Well, this week I decided to give a slingbox a try as opposed to buying another TV for my home office. I have plenty of monitor space, so I figured I could try and take advantage of that to save some money over buying a new TV, AND to be able to have the benefits the slingbox brings…being able to view all my sources from anywhere. So, I picked up a Sling Solo.
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Okay, so here is one that is extremely functional and will WOW your friends and family. Have you ver been watching a video in a dark room, hit pause so your friend could run to the restroom only to watch him trip on the step because he couldn’t see anything? Has this happened to you? Well, the best part about Home Automation is the automated part, and this is one I really like. This little tutorial will teach you how to have your lights automatically ramp up to a certain level you choose when your video source is paused, and then return to the previous light level once the play button is pressed. VERY COOL! Hit the read link and in 15 minutes or so you’ll be inviting people over for movie night to show this off!
There have been a few requests for this, so here you go!
Do you have your Control4 system sending you emails when certain events take place? While having Control4 send me email when certain things take place, with how active my email accounts are I don’t always stay on top of them. On the other hand, my text message volume is much easier to stay on top of, and I am probably going to see a text before an email so having important things sent via text message sure is nice. This writeup will not only cover how to send you things via email if you aren’t already, but help you send things as text messages also.
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