Lighting
The Cost of Replacing Savant’s LiteTouch Lighting Control System
Since home automation vendor Savant its killing LiteTouch hardwired lighting-control, we look to Vantage, Crestron, Lutron and others for replacements. Customer wants to know: how much it will cost?
Jul 23, 2015
#TBT: Creating a Dazzling Dome Display Using 4 Projectors
In this edition of Throwback Thursday, see how with home used projectors, lights and control, DSI created a 35-foot-wide ceiling dome that displays images from abstract color patterns to clouds to blazing sunsets.
Jul 22, 2015
Savant Kills LiteTouch; Lutron to the Rescue; Debating Hardwired Lighting Control
Three years after acquiring lighting control manufacturer LiteTouch from Nortek, home automation leader Savant kills the platform, leaving long-time dealers in a quandary, and hopeful for a Lutron or Vantage replacement. (Julie Jacobson, CE Pro)
Jul 14, 2015
Boatload of Home Automation in Three-Acre Oceanfront Property
With a 22,000 square-foot main house, two guest houses and a 10-car garage, Creative Media Designs was tasked with automating this Florida property. The company selected several Crestron solutions to get the job done.
Jun 11, 2015
What’s That Smell? Retrofit Home Features Automated Scent Machines
VIA Scottsdale completed a retrofit project which includes solutions from Savant, Lutron, IC Realtime, Samsung, Marantz, Sharp, Sonance and Leon Speakers. Its automated features even include scent machines.
Jun 02, 2015
CE Pro 100 Top 5 Home Automation Brands: Control4 is #1 For First Time
Evaluating the CE Pro 100 Brand Analysis for home automation: For the first time ever, Control4 barely beats Crestron; Nortek’s Elan makes comeback; Savant dips.