10 Must-Have Technology Trends for Today's Homes
by Utz Baldwin

Home theater, home healthcare, automated lighting,security systems and gaming rooms are five of the "must-have" technologies home builders should include in their homes, according to Utz Baldwin, President of the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA). 

Trends include:  

Home Theater/Media Systems - in a dedicated room with "smart" components and controls  

Home Healthcare Products and Installation - including patient monitoring systems, medication compliance tools (through the Web and TV)  and telemedicine tools to monitor vital signs and communicate with health care professionals   

MediaCenterEdition (MCE) Computers - including surround-sound processing, one-touch re recording of shows, Internet radio access, entertainment services, family movies and photos  

Microdisplay-Based Televisions - including liquid crystal display, digital light processing, liquid crystal on silicon and LCD-based rear-projection TVs  

Lighting and Automation - including universal powerline technology and wireless  

Security Systems - that record up to two weeks of activities  

Media Servers - to store thousands of hours of music that can be shared among devices  

iPod Revolution - including connectivity to distributed audio systems and competition among MP3 manufacturers  

Entertainment - including multi-zone and multi-room music systems with any source accessible from any room and multiple sources operating in multiple rooms simultaneously  

Gaming Rooms - for traditional play such as billiards, card games and pinball, along with ever-more-sophisticated electronic games and systems

For more information contact Dave Chic at dchic@cedia.org or (800) 669-5329.

 

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