>Sorry, this is another one of my patented incoherent e-mails so
I'll
summarise (or try to ;-)):
>what prompts people to use something like HV/Comfort
rather
than a PC? Is it purely price?
A dedicated hardware solution like Comfort or HV is definately more
robust
than a PC solution. In the case of HV vs HomeSeer (for example) you'd
also
have to add on quite a bit of hardware to bring your PC up to the same
capabilities as HV. You'd need video in and out, IR Tx and Rx,
X10
Interface, digital and analogue I/Os as well.
Once you had all these add-ons it would be unlikely they would
interact as
flawlessly as in the HV design.
However for many people HomeSeer and a PC will be more than enough for
their needs.
Depends what you want to do?
M.