Re: My Home Theater/Home Automation PC setup

["IVB" <ivb_2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

No need; you/I chatted extensively a month back; I got my Aprilaire from you
and had you send it to Dean of CQC.

This is my yahoo newsgroup/spam account - please don't spill the beans about
my real name/email addres :-)

"Brian" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> You have some nice looking screens with charmed quark.
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> Send me an email and I'll send you something about Zwave.
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> <ivb_2001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> [Note: I am an end-user. I'm not making any $$ anyhow, anyway, by doing
>> anything in this post. I am not affiliated with any of the companies
>> that I reference, I am posting this for the same reason people blog -
>> to let others know what I do in case it will help them].
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>> Everything I say here is also on a personal website I just finished,
>> www.myhometheaterpc.com. If you want details, post here or go there.
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>> I'm controlling a variety of HA & HT stuff for my 3 zone system[H/T,
>> LivRm, Patio]. I started down this path a few years ago for just HT,
>> but I've recently realized it was going to be dang cheap for me to
>> extend some HA fxnlty. Frankly, everything I've ever done has been in
>> the most inexpensive route that I thought was responsible. This doesn't
>> mean I've focused solely on price, rather that I haven't "thrown" $$
>> away on silly solutions.  You'll see the prices on the site - you'll
>> see that my stuff is really rather cheap. I bet I could rebuild the
>> whole thing now for much less than indicated there.
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>> I've currently got:
>> - 2.5 TB in space for DVDs, TV, CDs. This is all controlled via the
>> HA/HTPC.
>> - I'm also controlling that XM, FM, and soon irrigation & heat.
>> - I created an integrated front-end myself as I realized that all
>> integrated front-ends suck as they try and build for the mass market,
>> which means they please no one. I used CQC, www.charmedquark.com, to
>> create my own screens with the buttons for both the s/w control as well
>> as device control [my denon receiver, etc], so I got something that I
>> think works well.
>> - I'm focusing on usability & using real art as the backdrop so it's
>> aesethically pleasing and approachable by non-techies as well.
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>> I've got CQC screens for:
>> - Main Menu (startup)
>> - FamRm H/T Music Controller
>> - LivRm Music Controller (can set to same as F/R or different source)
>> - TV Main Menu
>> - Recorded TV Shows
>> - DVD Selection
>> - Weather
>> - House Furnace Control
>> - House Irrigation Control
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>> You'll notice nothing for lighting or drapes, that's intentional. I
>> hear the next-gen of zWave PC controllers is due out in March, so I'm
>> going to wait for that to do anything there.
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>> I can also use my Siemens Cingular PDA Cellphone to control the music
>> in any of the 3 zones. Those screens are also CQC fnxlty - I just have
>> to paint the correct UI, and CQC takes care of all the networking
>> communication required to make it go.
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>> Again, for details on what the system can do, the particular equipment
>> I've bought, either post here or go to www.myhometheaterpc.com.
>>
>> And again, i'm not going to make any $$ doing this; i do this only to
>> give back to the community. Seriously.
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