[Link: zigbee.org]We simply need to wait. The data and control wireless being used (802.14.4 or ZigBee) is still in development and the final spec won't be ratified until Q4 so there will be no product available until well into Q1.
And even then, I suspect Control4 will hand-pick their dealers very, very carefully. Their rep for Chicago is covering four other states and will only be scheduling Chicago area dealers when he's home on the weekends. Also take note that they have only five sales reps for the entire country.
And no one in these forums have brought up the potential for them to simply turn around and sell the company right off the bat. The last time it was not pleasant. West, Morgan and Smith very well may have engineered a churn-n-burn with the VC's from the get-go and just want to turn over the whole outfit to a conglomerate (think Honeywell) for a massive profit and get out as opposed to trusting an industry partner like they did with AMX.
My opinion of their concepts are thusly: I have an EE background focused on both networking and wireless. Meshing that with my long-time love affair with fine sound, video and automation, I began envisioning a standards-based, wired/wireless culmination at lower costs for about eight years now. What they are promising is nearly parallel to what's been in my head. I'd like to see them make it.
Time will tell. I need to excuse myself now and sort through the fifty pounds of literature sitting next to me.