SEATTLE (4/19/06) – HP Digital Entertainment Center and Life|ware software provides integrators with a new time and cost efficient way to manage every aspect of home entertainment, automation and control. Because of the importance and synergy of these two companies' new products, Digital Delivery Group has announced the launch of its national "Open House" product tour, focused on designing and implementing network based entertainment systems utilizing HP DEC hardware and Exceptional Innovation's Life|Ware home control software. The first of these programs takes place on April 19th at Easy Access Distribution in Waltham, Massachusetts.

"The combination of HP's Digital Entertainment Center and Life|ware software represents a major breakthrough for the custom integration market." said DDG executive director David Kaplan. "Our Open House events will present this opportunity to thousands of custom installers and help them realize the benefits of these advanced, yet simple to program, systems."

"We believe the industry is moving towards easier methods of managing complex media and whole house control," stated Mark Friedman, President of DDG, "We fully intend that the Digital Delivery Group be the leading distributor and training resource for this paradigm shift in our industry.”

DDG Open House Schedule:

Easy Access Distribution - Waltham, MA	April 19 and 20
Custom Plus Distributing - Auburn, WA	April 26 and 27
WAVE Electronics - Houston, TX	May 2
Sound Product Marketing - Rochester, NY	May 10
MidStates Consumer Products - Indianapolis, IN	May 10
MidStates Consumer Products - Louisville, KY	May 24
Profit Line Marketing- Novato, CA	May 11
PCA Distributing - Orange, CA	May 16 and 17
Excel Distributing - Denver, CO	May 18 and 19
Custom Audio Video Distribution (CAVD) - Plainfield, NJ	May 23 and 24
Bay Distributing - Reading PA	June 6 and 7
Shifting Sands Stereo Distribution:
Ft. Myers, FL	June 19
Tampa, FL	June 20
Jacksonville, FL	June 21
Orlando, FL	June 22
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, FL	June 23
PAD (Progressive) - Novi, MI	June 14
Digital Stockroom - Cincinnati, OH	June 16
DDG Southeast – Atlanta, GA	June 22
Custom Distribution Limited - Kansas City, KS	June 29 and 30

About Digital Delivery Group (DDG)
Digital Delivery Group, a consortium of regional value added CE specialty distributors, is committed to being the leading source for sales and education of digital systems and convergence products. The members of DDG are specialists in networking products, whole house control, content storage and management, and new technology. More than just a buying group, DDG functions as a strategic resource for its vendor partners and its dealers. Digital Delivery Group’s members bring a unique level of capability to the task with many years of distributor, retail, factory and marketing experience among its members. For more information, visit www.digitaldeliverygroup.org or call David Kaplan at 509-995-1203.

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