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What Can You Add to Your Smart Home Automation System? Part 1

What Can You Add to Your Smart Home Automation System? Part 1

Did you know that Control4 is compatible with more than 13,000 third-party devices? These tools include anything from standard features like lighting, security, AV — to some lesser-known items — water temperature monitors, air quality devices, and smart mirrors. The basic rule we’ve found true is that if it uses electricity, Control4 and Total Home Technologies can automate it!

Control4 allows our professional integration team to engineer, customize, and scale nearly any smart home automation system you could imagine.  Let your Manhattan, NY homework for you to ensure maximum convenience by scheduling your whole residence to operate according to a schedule that you can change anytime. We’ll walk you through some opportunities, some that we’ve used for a while, and others were just seen at September’s CEDIA event.

TAGS: Home Automation System | Home Theater System | Smart Home Control

Is it Time to Upgrade Your Home Wi-Fi?

If your kids are doing remote learning, improving your Wi-Fi is essential

Is it Time to Upgrade Your Home Wi-Fi?

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted many of our lives — one of the ways being the amount of time we’re now spending at home. In New York and across the country, many of us quickly adjusted to working and studying from our homes. If you’ve found yourself working remotely and your kids learning virtually, it’s critical to make sure your Wi-Fi performs at its optimal level.

We’ll walk you through how you can upgrade your home Wi-Fi upgrade for your New York, NY, abode and the benefits it can bring to you and your family.

TAGS: home automation system | Network installation

What Will Your Home Theater Look Like?

Home theater design advancements blend style and technology.

What Will Your Home Theater Look Like?

It's 2020, and the lines between interior design and smart technology are starting to blur, and your home can benefit in a big way. If you are a homeowner who loves design in New York, NY, but you don't want technology cluttering your space, you need an integrated technology system. At Total Home, we simplify adding technology to your property, whether it's for security, entertainment, or fun. In this blog, we'll highlight some smart home theater design elements that'll satisfy your family and your aesthetics. Keep reading for more.

TAGS: Home Theaters | Tunable Lighting | Ultra Short Throw Projectors

Why You Need Whole-Home Video

Pause, play, and more in every room of your property

Why You Need Whole-Home Video

We’re living in the era of peak TV and streaming wars. That means there’s more content than ever to enjoy in your Colts Neck, NJ property. But you don’t have to gather in the media room to watch your favorite shows, movies, and sports. With a whole-home video distribution system, you can watch it anywhere. Pause the action on your living room TV and pick it up in the bedroom whenever you're ready. Want to learn more? Keep reading.

TAGS: AV distribution | Control4 | Home Networking

Home Theater Installation Checklist

Make Your Home Theater Cutting Edge and Convenient

Home Theater Installation Checklist

Home theaters are not just for film enthusiasts. Having one in your Monmouth County home can mean that every show, movie, documentary, and sports game you watch has elevated audio and video — home theaters take entertainment to the next level. Even video game and YouTube sessions can feel fun and epic in a home theater.

A home theater is a great hangout spot to enjoy with friends and family. When designing and building a home theater, there are certain features you should consider. Here’s a checklist for your New Jersey home theater installation.

TAGS: motorized window treatments | smart home automation | speaker system

Modern Whole-Home Audio Is Invisible

Stream great music anywhere in your home with smart technology solutions

Modern Whole-Home Audio Is Invisible

Picture stepping into any room of your Howell, NJ home and listening to your favorite song. Stream a playlist throughout your house or choose a different song for each room. You can achieve that level of control with a whole-home audio system. Some homeowners hesitate before installing a multi-room music system because it might clutter up your rooms with bulky AV gear. But it doesn't have to. Find out how we can design a system that looks the way you want and sounds great too. Keep reading for more.

TAGS: Control4 | In-wall speakers

Your Guide to Smart Home Security Systems

Don’t Overlook These Advances in Security Technology

Your Guide to Smart Home Security Systems

Are you a parent who wants to better protect your children and family from harm? Or someone who travels frequently and wants to keep tabs on your home when you’re away? Even if you are neither of the above and just want to ensure your Monmouth County home is secure, you should invest in a home security system with up-to-date technology that is tailored to your needs. Today’s top home security features are more sophisticated than ever, yet easy to use.

This blog will walk you through what you can incorporate into your New Jersey home’s home security system.

TAGS: Smart Home Automation | Surveillance System

What Is Wi-Fi 6?

How New Wi-Fi Technology Can Help Your Streaming

What Is Wi-Fi 6?

Technology was supposed to make our lives more efficient. So why do we find ourselves on a Thursday night fiddling with the router or moving to a different part of the house just to get Wi-Fi?

If there are areas of your home where the internet struggles to perform, you could benefit by upgrading your internet to Wi-Fi 6. But what is Wi-Fi 6? Read on to learn how it works and will keep your New York, NY, home connected for multi-room video.

TAGS: Audio Video | Home Network

Experience the Perks of Outdoor Audio Video for Your Home

Enjoy Outdoor Entertainment All Summer Long

Experience the Perks of Outdoor Audio Video for Your Home

Warm weather is finally here in Bergen County, and it’d be a shame not to enjoy your home’s outdoor space during the beautiful summer months. Maybe you have your pool ready to go, and your outdoor games and barbecue set up, but is your backyard equipped with an outdoor entertainment system?

Outdoor audio video can instantly enhance your summer activities at your New Jersey home. Keep reading to find out how.

TAGS: multi-room music | outdoor entertainment

Here’s How to Extend Your Wi-Fi Further—and Outdoors Too!

Why Now’s the Time for a New Network Installation

Here’s How to Extend Your Wi-Fi Further—and Outdoors Too!

Social distancing means we’re all staying home more than ever. We’re no longer going to the office, school, restaurants, cafés, movie theaters, or stores, which means we have to make our own entertainment at home. Lots of the time, this means streaming music or movies over the internet. If you’re working remotely and your kids are learning from home, that’s one crowded network.

Perhaps your Wi-Fi has always been a little sub-par. Do certain rooms receive hardly any signal at all? Can you reach the internet outdoors? Now is the perfect time to upgrade your connection. Continue reading to see how a new network installation can help your Morris County, NJ, home during these uncertain times.

TAGS: Home Network | Outdoor AV

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