Planning the mixture of gaming room with automation technology .
by on Aug.10, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Switching focus from automation over into home cinemas is not very big of a jump taking into account several users (not counting us) likely kicked off their journey for control of lights using a integrated control unit to make the full room-turned-theatre experience perfect. I feel the Harmony series of remotes are a critical item and we got one for each of our tv watching areas. When you consider that I never do the non-PVR thing any more, there is frequently a million different things to turn on and it I hated - using the first remote control followed by the next one until all the devices were on, only to repeat the procedure once we were completed.

The other thing is, the commingling of automation technologies with home entertainment is becoming increasingly common each day with quite a few popular home automation places showcasing infared control from your powerline network recently and as a result one can then perform things like controlling a radio that is on a different floor of the place having just your handheld automation device. I love this stuff, and everything is described in more detail here: Home automation iPhone when compared to other places so it is definitely a good site which is worth checking out.
I love that he is dangerously eager when discussing this stuff.