Considering that there are 26 million, this is only scratching the surface.”
“There were 30 new hubs announced last year and point solutions will only solve one part of smart homes’ puzzle,’ said Schuster and added, “Hive was installed in a quarter of a million homes in the UK. Finally ‘Ecosystems,’ such as the one offered by Loxone. Then there are ‘smart home hubs,’ which integrate several systems that other wise don’t talk to each other. The current most popular solutions for smart homes are three: ‘point solutions,’ such as Hive, which allows you to control your heating, using a mobile phone app. So there is still a big market out there.” The UK has been quick to take up smartphones, but the smart homes sector is lagging behind. “The USA and China are seeing the fastest growth of smart homes, followed by Germany and France.
He went on to explain that although some experts predict a plateau in growth once early adopters have kitted out their homes, this does not have to be the case. Talking about the road to ‘Smart Home Success,’ Philipp Schuster, Loxone MD, said: “Awareness, education and simplicity are the key to Smart Homes Success.” The Austrian manufacturer of green coloured mini server boxes, Loxone, urged the audience to shift their discussion with customers from talking about technology to instead highlighting solutions and benefits of smart technologies for the home. Kevin Tate, Lutron’s UK Residential Sales Manager, pointed out that Spira’s dimmer has a prominent position at the American History Museum alongside Thomas Eidson and Alexander Bell and shared with us this anecdote: “When Lutron first launched its dimmer switches, the Capri, it packaged it in boxes that looked like perfume packaging and the marketing tag line read ‘Dimmer to romance’.” Joel Spira, Lutron’s founder and inventor of the solid-state electronic dimmer, passed away this year leaving as his legacy the importance of focusing on the customer’s experience. But its light dimmer was indeed a revolution for the home market in the 1960s. When thinking of Lutron, one might think of reliable and somehow conservative design. We had a look at Lutron’s new switches, that feature the face plate and buttons made of the same material a stylish and customisable solution.
However, the application that most people though of, when thinking of 4 HD video sources on one screen, was sports – you could watch four games at once! The switcher is ideal for business applications requiring multiple sources in one or two screens, such as video conferencing, security control rooms or hospital monitoring. The 4-input (12 Source) dual-output picture-in-picture (PiP) multi-view 4K scaler can display up to four HD/SD video sources at once on a 4K screen. WyreStorm showcased many of the products that it launched successfully at the CEDIA Dallas event in October, including its SW-0402-MV-HDMI.
But the best part of the event was the technology training sessions. The business office address is The Forum Station Road, Theale, Reading, RG7 4RA, ENGLAND.CEDIA Tech Forum 2015, held at The British Library Conference Centre in London, provided a great opportunity to network and see the latest products from exhibitors’ stands. Loxone Uk Limited is an entity registered with the Companies House, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom.
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