Retrofit redux

It's never easy to choose electronic systems for your home--it all sounds way too cool. But as Barry Primmer learned after living in his first high-tech home, just because a system is cool doesn't mean it's right for your house. "We were determined to put in only the things we knew that we would use," says Barry. The new house was still being framed when AudioVisions joined the project. Now that their bedroom has a 123-inch screen, a video projector, seven speakers, three subwoofers, a high-definition TiVo receiver, and a DVD player, Barry and his wife, Sally, are watching much more than sports highlights and weather reports in the room. Everything is networked. Everything is simple. And this time, every single system that Barry put into his house gets plenty of use. See this slide show

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