Mounted flush into the wall, an Elan touchpanel provides this homeowner with access to and control of lighting, thermostats, and a whole-house music system.

Adding more speakers to a room can confuse the human brain, so manufacturers discuss the best way to acoustically treat a home theater for object-based surround sound.

Manufacturers debate how healthy or unhealthy it is for the market to have multiple competing object-based technologies on the market, from Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and Auro 3D.

CE Pro senior editor Bob Archer reviewed the Prestige 75F floorstanding speaker from Paradigm.

Some of the year's best video products include solutions from Digital Projection, Dish Network, and Optoma also make Bob Archer's list of 12 best products of the year.

CE Pro has asked manufacturers and product importers to recommend their favorite music and movie content to demonstrate soundbars.