Survey of CE Pro 100 top home technology integrators reveals the most-specified brands in these home control and automation categories as part of our annual Brand Analysis.

The gap between the top two brands in this market, Lutron and Control4, has begun to widen. Check out the lighting control category of our 2016 Brand Analysis.

Control4 maintains its hold as the most frequently used brand in the Control and Automation category in the 2016 CE Pro 100 Brand Analysis survey. It's followed by Crestron, Savant, RTI and Elan.

CE Pro looks at the top whole-house audio and whole-house video manufacturers in this 2016 CE Pro 100 Brand Analysis. Control4, Crestron, Savant and Sonos take the lead in this brand new category.

Our favorite football-themed home theaters are outfitted with LED TVs, 1080p projectors and Crestron touchpanels, not to mention framed memorabilia of homeowners' favorite teams.

From the demise of VIA International to the launch of Amazon Echo, CE Pro highlights some of the most important home-tech happenings of 2015. (Julie Jacobson / CE Pro)