Top Stories of December 2011

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Advertisement   Thursday · December 29, 2011 CE Pro Newsletter Top Stories of December 2011 News & Blogs   Products   Guides   Research   Forums   Events   White Papers   Webinars   Jobs   15 Top Products of 2011 Between product reviews, manufacturer visits and trade shows, CE Pro comes in contact with many products. Here are the best products Robert Archer saw in 2011. Best Racks of 2011 Our annual 'Show Us Your Racks' contest again shows us how CE pros impeccably install equipment and wiring. Steve Jobs: 2011 Person of the Year How a simple, low-cost platform fostered a population of music listeners and spawned the 'good-enough generation.' Review: 'Awesome' New HDMI/Audio Switcher for Control4 Built for Control4 home automation systems, HydraConnect has high-end HDMI switching features offered by the "other guys" but provides unique twist with audio and CEC control. Inside Richard Branson's Automated Caribbean Home Sir Richard Branson's home on Necker Island offered great views and electronics. 5 Reasons iPads Are Horrible Home Theater Remotes CE Pro 100 integrator DSI Entertainment Systems says iPads are too big, get moved too easily and are not durable enough to be the main remote for home theater. Best Celebrity Installs of 2011 Lutron and Crestron systems highlight New York Yankee shortstop's $20 million penthouse condo in Manhattan. WiSA to Set Standard for Wireless Audio Silicon Image is major backer of new WiSA (Wireless Speaker and Audio) spec, based on wireless surround technology from Summit Semiconductor; Polk, Klipsch, Pioneer, Sharp on board. iTunes Needs to Improve Quality of Music Downloads Storage is no longer an issue thanks to Apple iCloud, so it's time for iTunes to step up and deliver high-resolution audio files. 4 More People Who Altered the Integration Industry Pioneers at Control4, SnapAV and Sonos might have been CE Pro People of the Year in the past. Advertisement Downloads Selling the Virtues of Equipment Racks Equipment Racks: The Basics of Cooling Evolution of Multiroom Audio Systems

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