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Comprehensive home media experiences will help differentiate builders' products from their competitors.
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When the market comes back, builders will find a different environment in terms of home technology.
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New video solutions that keep home media spaces current.
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Companies that supply home builders with entertainment and automation products are venturing with related service providers to create more robust offerings to builders.
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Both 3D and Blu-ray players are gaining fast traction in the consumer market.
Takes the light-emitting diode one step further.
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Sivage Homes, a small competitor to D.R. Horton in San Antonio, is carving out its own market of buyers there by offering what Horton can't, a level of home customization in its entry-level product.
Survey by leading customer electronics trade publications says Blu-ray is the first choice for home theaters.
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CEA and CEDIA Standards Committee creates a roadmap for home theater audio design.
Builders and integrators are discovering that presented properly wireless whole-house audio can be very profitable.
Demand for home theaters, media rooms, audio gear, systems control, and security is down—but not out.
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Don't get him wrong. Neal Manowitz, who as director of marketing for Sony Electronics' consumer systems and applications division runs the company's sales in the new-home market, certainly empathizes with builders as they struggle through this downturn. But his business continues to grow.
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Guys need their own space, too—whether that getaway spot is used for woodworking, macramé, late night fantasy football trades on the waiver wire, or having friends over to watch “Tommy Boy” for the 23rd time in surround sound.
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A builder in Bellvue, Wash., offers home automation as a part of a luxury condo project.
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IRVINE, CALIF. -- When Lennar began plans for Irvine, Calif.'s Central Park West, a mixed-use, pedestrian-focused, urban master planned village, one of the challenges the home builder faced was how to show the public the 82 different floor plans for the 1,380 units. And then Mollie Carmichael...
With its warm woods and decadent finishes, this upscale residence offers proof that a high-tech home needn't be sterile to get its groove on. The ideal home-automation system is so seamless that it's nearly invisible, and can happily coexist with any style of interior design, including one that...
As Super Bowl XLI approaches, you'll hear a lot about the new state-of-the-art features in big- screen, high-definition televisions. Consumer electronics manufacturers move a lot of units for the big game, and they advertise heavily. This of course affects the perceptions of new-home buyers who may...
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SOMETIMES, YOU JUST HAVE TO DECIDE THAT your company is different; one condo developer in Philadelphia offers a full home-technology package as standard.
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SOMETIMES, YOU JUST HAVE TO DECIDE THAT your company is different; one condo developer in Philadelphia offers a full home-technology package as standard.
MOVE-UP BUILDERS LOOKING TO ADD profits to their projects may find that the new IntelliControl Integrated Control Solutions (ICS) system from Niles Audio is the differentiator they've been waiting for.