A few things:

1) You can think of the Hub and the URC base station as the same thing. If you have gear in a remote location, you're going to need some form of base station/hub/processor.

2) Look at Savant, URC or RTI. Harmony is fine if you have a TV, cable box and a Blu-Ray player. Add surround sound in the mix and maybe Zone2/Zone3...it's a nightmare. We pull out a fair number of Harmony remotes and replace them with URC or RTI. If ease of use is important for you and others, heed this step.

3) For automation needs, look at URC's TC line. Their CCP line won't work for what you listed above. URC TC, RTI and Savant have the ability to handle Nest, Ring, Lutron, etc.

Where are you located?