[QUOTE=dcrandall]All of this is already available. QUOTE]

My two thoughts...
1) I agree that its all out there, but its all desparite. That fridge won't talk to the VoIP server to call you when you running errands and remind you the cheese is bad.... at least not out of the proverbial box.

2) how does the average person get all of this connected? Most hoses don't have cat5 in every room, and most home owners don't want/can't run their own. Is wireless the ultimate answer?

That being said, surveying this group is a bit single sided b/c you guys are all tech savy. But I know my mother could not buy a slingbox, a TiVo and a fridge and get any of them networked, let alone talking together.