X10.com®
Hooks up with Music.com to Offer Free Shot at Creating 21st Century Wired
Home in New Millennium Contest
10
contest winners to each receive X10.com’s leading-edge wireless
mini-color video camera kit
SEATTLE and MORRISON, NJ
- January 27, 2000 -X10.com (www.x10.com/pressroom46.htm)
and Music.com (www.music.com) are
providing serious music lovers a free taste of the Wired Home revolution
by teaming up to give away 10 XRay Vision™ kits, X10’s leading-edge
wireless video camera technology to view pictures and sound from any room
in the home via the Internet.
X10.com’s XRay Vision features the
XCam2™, a lightweight mini-color video camera with a built in
transmitter and external power supply. The XCam2 also includes a built in
microphone and can be mounted anywhere in the home or office. Anyone can
see what’s happening up to 100 feet away by simply plugging the wireless
receiver unit into the back of a TV or VCR.
Using the included USB converter and
free software from X10.com, XRay Vision customers are able to see the same
images remotely from any computer via the web. Imagine the benefits of
being able to keep an eye on a home or business from literally anywhere in
the world, or give distant relatives a seat at the holiday celebration.
Music.com is uniquely positioned to
become the premier online destination for music lovers of all persuasions.
From recognized artists to emerging bands and much more, Music.com offers
the largest selection of musical genres on the web. The site is a highly
interactive community and the premier homepage for people who enjoy,
perform, compose and produce music.
“The New Millennium
contest with X10.com is a great opportunity for our technology savvy
community to create a wireless home of the future,” said Jon Baum,
Music.com’s Director of Promotion. “Music lovers also want to make
life simpler and more enjoyable. “XRay Vision is the perfect way to
start building a wireless system for both fun and security.”
The New Millennium
contest begins January 26th and will run though February 16th. Anyone who
answers an X10 trivia question is eligible to receive one of the 10 Xray
Vision kits. Contest details are available at music.com.
“X10.com has joined forces with
enthusiast web communities like Music.com to get the right groups of
people excited about creating wireless systems in the home to not only see
what’s going on at the front door or in little Johnny’s room, but to
extend the reach of their PC’s,” said Alex Peder, president, X10.com.
“We want these groups to put our products to the test while at the same
time setting up state-of-the-art wireless home entertainment systems
controlled from the PC. X10.com also believes that once someone
experiences our products, the chances are good we’ll see them again to
expand or upgrade their newly christened Wired Home.”
About X10.com
Based in Seattle, X10.com is a
division of privately held X10 Ltd., the world leader in design and
manufacture of proprietary home control, entertainment and security
technology products for over 20 years. To date, X10 has shipped well over
one hundred million units of home control products worldwide. X10 has
received numerous consumer and industry awards. X10.com sells and promotes
X10 products direct to the consumer through its web site at www.x10.com/pressroom46.htm
Recently, Media Metrix has ranked X10 as a top one hundred e-commerce Web
site based on traffic and sales.
Contact: X10.com, Jeff Denenholz, PR Director,
206-241-3287, jeffdenenholz@x10.com
About Music.com
Music.com is a privately owned company
based in Morristown, NJ. Music.com owns and operates the web site located
at www.music.com and is uniquely positioned
to become the premier online destination for music lovers of all
persuasions. Music.com offers a variety of music-related features,
reviews, contests and interactive items for all of their visitors.
Contact: Music.com, Chris Bergen,
Artist and PR Manager, 973-540-9999, Cbergen@staff.music.com.