For years, consumer technology has resided in two rooms: the office, and the living room. At CES 2015, expect it to colonize the rest of the home.

That’s not to say that you won’t find traditional PCs and televisions this week in Las Vegas. But consumer firms have moved beyond those mature, traditional markets into mobile technology, wearables, and cars – and they keep moving.

This year, the theme of the show may very well be the connected home, as smartphones and tablets take on a new role as control devices for the Internet of Things.

Here are a just a couple names to keep an eye out for:

• EchoStar (home automation)
• Dish (an over-the-top video service?)
• Intel (new Broadwell PCs)
• Ford (its new SYNC3 entertainment system)
• and Samsung (just about everything).

News agencies from around the world will be on the show floor at CES this week, scoping out the tech you’ll want to know more about, then buy in 2015.

Here’s what we know so far. Tech Cocktail Smart home becomes a networked playground In 1999, TiVo and DVRs defined CES. In 2014, so did wearables. In 2015, it’ll be the connected home.

There was a time when this technology was accessible only to hardcore hobbyists and wealthy households with the means to hire custom installers. That time has passed. 

Until recently, most smart-home products depended on a central hub for control. That’s the established way of doing things, and EchoStar, the company behind the Slingbox and Dish Network’s Hopper set-top box, will be showing what looks to be a very complete connected-home system. Dubbed Sage, the set-top will be capable of handling lighting controls, door locks, security cameras, thermostats, and all manner of sensors. Despite that complexity, EchoStar is positioning Sage as a DIY system.