On this week's show Jason and Seth discuss the weeks news in home technology and invent a new game based around the latest tech buzzwords.
Episode 22 - The Sales Process
On this week's episode Jason and Seth discuss the sales process related to buying a custom integrated system.
Show Notes
- Dropcam acquisition $555 Million
- Home On Podcast
- Technology.FM - A place to discover great technology podcasts.
- New LaunchPort with Hard Buttons
- Trufig
- AVShopTalk Podcast
- Lutron Caseta Wireless
- Ubiquity networks making smart in-wall devices
- RTI gets 2-way control with AppleTV
- My Device - RTI Drivers
- “The Big Decision” from Integrators Academy
Episode 21 - Auto Motion Nope
This week Jason and Seth discuss the news from the past few weeks and integrator's disgust of certain smart TV features.
Show Notes
- Google IO 2014 Keynote
- Google Smartwatch Lineup
- Android TV
- Logitech Review (Google TV v1)
- Samsung SmartTV
- How to turn of Samsung Auto Motion Plus
- Nest API announced
- Dropcam Tabs
- Google/Nest Acquires Dropcam for $555m
- Yo App
- Staples Connect Upgraded and Price Dropped
- Insteon now in MicroSoft stores
- Jawbone Up
- Quirky's Wink App
- Wink Hub first look
- Wink Hub Deals on Amazon
- Control4 buys CardAccess
- Leave us a Voicemail!
Episode 20 - 5 Things Every Home Technology Customer Should Know
On this week's episode we take a break from the news and discuss 5 really useful tips everyone should know before starting any home technology project. This list comes from our experiences working with customers on projects past and present.
Shown Notes
1. Thermal Management
- Example of a cabinet cooling fan system
- Example of a closet fan system
- CFM Calculator
- BTU/hr Calculator (select W and Btu/h)
2. Network Equipment
- Plan out WAP locations
- Use POE powered access points for convenience
- POE Midspans
- Apple Airport Extreme Router
- Apple Airport Express
- Ruckus Wireless
- Unifi wireless access point system
- Unifi Layer 3 Adoption/Management
- ihiji remote management
- Embue's Switchboard
3. Service Providers Suck
- Try to find a fiber to the home provider if available. Regardless of price the service should be better - but they will still suck.
- Turn off ads on Verizon Fios TV
- TiVo
- The many, many, many ways to configure a FiOS network
- Double NAT Configuration Explained
4. HDMI has 'problems'
- HDMI is very hard to troubleshoot because of the lack of tools available to professionals and consumers. It should be "plug and play" but most integrators will call it "plug and pray."
- Check for firmware updates on receivers and TVs
- Cable boxes aren't always up to date (see point 3)
5. All systems will break
- Integrated systems are incredibly complex, hard to troubleshoot, and have multiple points of failure. Given time even the most stable, reliable system will break.
Episode 19 - Another Standard Standard
On this week's episode Jason and Seth chat about the weeks news and what we may see turn up at Google IO.
Show Notes
- VIA International announced $69.8 million in revenue in 2013
- Google IO 2014
- What to expect at Google IO
- Google Chromecast
- AppleTV
- Google IO Class - Nest for developers
- Nest Protect back on sale for $99
- Nest Protect Sanfu
- Microsoft launches Home Automation Startup Accelerator
- Life|ware
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft partners up with INSTEON
- xkcd: Standards
