Building a smart home system is an exciting time in any homeowner’s life. You get new levels of control, a lot of fun new options, and enjoy a safer, more efficient space.

But there’s one aspect of technology integration that has some homeowners – and interior designers – hesitating when it comes to their next upgrade: The clutter.

When there are too many components, it can ruin the beauty of your interior design efforts. So, what can you do?

The answer is simple. Work with a smart home company that can hide your home automation system technologies to keep your Bay Area home looking impeccable.

Want to learn more? Keep reading below.

They say a person’s home is their castle, but home security systems have come a long way from the day of moats, stone walls and guard towers. With the latest in home automation solutions from Twilight Solutions, ensuring your family is safe and your house is secure is easier than ever while allowing for other benefits beyond those of simple locks or keypads. If you’re in the Bay Area and you’re looking to upgrade your home security system, see how Twilight Solutions can help you find the right system for your needs.

Many employees hate meetings.  They see them as often running too long, wasting time, and not accomplishing anything.  The truth, of course, is that meetings are necessary to foster good communication, share ideas, move projects forward, and a host of other reasons. 

Technology has had a significant role to play in how a company collaborates.  With today’s computers and software, it’s effortless to share ideas with coworkers from your desk – or even the local Peet’s coffee – with audio, video, and document sharing. So, when team members do get into a conference room, the technology you use should help to streamline the efficiency of your meeting.  Sometimes, however, the conference room doesn’t add much more than a table, chairs, a phone, and a screen for plugging in a laptop for presentation slides. 

Technology can help. If you haven’t looked at the latest in conference room systems, you may be missing out on some ways to make your teams actually look forward to meetings.  Read on for a few ideas on how to make your Menlo Park meeting spaces more productive.

If you have an investment in high-quality speakers, whether they are active monitors, bookshelf, in-walls, or floor standing towers, it’s not something you have to change or upgrade often. While there certainly are innovations in speaker design, a good speaker will serve up good audio for a long time.  An amplifier is also a component you may not have to change unless you require more power or a better match with a different set of speakers. 

When it comes to home theater and audio-video receivers and processors, the situation is different.  In fact, the word receiver is a misnomer from the days that they were essentially integrated amplifiers with an AM/FM tuner, as they are the nerve centers of many of today’s A/V systems.  Technology has moved quickly in this area, and a top-end model from just a few years ago may not have the features that can carry your system into the future.

Why might you want a receiver or processor upgrade for your audio-video installation in Woodside, CA?  Let’s explore some of the latest features in these multifaceted workhorses.