Home Automation Blog

Making the jump starting with lighting control over into home entertainment is hardly that big of a conversion considering countless individuals (myself included) probably started their journey for perfect ambiance using a remote to make the perception of movie room replica perfect. I feel the touchscreen remotes have turned out to be a key device and we bought one for virtually all of the plasmas. Especially since I never do the ‘live’ tv style of watching any more, there’s always what seemed like many entertainment systems to turn on and it drove me crazy picking up the first clicker followed by the next one until it was ready, just to repeat the method after our game was over and done with.

While smart remotes are here now, the crossover of items from Zwave with home theatres is moving more realistic each day with most respected manufacturers making infared control from your home automation system as of late and as a result anyone with an interest can now do actions like controlling a tuner which could be at the far end of the condo with just one’s wireless automation controls. I love this stuff, and the details are explained better at X10 switches when compared to most Zwave sites so it’s a informative spot to read through.
I love that he is seriously excited about this stuff.