On April 10, 2014 at 15:47, haworld said...
IMO it is better to have an expandable Home Automation system in place that will allow you to do what you want, control what you want when you want it! There are very affordable HA systems available now, like
Z-Wave and
Insteon that will do everything you just said you wanted and much much more. Some examples are, lighting control, HVAC, door locks and deadbolts, security sensors, cameras, audio/video, etc.
Since when does z-wave and Insteon handle AV? Do you mean just act as a remote control your AV devices? As far as I know they won't handle true AV automation like whole home audio & video distribution. If I'm wrong please correct me.