Recent content by Joshua

I recently bought a Dell with MCE2005, and love it. I actually can't decide whether I like MCE or BeyondTV better, both work very well. I already want to upgrade my system, to support more tv's(bedrooms, kitchen, etc). I think right now though, my best route is to wait until Vista(supposdely...

There needs to be more IP based devices. Cat5 is just easy to use. Just buy a big, nice fancy network switch, and your all set. Patch panels are easy to make look nice too.

Can't Homeseer act as the bridge between the two protocols?

One more thing I'd like to ask. Would it be possible to also add X10 to the system, and use X10 wireless motion sensors to turn on lights? Or possibly some other form of motion sensors. There are a couple areas in my house, but having the light come on automatically would be really convenient...

How are UPB bodies programmed? For example, if I were to use the US220(link below) body, with a ZS25B(link below) faceplate, I could use the rocker portion of the faceplate to control a light at the location the switch is installed, and the bottom four buttons to control lights in the rest of...

I know exactly where that Best Buy is. In fact, I've been to it before. I'm going to plan a trip up there soon and make sure I get some $2 bills just to buy something. ;)

I know right. I'm known to change the direction of toilet paper in peoples houses should it be facing the wrong direction. :ph34r:

Ordered these: http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=...27&loc=111&sp=1

That episode of Home Improvement was JUST on tv yesterday! lol I like the idea of a tv in the bathroom, maybe mount a lcd in a sealed plexi-glass or polycarbonate(both readily available in clear) plastics. Maybe it's something I'll look into in the future.

The current cheap Sony ones I have now(think I paid 10 bucks for them), work fine for me, but my wife complains about them hurting her ears after a few minutes.

Try this as a last resort if the site's "Chat" link isn't working: http://marstracker.com/homeseer/ It's a different interface, but it works fine. Although, I would recommend download mIRC(http://www.mirc.com), and getting that setup to auto join the server and chatroom when you click on the...

Cool, thats how the navigation on my Creative Zen MP3 player is, works very well, and is easy to get used to.

The LCD from my bedroom is fine from side angles, just not great angles above or below, so it needs to be as close to eye level as possible.

That looks like a very nice unit, eventually when I get started with HA, I wouldn't mind having those things around. It'll be interesting to see how they evolve over time, with new designs/versions, etc. The LCD could be a little larger, and I'd be interested in knowing how the navigation is.

Where did you find those at Zack? I'd like to pickup a set or two of them to have when I go to Italy. I looked on froogle.google.com and it didn't find them.