Recent content by OttoMation

Ah well, so it is. I just bought a Cree LED at Home Depot, and its similar. Not the worst flaw in a bulb, but certainly not an incandescent equal in that regard.

That would be cool. Once you get over the price, the brightness factor is the biggest barrier to wider use, IMHO. That, and more fully integrated control in sophisticated HA systems. I'm sure that's just a matter of time though.

The Hue is fun, but it's really only accent lighting. Brightness is decent, but don't expect task lighting from it. Two or three in a lamp make a decent reading light. I've got two in a frosted glass upshining floor lamp next to the couch right now, and a third in a table lamp about 8 feet away...

So after a year or so of on-and-off research, I finally stuck a toe into the automation pool. I bought a Phillips Hue set, which was so much fun that I bought an Insteon USB PLM and a LampLinc. Figured I'd run these through Indigo, so I've got that set up and running on my Mac Mini. So far, so...