Beyond the pretty face, Crestron's new TSR-310 touchscreen remote boasts some of the best tweaks in the biz, like fast Wi-Fi wake-up, "flawless" voice control and optimized backlighting, says ADAPT's Troy Morgan.

At ISE 2018, the HDMI-CEC geniuses at Pulse-Eight showed new Amazon Alexa audio matrix, NFC-enabled TV remote control, and first shipping 18 Gbps HDBaseT extender that supports 4K/60, HDR10, HDCP 2.2 and DSC compression scheme.

iPort debuts at ISE 2018 its new $699 Luxeport iPad base station, wall station with PoE power capability.

Elan 8.2 software auto discovers devices on the network and offers new 2D/3D floorplan view of the home.

An 1GHz i.MX53 processor powers new XP-8v home-automation controller from RTI, built for commercial jobs and large-scale residential installations.

CE Pro's Julie Jacobson presents the Ultimate Preview of CES 2018 in 91 pages of Powerpoint slides, with products, trends, links and insights on home automation, A/V, IoT, energy, lighting, AI, security, networking and related smart-home categories.