With CEDIA Expo 2009 now in the rear-view mirror, the custom electronics community—both the installers and tech-hungry homeowners—can look toward the coming months with some optimism.
Many economists are saying sales this holiday shopping season will be more robust than in 2008. But not everyone goes to Walmart and Best Buy for their electronics fixes and projects.
So we’ve rounded up six products that consumers will be excited to bring into their home theater installations, from projectors to receivers to loudspeakers.
View 6 Products to Watch for in October.

Amazon is slashing 37 percent off the cost of Onkyo’s 3D-enabled AVR.
homeowners use the half wall in their great room as a room divider and as a place for video displays
Sayonara, set-top box? Or will it just take an energy-saving nap?
It’s hard to imagine life without remote controls, but it’s been a long, strange path to the modern incarnation we know and love today.