New to the conversation is the contention that every home needs a whole home solution for entertainment. Enter MRAV. MRAV is Multi-Room Audio Video. MRAV brings the creation of an interactive entertainment experience right inside your home. Not just movies, nor music, nor photos, nor communication, but all of these, total integration.
You are, at any moment with MRAV, in touch interactively, no matter where in your home you are currently. Now some will say that entertainment, coined as the actual stuff that really defines who you are, must be accessible at all moments like MRAV can provide. I say that no matter what, if a technology can improve your life, especially each moment of each day as MRAV claims, then it is not a possibility or an option but a necessity.
Now what MRAV (Multi-Room Audio Video) is all about is 'interactive'. To picture what MRAV is it might be easier to list what it isn't. It is not like several iPod docks all around the house. It also isn't having the entire house, wired or wireless, being networked, although this is necessary at a minimum. What MRAV is is knowing that your experience, no matter where it begins, will continue no matter where you move in your home. With MRAV the game follows you, the movie follows you, and the conversation follows you. MRAV means you are no longer tied to any one place to continue with your life.
To get this you must consult and probably hire a MRAV specialist, or better known as a quality entertainment integrator. With this MRAV person in hand, have a conversation to determine what is important enough to have throughout your home. Most people at this point will be tempted to just say 'everything'. Refrain from doing this. Really think it through so that the MRAV concept is personal, efficient, and ultimate.
An example might be that you have communication connections, both inside and outside the house, from every room in the house but video maybe only a few rooms. MRAV decisions like this will help your integrator detail your home exactly as you wish.
Next comes the plan of what type of MRAV interaction you want at each location. Do you want to be able to turn all lights on or off from your bedroom? Do you want the ability to monitor your children in their room from anywhere in your home? Or maybe you want to be able to switch off your kids game and turn on an educational show precisely at 4pm, one hour prior to dinner?
You now can do this. You define it; the Multi-Room Audio Video integrator creates it. While creating your plan make sure you allow for expansion because as technology grows so will your desire to update your integration. I see great possibilities in the future like having a refrigerator that doubles as an oven. You prepare your dish and put it into the refon (combination refrigerator and oven) keeping the dish cool until it needs to begin heating. The refon then switches to oven mode and begins to cook. Walla! the meal is done just as you want, when you want, whether you are home or not.
Possibilities are endless so make sure your thoughts don't stay confined to a box. Each day as new technologies are introduced you can then once again decide how or if you want to make them part of your MRAV integration.
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Published by Robert Cooper
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