Where is the remote has become one of the most used phrases in many homes? I still have to buy one of these one remote for all devices and there is not one day when one is not missing. Not counting the occasions when they are broken, the batteries are missing and the like.
Help might be on the way. According to Paul Taylor’s Personal Technology Column in today’s Financial Times Automation is coming home. He documents the remodeling he just did in his house and how using wireless technology he had a Control 4 Home Automation System installed. Companies such as Control 4 might make their systems the next home improvement craze for a simple reason, they are driving the costs down. What used to be reserved to the elite can now be started for about $2000.00.
As for myself, I would not mind starting with a Sonos System (about $1000.00, pictured here) to stream music from my Rhapsody account across my house. I could use one of these Logitech Harmony 1000 Universal Remote (available this Fall in the US and Europe for around $499.00. I would even settle for their Harmony 550 at a more modest $149.00.
The whole house makeover will have to wait.