I've been looking into home automation and have read many of the "Which technology is best?" threads. To be honest, the lack of consolidation is what's preventing me from spending any money. I would prefer an open standard like ZigBee, however there appear to be very few products available.
I've read that ZigBee-powered manufacturers are now getting their act together on interoperability, but there are almost no products available that I can see. I'd like to start out with a couple of dimmers or switches to put outside lights on a timer or motion trigger, but can't find anything.
Am I missing it or are there actually more than 1 or 2 ZigBee products available to consumers? What's preventing companies from rolling out ZigBee faster?