Holy unbelievable wall clutter Batman!

OMG, seriously? There are FIVE double gang wall plates under the touchscreen on the “In-Wall Control” slide an three more in the “Ultimate Kitchen” slide, then the jewel in the crown is SIX more in the “Homeowners” slide, which looks like the “In-Wall Control” slide from a different angle, but I’m not positive. And the 6th plate is blank! Did they seriously cut in a 2-gang blank plate just to make the wall-acne symmetrical?

Isn’t part of the purpose of a home automation system to consolidate all of your lighting and music control onto the touchscreen? Was this the ONLY entry? Or were the other ones all really worse?

JBrown
(from a reliable source) Not sure if it was posted on any of the press releases.  This installation was a retrofit; sometimes you have to take what’s been dealt. (i.e. 6 double gang boxes on a wall)

That’s great John, but compromises like that are not what I expect of “The Ultimate Media Center Installation.” I’m sure this is a neat project given the pre-existing conditions, but ultimate?

I’m afraid not.

I live in the UK so may be we don’t share the same taste, so please don’t be offended, but I find the house decor is, for lack of a better word, grotesque! If I lived there, I’d be asking for an interior designer rather than an (admitedly fantastic!) IT installation.

I am from the UK as well, doing installs throughout EMEA. I fully agree with William that this house is in dire need of an architect (no offence).

This type of install is dare I say a simple typical install we do everyday. I cannot see what is ultimate with this install.

Can the golfer use this solution in the garden. Can they access and reprogram TV from anywhere in the world? Can the house secure itself on its own using intelligent criteria? This is what I call ultimate.

The guys have done a good job, but this is a typical install, not one that can be used to inspire others.

I do apologise if I sound too honest.

I agree.  If this is the ultimate MCE installation - it pretty much explains the success of all the other systems.

Vangelis and Mike - spot on! I am sure it is possible to do a really good set up. The first thing I’d do is to make it a *little* more discreet - make it part of the home, not heap a pile of screens around the house. I guess, this is a classic tast of a bunch of IT guys coming in with the kit but having no taste whatsoever! It’s a shame, and quite frankly embarrasing! Not a great advert in my humble opinion!

Oops - we all make mistakes - “this is a classic tast” should read “this is a classic case”