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If you’d like to partially re-create the home of Microsoft founder Bill Gates but you lack a couple a’ billion in Benjamins, you can at least get close using easy-to-install home automation equipment. I’ve used X10 products for close to a decade now and almost every detached light in my home is controlled by a few remotes that are strategically kept in every room. The fun does not stop there, though.
Wallplate remotes, keychain remotes and appliance modules are all available from the company, and there are enough audio/video receivers and senders to wireless beam DVD or TiVo images from the living room to just about anywhere you want. While that’s not really home automation, I still think it’s cool, and especially if you live in an older home where re-wiring is not that easy. Wireless internet have saved many of us in that boat, and wireless audio/video transmission systems can ease the TV pain, if you will.
But, if you want to feel like you like in a pseudo-futuristic home from 2030, purchasing a collection of X10 lighting control and electrical outlet control devices will give you that power (and feeling of Tom Cruise superiority). Home automation, in my book, starts with home lighting. Once you can enjoy remote control of lamps and other lighting (like accent lighting) and have dimmer control from a remote as well (as in mood lighting from the couch), you’ll want to control other devices in your home in addictive fashion. Well, if you’re like me. Check out X10’s plethora of products here.
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