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Sony TV news: AI Overview Sony and TCL have announced a joint venture named "Bravia, Inc." to handle Sony's television business, in which TCL will hold 51% and Sony 49%. While officially forming in 2026, operational control of manufacturing and supply chain passes to TCL, though TVs will still...

Yesterday moved Home Assistant from the Virtual Box its been running on for a few years to a bare metal build. It runs a bit faster HA has gone from an Ubuntu Installation (which was difficult to maintain) to Virtual Box install (easy to maintain) to now a bare metal installation. Easy to...

Here wife tolerates my automation hobbies. She has told me that all will be disconnected when I leave this world. I went from in wall touchscreens to tabletop touchscreens. ;)

Here also have stuck with UPB. It is like X10 on steroids to me. I like Tasmota WiFi. Personally did not leave any UPB switches in the last two homes. A few years ago a friend passed away and he lived near by. His wife (widow) asked me to remove all of the UPB her husband installed.

I have SA UPB switches and they work fine these days with a UPB PCS Repeater. I have backup SA UPB switches which will outlive me. I am tinkering more and more with Zigbee and currently utilize two POE SMLIGHT-SLZB devices. Should I expect any incompatibility/differences if bringing PCS...

Still using Ooma (Premier now) and Obi (GV) with no issues.

Ahh...do you remember the security stamp you created on the old computer? The security stamp is different from the 4 digit management passcode. Here removed the security stamp right after I installed PCA. The HAI PC Access security stamp is a user-defined, case-sensitive, alphanumeric...

I too have never seen that message. Tested PCA on Windows 10 and Windows 11 to work fine. I run it here on Windows 2016 standard server (RDP to it) sitting on a Lenova Tiny M93 in the basement. Really its set and forget. You can even run it on a VB of Windows on Linux or Mac. I also have...

Here have a TCL T671G with Android version 12. I turn the phone on some 30 minutes before I leave the house. It connects to WiFi right away. It remains connected to Wifi in the driveway and switches to cellular data once I am in the street. I have a T-Mobile LTE repeater in the house. So...

Are you running ZFS on your NAS boxes?

Wow you are recording a bunch eh? Been running CoreElec NO nightly on my old Amylogic 905X4. Doing well here. We still have Direct TV here with a DVR and wife records everything. You convinced me to upgrade.

Thank you @Waynedb Been using SAS Enterprise drives for the two 8 drive NAS boxes. Probably should update case / motherboards in these. Reading some it really doesn't matter these days whether I use SAS or SATA drives. The Silverstone case, original drives, controller with motherboard was...

Do you power yours with LP gas? My sister is looking at getting one but fueled with diesel (with automatic transfer switch). How do you like yours through the years (good and bad)? It was here when we moved last year. It is 10 years old. It is LP gas powered. So far liking it. I did...

Yes here have CumulusMX directly connected to the Davis console for the Vantage Vue. I also utilize the meteohub/meteostick to Home Assistant. Trying the Ecowitt WittBoy. Works OK so far. Here connected the Voice PE device to a tiny amp / bluetooth device / speakers. I have shut down all...

Generac Model # 0058370 7kW Air-cooled automatic stand by generator - Installed 2015 Total cost ~ $35.00 plus labor. Amazon order: 1 - Generac Maintenance Kit for CorePower Home Standby Generator - Essential Package for Optimal Performance and Longevity of Your Power Solution $25.99 2 - 2...