
Infrastructure that Supports the Top Home Technology Trends
- 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
- Media Center Edition (MCE) Computers - including surround-sound processing, one-touch recording of TV 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
