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| It's too expensive to buy the gear and pay for the labor. |
   
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3 | 42.86% |
| My walls are plaster and I dont want to run control wires through them. |
  
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| My spouce won't let me. |
  
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| I love a sea of remotes on my coffee table. |
  
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1 | 14.29% |
| I saw Ozzy Osbourne try to use a Crestron and he looked too confused. |
  
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2 | 28.57% |
| I already have an automated system and it rocks. |
  
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1 | 14.29% |
| I already have an automated system and it sucks. |
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0 | 0% |
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08-24-2007
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Why have you not automated your system yet?
Tell us why you haven't (or have) automated your system.
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08-24-2007
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Oklahoma (Go Sooners!!)
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Re: Why have you not automated your system yet?
Hey if Ozzy can't figure it out what chance do I have!!
 While I was sick & tired of the sea of remotes I went the working mans way & got a Harmony 880. When I build my next house hopefully it won't cost as much as a car to go whole house automation & I'll look in to it but for now my 880 does what I need. |
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08-24-2007
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Florida
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Re: Why have you not automated your system yet?
I'm with Moose, I use the Harmony remotes. My house was built in 1988, long before wiring with CAT 5 was the norm and it is not practical, nor necessary for my 3,500 Sq-Ft house to have automation.... Cool, but not needed.
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08-25-2007
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Florida
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Re: Why have you not automated your system yet?
I recently saw the URC MSC 400, which allows a single remote to control things by IR/RF/RS-232..... I can't wait for Harmony to make somethign like this! I will be on it ASAP!
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12-13-2007
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: CharmCity MD
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Re: Why have you not automated your system yet?
What's a "spouce"?
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12-14-2007
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Seattle
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Re: Why have you not automated your system yet?
I'm waiting for the CE vendors to offer the sort of control interfaces that are possible with current technologies and for which standards (more than one unfortunately) exist. HDMI for example, supports a sophisticated control structure (CEC) in which all connected components are controlled through the display device (the monitor). A single remote controls everything, with no programming. A few vendors have included this capability in their product suites, but there is no reason that this control method can't be applied across all vendors.
At an even more sophisticated level, there's Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS) in which all devices on a network can present their control interfaces to a browser. I saw some at Good Sounds Home Theater (www.goodsoundshometheater.com) |
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