Amid much fanfare—including a live marching band—Disneyland today opened the doors to its latest "home of the future." Located next to Space Mountain on the first floor of the Carousel of Progress building in Tomorrowland, the Innoventions Dream Home encompasses over 5000 square feet of living space filled with the latest technology that defines the connected lifestyle.

My wife Joanna was on a business trip last week, and she found herself in a hotel room with an LCD TV. As she was doing her daily stretching routine on the floor, she turned on the TV and noticed that the colors looked very weird from that angle, "almost like a color negative" as she wrote in an e-mail. "What's up with that?" she wondered.

Perhaps the most important aspect of any home-entertainment system is how you control it. What good is a pristine picture and sublime sound if members of your family—or even you—can't easily enjoy it? Each device has its own remote control with a different layout, making it nearly impossible for anyone to operate the system effectively.

On May 20, members of the press got up close and personal with Denon's 2008 lineup of products at the Laguna Cliffs Marriott in Dana Point, California. After a detailed briefing, we heard a remarkable demo of Audyssey's new Dynamic Volume technology, which will make its debut in Denon's new A/V receivers.