AMX
If you like the idea of being able to see the titles of your music and movie collection, look no further. AMX offers touchscreens in a multitude of sizes and styles that can display not only an alphabetized list of your media collection but also stylish buttons for controlling everything electronic in your house. www.amx.com
Crestron
Considered to be AMX’s main competitor, Crestron offers a wide assortment of touchscreens as well as systems that are designed to manage individual systems. In addition to its core offering of whole-house control systems, Crestron has developed a separate lighting control system, a home theater control system and more for homeowners who want to ease into home control. www.crestron.com
Elan Home Systems
Elan has manufactured multiroom audio and video systems since 1989. The company still excels in that area but has expanded its breadth of products to include touchscreen-style controllers, amplifiers, speakers, video surveillance set-ups, networking systems and music servers, as well as a simple box that enables any of their touchscreens to control up to four independent systems. www.elanhomesystems.com