Residential Systems
Sunday, June 01, 2003
Working the Net
Kurt Scherf, VP of research at Parks Associates in Dallas, Texas, noted that from a very broad technical vantage point, networking is a two-way communication between at least two devices. From an application level, however, "it's primarily PC networking, but there are other devices that can be a part of data networks," he said. "The other angle is multimedia networking, and that primarily focuses on devices that store data and - ...read more
Tuesday, April 01, 2003
Now more than ever
On a similar note, it was refreshing to see an article in the New York Times last month extolling the virtues of the networked home and quoting several representatives of CEDIA.
.... This time, not only were CEDIA principals, Jeff Hoover and Ray Lepper, quoted in the Times article, but also cited were Parks Associates, Integrated Media Systems in Virginia and control technology manufacturer, Smart Systems. Kudos to all these folks for leading by example.
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Thursday, August 01, 2002
Adoption of Connected Home Relies on Networked Products
Networked entertainment services and products could provide the impetus sought by service providers and consumer electronics manufacturers for the mass-market adoption of digital "connected home" solutions, according to Parks Associates' forthcoming report Digital Entertainment in the Internet Home. This immense market potential derives from the fundamental appeal of entertainment content and applications, combined with the enhanced functionality of networking technologies. Early - ...read more
Monday, July 01, 2002
Growth Expected for Residential Installation Biz
Nearly 83 percent of the 274 installing dealers surveyed in Parks Associates' Installing Dealer ePanel believe that sales volume in 2002 will improve significantly over 2001. This renewed optimism should be encouraging to manufacturers, who have weathered a difficult year and are wary of vague projections of an economic turnaround. [Read more in the Parks Associates press release "Installing Dealers Expecting Robust Growth for Residential Sales in 2002."]
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Friday, March 01, 2002
A/V Content Will Drive Home Networking
The E-Home 2001 study conducted by Parks Associates has found that audio/video content will drive home networking growth, as a significant number of U.S. Internet households are interested in emerging home networking products/services related to home entertainment.
Consumers' inclinations for flexible entertainment solutions should provide a solid boost for the home networking market, specifically technologies that enable the storage and distribution of digital content, - ...read more
Monday, October 01, 2001
Parks Moves Forum to December
Parks Associates is moving its next Forum — Forum 2001: Leveraging Digital Opportunities — to December 12-14, 2001, in light of the tragic events in New York and Washington on September 11. Forum 2001 will remain at The Regent in Las Vegas, Nevada, and its format and sessions will slightly vary from their original models.
Parks has assessed that, as a result of the tragedies, corporate travel will be widely curtailed for U.S. employees through the end of - ...read more
Saturday, September 01, 2001
Value Added
"When [the Internet Home Alliance] was created, it was seen as a marketing effort as opposed to technology developer. We've seen plenty of the consortiums with the aim of creating a new standard for home networking," said Kurt Scherf, vice president of research at Parks Associates. "What we hadn't seen was that they want people to leave their branding hats behind. It's not about individual brands but about how the rising - ...read more
Saturday, September 01, 2001
Smarter' Security
Despite well-publicized economic downturns in other industries, the residential home market does not seem to be taking any significant hits, according to Kurt Scherf. Parks Associates estimates approximately 22 percent of all existing homes already have a security system (either monitored or non-monitored), and the market for home controllers will grow from $1.4 billion this year to $2.5 billion by the end of 2005. They also place new - ...read more
Wednesday, August 01, 2001
Microtest Debuts Cable Tester
According to Parks Associates, the residential structured wiring market is expected to be an area of significant growth, doubling in size by 2004.
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Sunday, July 01, 2001
An Unstructured Market
So just how big is the structured wiring market now? One research company, Parks Associates, has tracked emerging technologies for the home since the 1980s. According to Kurt Scherf, VP of research at Parks, "Approximately 1.5 to 1.6 million homes are built in the U.S. every year. More and more professionals in the construction industry realize that structured wiring is a way to differentiate their homes and quite frankly make more - ...read more
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