Re: X10 replacement?

["RickR" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All that is just the problem;
1. The goal is understood. (A button for every need and automatic if it
can be...)
2. The how is understood to be too difficult, even for the "experts"
and expensive! Thats the trap part.

RickR

Joerg wrote:
> Hello Rick,
>
>
> > HA is understood by the public.
> >
>
> Understood? None of the guys I talked to about HA had a clue how it
> worked or what it could really do in detail. None of them knew any
> brands, where to get it or who would install it. Sorry, but I do not
> consider that "understood".
>
>
> > Everyone has heard the term "Smart House," there are movies and lots of
> > TV shows have push-button moment in the big boss's office or home.
> >
> > The impression is that it is $$$ to the max, too technical to
> > understand (that's the WOW factor) and possibly a trap.
> >
>
> Wasn't there this home that one of the TV "Mr.Builder" guys built where
> the new owner had to tear all the HA stuff out? Don't remember the exact
> story but it was in the papers years ago. AFAIR they had to tear down
> most of the drywall because there were no individual cable runs to the
> lights etc. IOW not enough cabling resources for a "normal" wiring.
>
> --
> Regards, Joerg
>
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