Contact with a modern home or apartment is via some sort of access control. This can be as basic as a doorbell or as sophisticated as an IP addressable video...

Who doesn't love a pair of Vivid Audio loud speakers?? Surrounds are lucky enough to have a pair of Vivid Audio G4 Giya loudspeakers here for another month a...

One of the key benefits of working with Surrounds, is that we can simplify the technology in your home. We can connect them together and put them under one s...

Custom built electronic systems encompassing multiple brands and types of electronic components are never going to be maintenance free, no matter how good th...

As is the case with most if not the majority of heavily publicised events or product, there are always devious or unscrupulous sorts looking to take advantag...

A smaller project in Bicton has recently come together with a well constructed and organised 19" rack designed for holding equipment securely with space for ...

Samsung has developed a new display panel called "The Frame" which attempts to emulate a framed image on your wall when it is not used traditionally for movi...

There are a number of exciting new technology advancements in the residential space, with the introduction of really smart phones about 10 years ago the usab...

Switching of lighting circuits within a home or space is a fundamental activity of modern day living. They attach to walls throughout our homes and are consi...

DALI or Digital Addressable Lighting Interface is one of the newer lighting control technologies that have been popular in the commercial lighting space and ...

We often find it curious when called out to perform a technology rescue, at the heart of an extensive cabling installation we typically discover the smallest...

This article while specific to C-Bus (by Schneider Electric) lighting control can be applied to most wired lighting control systems as they are generally qui...

You get that NBNco letter drop or email letting you know that you now have superfreakingfast internet speeds on your street just waiting for you to connect t...

Our clever technical crew has just completed a rack system installation north of the river. From the image you can see the building project is still concludi...

A huge range of products from washing machines to irrigation controllers now have jumped on the home control bandwagon and offer iPad control of their device...

A router or gateway is typically a hardware device that regulates traffic between different networks, in a home this device regulates traffic between the int...

Residential security alarm systems are often broken down to serve two main purposes, to protect property and/or alert the occupants of an unauthorised intrus...

We here at Surrounds get a lot of enquiries about cable hub sizes, locations and where in the house these sometimes industrial-looking boxes need to be place...

TIVO launched its exceptionally reliable digital HD receiver or set top box in 2008. With an exceptional EPG (Electronic Programming Guide) service and with ...

Private security activities within Western Australia are governed by the Security and Related Activities (Control) Act 1996 and the Security and Related Acti...