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The top 10 home technology products

The most savvy homeowners always have the
best features and technology in their home.  Visit them and you'll find
TV screens that take up an entire wall, stereo systems that could service a
small concert, and one gadget to handle every single daily function of life. 
So the market for electronics is up, here's what the dow jones calls the top-10
Home Technology Products.  Many thanks to Amy Hoak of
Marketwatch.com for the top 10.

1.)A home theater or media room. A home theater is a room
dedicated solely to the viewing of movies and programs, designed with
aspects such as sound quality in mind. A media room is incorporated in a
home's living space and is more of a multipurpose room, where a homeowner
can watch television, read a book or play a game. Home theaters can run
anywhere from $15,000 to $150,000 and more depending on the components; one
package displayed at the show from Lifeware included a media center,
audio-video receiver, 200-disc DVD changer, 50-inch plasma television, six
speakers, automated lighting control, remote and software for $31,000. 
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2.)Home health-care products and installation. As the population
ages, there's more demand for health-care products that take advantage of
advances in technology. Patient-monitoring systems can allow a caregiver to
check up on an elderly loved one from afar. Biometric monitoring devices can
keep constant watch on a patient's vital signs.

3.)Media Center Edition (MCE) computers. This audio/visual computer
can help manage a home's various media sources, providing such features as
surround-sound processing, as well as access to Internet radio and the
one-touch recording of TV shows. A top-of-the-line Dell media center system
fetches at least $5,500. Hewlett-Packard's HP z565 Digital Media Center
starts at $3,000.

4.)Microdisplay-based televisions. High-definition televisions
are hot, including LCD (liquid crystal displays), DLP (digital light
processing), LCoS (liquid crystal on silicon) or LCD-based rear-projection
TVs. Depending on size and type, prices for these products run the gamut.

5.)Lighting and automation.
Homes can be set up with the ability to control lighting and other features
throughout the house from any room -- and any part of the world. Systems can
also create lighting schemes and automation that might, for example, turn
the lights down and close the curtains when a DVD is started, Hoshaw said.
Honeywell and Home Director are two companies that offer such systems.
Lifeware's deluxe system, which includes audio, lighting, HVAC and security
controls in addition to its media capabilities, is priced at $54,000.

6.)Security systems. New systems can protect a home while the
owner is away by taking a snapshot of light usage in the house over the past
two weeks, then mimicking the series while the owner is out of town. 
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7.)Media servers. Homeowners are increasingly loading all of
their media, including music and movie files, on one server, making files
accessible in a central location. Hewlett-Packard has developed its HP
MediaSmart Server, with the capability to handle 10 accounts on your home
network, although the product is not yet for sale.

8.)The iPod revolution.
Many people have the popular music player from Apple -- or a competing mp3
player -- but increasingly homes are adding docking systems that allow more
flexibility in using the device's media libraries.
The iLuv
4-CD Hi-Fi Audio System with iPod Docking Station - JWi will connect the
device to it's stereo and retails for $196.99 on WhatsShopping.com.

9.)Smart sound systems.
Multiroom, multisource sound systems allow a homeowner to control the sound
piping through rooms. Often with a touch of a key pad, a homeowner can
control what's playing in each zone, independent of the rest of the house.
Bose installed such whole-house systems in two of the showcase houses built
specifically for the builders show.

10.)Gaming rooms. They're not just your run-of-the-mill ping-pong
table in the basement anymore. Video-game spaces have become increasingly
common in a home, and are often set up around more traditional games, such
as a billiard table.

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