Automation & Control Interface
* Digital Jukebox and Digital Media Server
* Security Surveillance
* Built-to-order Configuration Options
* Redundancy (high reliability)

Controller Unit

* Extensive mix of (control) Interface Ports
* Rich and Intuitive GUI / OSD (On-screen Display) Interface
* Paired with Unique RF Remote Controls and/or Touch Panels
* Front Panel Status Indicators

Amplifiers

* Home Theater Amp
* Multi-Zone Amp

Suite of Touch Panels

* In-Wall
* Wired
* Wireless

Single-Hand Remote Controls

* Unique
* Simplistic
* Graphically original On-Screen Display Interface

Plasma TVs with Embedded Video Camera

* Telephony Enabled
* Video Chatting
* Rich, Artistic On-Screen Display

SAVANT Integrated Applications and Services: (Applications and service capabilities accessed through any Single-Hand Remote, Touch Panel or Plasma)

Applications:

* Music / Video Downloading
* Movie Rentals
* Movie Tickets
* Video-on-Demand (VOD)
* Online Digital Printing
* Gaming
* Telephony including Video Chat
* Karaoke

Concierge:

* Live Video Chat with personal concierge assistant to accommodate with:
* Dinner Reservation
* Golf-tee Times
* Limo Rental
* Theatre Tickets
* Grocery Shopping
* Truly UnlimitedÉ

www.savantav.com