Home Automation Blog

Switching focus starting with automation of your home into home cinemas is not that much of a conversion in view of the fact that most individuals probably began their exploration for mood lighting using a remote to make the super cool movie room setup perfect. I feel the Harmony series of controllers have turned out to be a critical item and we now use one for each of the plasmas. When you consider that we just don’t watch that live programming style of watching any more, there is constantly a bunch of devices to switch on which took so much time using the first remote control then the next until everything was ready, only to repeat the procedure after whatever I was watching was done.

Speaking of remotes, the crossover of home automation with entertainment is becoming closer every time I check with quite a few of the more respected manufacturers offering IR integration from a house network as of late and as a result anyone with an interest can perform events we couldn’t do before like networking a radio which is at the far end of the home having only the handheld house device. Neat stuff, and the whole thing is explained better here: Zwave vs Insteon when compared to many review sites so it’s a key spot to check out.

It’s useful because he is borderline psychotic about Insteon.