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"Electronics\n\"What are people asking for these days in terms of home electronics?\" we asked the designers and architects of the AD 100. Here is what some of them had to say.\n[Clients are asking for] more televisions than ever, and of course they are flat screens. Fewer screening rooms because family rooms are more conducive to regular viewing and have all the amenities.\n\n\u2014 Stephen Shadley\n\nBig, bigger and biggest TV/video options...people are now routinely asking for 60\" TVs in bedrooms and kitchens.\n\n\u2014 Timothy Corrigan\n\nWe have had a lot of requests for flat-screen televisions, which are concealed as mirrors when not turned on, particularly in bathrooms. It is a very cunning approach to concealing a typical screen.\n\n\u2014 Geoffrey Bradfield\nThey want completely integrated \"smart homes,\" especially from Crestron systems. At the touch of a button, you can have your bath drawn in Bedford while driving up from the city or you can remotely check the temperature of your wine cellar.\n\n\u2014 Robert Couturier\n\nWhat people seem to be striving for (although very expensive right now) is whole home integration. Media, computer, lighting, etc, all integrated into one large, but manageable, system.\n\n\u2014 Roderick N. Shade\n\nPeople are looking the latest in controls \u2014 universal remotes...remotes that handle electric shades and room lights as well as the AV equipment.\n\n\u2014 John Barman\nHome theatres, whether it be a separate room or combined with a study or a living room.\n\n\u2014 Sandra Nunnerley\n[Clients want something] simple, easy to use. Even the Type A macho Wall Street guy who wanted tons of equipment 10 years ago is simplifying. More small systems \u2014 such as iPods with speakers \u2014 throughout the house or apartment. Flat screen BIG televisions with great sound, even if speakers are added. If space allows, screening rooms with projection equipment or large flat screens are still popular, especially for the West coast client here and in L.A. [For the] computer: wireless, of course, everywhere \u2014 outside, bathroom, every room.\n\n\u2014 Thad Hayes\nMy clients (and, I think, many people) want big flat screens for TV, and sound systems in all rooms and dimmers on all lighting (my favorite). My design problem is concealing the screens (with screens, paintings, armoires or custom cabinet work). The speakers can now go under the wall or ceilings, concealed through a thin skim coat of plaster...heard and not seen.\n\n\u2014 Diane Burn\n\nWe're still getting requests for great audio/visual sound systems. Many of our younger clients are interested in installing home theater systems. All of our clients are moving toward plasma screen televisions.\n\n\u2014 Cecil Hayes\nFlat screens everywhere, connected to concealed, very high grade speakers, all controlled by a master household remote or a smart system that integrates all systems \u2014 HVAC, window coverings, security, etc.\n\n\u2014 Roger Thomas\nHome electronics runs the gamut, from clients who want a familiar pattern and simple switches to throw...to clients [with] ID cards so that the house reacts to their personal needs as they walk through it. Most are somewhere in the middle \u2014 programmable lighting, a movie theater (if there's space), and great sound throughout.\n\n\u2014 Wallace E. Cunningham"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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