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January 11, 2012
Monster Announces New Power Control App for use With New Family of PowerCenters
Monster Digital, a specialist in power conditioning and surge protection products, states that it is once again changing the game in advanced power management, offering consumers exciting new ways to save energy and money with what it describes as its breakthrough new Monster Power® Control App, designed to work with the company’s new PRT family of PowerCenters, including the PRT 100M (SRP: $59.95), PRT 100MC (SRP: $69.95) and PRT 300MC (SRP: $119.95). All three of these new PowerCenters work in conjunction with Monster’s Gateway GTW 100 ($59.95), enabling the wireless Power Control App. The all-in-one Monster PRT 300 MC Kit (SRP: $149.95) features both the PRT300MC and the GTW 100. Monster’s new Monster Power Control App offers users of today’s most popular smartphones an elegant and useful wireless communication control solution.
Monster states that its new Power App takes the concept of on-the-go power monitoring to a new level, allowing users to manage the power consumption and settings of their home appliances from their Smartphone anywhere, anytime. Created by People Power, an innovative open source management cloud services and application provider, the Monster Power App provides useful information in a format that’s easy for users to read, and allows users to track valuable power usage dollars by device over time. Another key App feature is the ability to schedule control of all connected devices. TVs, set top boxes and other home entertainment components are especially prone to "vampire" energy drains in which they consume power 24 hours a day while in the standby mode or even switched off. With the Monster App, users can schedule their home entertainment center to turn off every night, then on again in the morning, off while they are at work, then on for when ythey get home – ultimately cutting vampire energy drains by as much as 50%.
The Head Monster, Noel Lee noted, "Everybody is looking for ways to save energy these days. Unfortunately, it can be very difficult to save when you can’t even get a clear picture of how much energy the devices in your home are using at any given time. With our new Monster Power Control App and Network Communication Gateway, we’re giving owners of any Monster PowerCenter the opportunity to control virtually any electronic device in their home, from lights and thermostat to audio and video systems, security - even lawn sprinklers. You could even use it to turn on your hot tub while you’re driving home from work on a cold night!"
When used with the new Monster App, each new Monster PRT PowerCenter™ allows consumers to select the energy-saving solution that’s ideal for their home and lifestyle. For example, the PRT 100M and the PowerProtect™ 100MC each provide users with a single heavy duty outlet that has 540 joules of fire proof protection with a $200,000 connected equipment warranty. Users may plug any Monster PowerCenter into the PRT 100M and monitor all the energy from their home theater. The PRT 300MC provides even more energy management potential, with three heavy duty outlets, 1080 joules of fire proof protection and a warranty of $300,000 connected equipment, it allows users to monitor three appliance or home theater components at the same time and turn on or off one of the outlets whenever necessary. Monster’s PRT 300MC Kit (SRP: $149.95) includes a Gateway that plugs into a home’s router, plus a durable FCC-approved case for rugged use. This allows consumers to add more PowerCenters that can all be accessed using the elegant Monster PowerControl user interface.
More news and information regarding the latest developments in Smart Grid electronics can be found at Darnell’s SmartGridElectronics.Net.
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