Outdoor Lighting & Audio: Designing a Backyard Entertainment System
Written by the Nex AV team — certified Control4 & Lutron installers designing smart homes and AV systems across NYC. About us Most outdoor entertainment setups follow the same pattern. Someone buys a Bluetooth speaker, sets it on the patio table, connects their phone, and calls it done. The music barely reaches the corner of the deck. […]
Smart Switch vs Smart Bulb: Which Should You Use?
Written by the Nex AV team — certified Control4 & Lutron installers designing smart homes and AV systems across NYC. About us This is one of those questions that sounds simple and turns out to be surprisingly complicated the moment you try to actually answer it. Smart switch or smart bulb. Both make your lights controllable from […]
Lighting Scenes for Every Room: Ideas & How to Create Them
Written by the Nex AV team — certified Control4 & Lutron installers designing smart homes and AV systems across NYC. About us Most people set up a smart light, open the app, and think “okay, I can change the color. Cool.” Then they leave it on white and never touch it again. That’s missing the whole point. […]
Energy Savings: How Smart Lighting Cuts Your Bills
Written by the Nex AV team — certified Control4 & Lutron installers designing smart homes and AV systems across NYC. About us Lighting accounts for roughly 15 percent of the average home’s electricity bill. That doesn’t sound massive until you do the math and realize you’re paying hundreds of dollars a year to illuminate rooms nobody’s sitting […]
Smart Lighting 101: Bulbs, Switches, and Scenes Explained
Written by the Nex AV team — certified Control4 & Lutron installers designing smart homes and AV systems across NYC. About us You walk into a dark room and say “Alexa, turn on the lights.” They turn on. Magic, right? You think about buying smart bulbs for your whole house. But then someone mentions smart switches. And […]
The Ultimate Guide to Smart Lighting & Automated Shades
Written by the Nex AV team — certified Control4 & Lutron installers designing smart homes and AV systems across NYC. About us You wake up naturally as your bedroom shades slowly open to let in morning light. You say “Alexa, movie time” and the living room lights dim while blackout shades descend. You leave for vacation and […]