Why you need a “smart remote”

I love technology and I do my best to make sure my clients get the most out of it. However maybe it’s just an age thing but I want my technology easy to use.

Good custom installers used to say to have a look at the coffee table; a remote for your TV, home cinema receiver, DVD (BD!), VCR (I’m showing my age again!), Sky box, Apple TV, etc; and see how we can make it all better with a “smart remote”. Sometimes it worked great and sometimes less well. Sometimes when you went back to the house for a service call the coffee table looked just as bad and the client had gone back to using the original remotes.

Now our smart phones and tablets are starting to look like our coffee tables – an app for the TV, home cinema receiver, BD, Sky box, music, lighting, heating, CCTV… I really haven’t the time to switch in and out of apps and heaven help some of our less geeky clients!

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Don’t you just love the iPad…

Don't you just love the iPad...

The family was on holiday recently in London, so we did the real tourist thing and went to “see” The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. The mounted police took no prisoners and could really move people on – you had to see the funny side!

But as there where sooo many people there all I can see was the back of a lot of heads. My youngest daughter did have an OK view on my shoulders but thanks to a few people in front of me using their iPads to record the show with their arms up, I was able to see what is going on – don’t you just love the iPad..

Any more unusual ways to use an iPad?

Welcome to AVctrl

Hello all

Welcome to AVctrl, my name is Derek Shilliday and I have been involved in all things digital home for the last 10 years and before that in the IT industry. AVctrl is a service based company who specialise in all things to do with residential and commercial building automation and control. AVctrl will work with you to ensure you get the system you want, need and expect. So whether you are planning, building or renovating your dream pad, please get in touch for more info.

Let me know how we can help…