Connecting Tomorrow

CEPro just posted an article about Control4 and its attempt to become the operating system for the automated home.  It’s definitely an interesting concept and I think putting Control4’s operating system inside of everyday consumer electronics equipment could enable widespread adoption of home automation technology.  Home automation is still a new concept to most people at this point and Control4 is the control company most focused on putting home automation into every home in the world.  Most other control companies are ignoring the masses and that’s exactly why I believe that Control4 is going to make it stick.

The potential created from electronics with “Control4 Inside” is huge.  Imagine having an A/V receiver that automatically knows how to connect to your DVD player that automatically knows how to connect to your TV.  You just plug them into the network and that’s that.  Oh, and they’re all tied into your home control system too without you lifting a finger.  This is done to a certain extent already on computers using technologies like USB and Firewire but it has yet to come to the consumer electronics equipment that people use away from their computer.

It’s only a matter of time before every device that we use in our home is connected via some type of network enabled control system and that is a good thing.  You should want your equipment to just work and forget about the details of how and why.  Just plug it in and use it.

Read the original article at http://www.cepro.com/article/control4_aims_to_be_os_of_the_automated_home/