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According to a study from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), 82 percent of multiroom audio video (MRAV) system owners would recommend their system to others.
“Trends in Multi-room Audio Video Usage” also finds 85 percent of homeowners who have a MRAV system would want to install a system if they bought a new home.
Fifty-five percent of MRAV system owners use their system daily with entertainment the most common usage, according to the study.
Here are the main reasons for owning a MRAV system:
- Enhancing the home entertainment experience (63 percent)
- Listening enjoyment (61 percent)
- Entertaining family and friends (48 percent)
“The MRAV market has blossomed as consumers demand access to content anytime and anywhere,” says Steve Koenig, CEA, director of industry analysis. “As the desire for multiroom solutions continues to grow, manufacturers must focus on a variety of solutions, including aftermarket products, to address the vast market of existing home owners who demand multi-room audio.”
Sixty-three percent of MRAV systems were installed after the home was built, the CEA says.
I don’t listen to enough music to merit a multi-room audio system, but when multi-room video servers become more affordable and DMCA issues are resolved, I’ll be MUCH more interested.
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there are the full-blown pretty systems that can cost 10’s of $1000.00 & are professionally installed, w/ touch screens, automated HVAC & lighting which i think are very cool-i would if i could, but for others of us-like myself, i have ripped all of my CDs & about 60(so far) of my favorite DVDs onto FW HDDs attached to a 17” Intel iMac CD from 2006(bought used about 14 months ago, also connected to my 42” HDTV & 5.1 sound system) that acts as my iTunes media server/center to play back music & video to a couple of other Macs & an Apple Airport Express(g) through my domicile over my Airport Extreme(n) Wi-Fi network. i can watch video from my iTunes library via my MacBook into my Bedroom TV or listen to to music via my iPod dock/clock radio’s aux. input or the Airport Express connected to a 2.1 computer speaker system on the 2nd floor and i can control iTunes w/ my iPod Touch. it’s not as pretty as the “pro install”—i don’t have any touch screens, other than my iPod, i can’t hit a button & dim the the lights/close the drapes to watch a movie, i don’t have any HD options for video except iTunes rental, i rent SD & granted this isn’t a cheap option—got all of my computers except the iMac & its drives for work, but it cost me way less than $10,000.00, i didn’t have to tear up the walls in my 85 year-old house to run cables & i can/do use my computers for work as well.
for Apple/Mac users, the new Mac Mini w/ an Apple TV(eBay) & an Airport Express or 2 or some other combination-even incorporating an older Mini as a client—under $275.00 on eBay or if you can, use what you have, along w/ centralized ext. storage for media could allow even more of us “ordinary folk” to have multi-room AV systems.