Home of the Year Gold Winner for Smart Home over $150,000. Multiscreen sports viewing, snow melting system and 96 window shades prep 8,000-square-foot mountain home for family retreats with a touch of a button.

This unique solution to hiding the hardware of motorized, automated window shades makes this smart home worthy of Lutron’s Excellence Award for Best Shading Installation.

‘My prayer is there comes a buyer out of this,’ says Kaleidescape CEO Cheena Srinivasan, as iconic maker of home automation-friendly movie players runs out of money.

While the CEDIA spotlight has officially begun, we haven't forgotten about everything else happening in the industry. This week, Valens responds to reader questions, AudioControl finds new partners in loudspeaker brands and Savant and Apple release a

CE pros can package smart door locks, intercom, surveillance cameras and intrusion systems together as a solid 'home invasion' package for customers.

While 3D video may have fizzled out, 3D audio could be one of the most important developments in entertainment technology in the last few years.