Written by joshua on April 24, 2008 – 4:44 pm
Control 4 (one of the largest home automation manufaturers) announced today that the Oprah Winfrey Show will be showcasing their home automation system in an upcoming episode due to air on Friday, April 25. Many of the main features of the system will be presented by Oprah herself and Nate Berkus, one of America’s top Home Planning & Interior Designers. He has also been Oprah’s right-hand man for the last several years in regards to all things home.
Some of the features being highlighted are:
IP Cameras: Camera’s that can display other parts of your home or be viewed online when you are away from home for security reasons or to check in on your pets.
All Off Button: The ability to control as many or as few of the lights within the home at the touch of one button.
Multi-Room Music Control: Audio Control that can be customized to play throughout the home, in just room, or even personalized by party theme.
This should be an exciting and very new way to catch a glimpse of what home automation has to offer for the modern day consumer. Make sure to tune in as we all know Oprah never does anything lacking in fantastic style or impeccable information.
If you would like more information, visit our website about home automation or contact us to find out how to purchase Control 4 products.
There ia already some great stuff regarding this episode on Oprah’s Website. See the attached link for clips from the show, and much, much, more.
http://www2.oprah.com/foodhome/home/decorating/slide/20080425/decor_20080425_350_301.jhtml
I recorded the show and watched it last night. The technology part came on around 36 minutes into the show. I enjoyed watching this episode, and felt they covered the Control4 product line well. I liked that they showed a camera that could pan, tilt, and zoom. They discussed some good ideas for cameras in the home, such as monitoring a baby, or pets. Panasonics makes some good wireless indoor cameras some that are fixed and some that pan and tilt for less than $400.
In addition to the Control4, they showed a Mirror TV much along the same idea as a Vision Art but for the bathroom, pair this with a Stealth Acoustics single stereo speaker and you have a great package that is indifferent to the harsh bathroom conditions and doesn’t stick out.
All in All a great show, with really cool ideas in both technology and architectural design!
I finally got a chance to watch this. The Control4 system has so many possibilities, it’s hard to cover the true potential in just a few minutes. BUT, this episode is definitely worth watching to get a quick overview of some of the possibilities!