Thank you!
Just a quick post tonight. We want to say Thank You to everyone who follows this blog and follows Duprey Home Automation on other social sites.
We are honored to have hit the 100 followers mark on Twitter in this short period of time, and just thought we’d like to say “Thank You”. We enjoy communicating with you and sharing our passion for this growing technology of home automation. If you
haven’t already connected with us please take a minute to join us, and don’t forget to let us know what your thoughts are for this site. Tell us what you are interested in, and what you would like to see discussed here. We would like to make this an interactive site, where home automation enthusiasts can exchange ideas, tips and tricks.
Thank you!
What Do YOU Want to Control with Home Automation?
If you had your wish, and money was no object, what would you want to control at your home? What would you want to automate? How would you want to control it? Touchscreen, remote, mobile phone, or I don’t want to think about it! Let us know, we’d like to start a discussion here and maybe we can help you make it happen!
Integrate Distributed Audio & Video- with Apple Products into Your Home Automation System
Today I would like to talk a little about distributed A/V, and integrating it into your home automation system. Distributed A/V refers to having a central location (usually a storage closet etc.) for all the equipment, such as CD/DVD/Blue Ray players, Radios, Receivers, Stereos etc., and then sending whatever signal is desired to all the different locations in the house. Usually this is done with wires, but more and more wireless options are coming out. There are a lot of excellent products out there that share media around the home from companies such as Russound, Crestron and Control 4. These are all nice systems and very capable, but they are very expensive. I contend that using solutions from Apple, you can create an elegant system to distribute A/V around your home and integrate it into a whole home control system. Let’s get started! Read more
Our Newly Redesigned Blog is Live!
Welcome to the new and improved blog of Duprey Home Automation! We have been quiet for a while as we’ve been hard at work designing our new site and moving to self hosting. We hope to create an interactive forum, a place where Home Automation enthusiasts can discuss news, tips and tricks and share ideas.
Please take a look at our new poll in the lower right corner and give us some feedback on the new site. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the site, and how we can make it better.
Also, if you use Google Friend Connect, you can now connect with us and follow this blog.
As usual you can also find us on Twitter and Facebook and don’t forget to update your bookmarks to our new blog. Thank you and we look forward to connecting with you!




















