Episode 105 - DIY Home Automation Roundup

On this week's episode of the HomeTech Podcast: We present a roundup of various DIY home automation platforms. If you want sophisticated home automation, without the professionally installed price tag, it can be done. But don't expect it to be easy. We cover some of the DIY smart home platforms you might want to consider, and a few you probably shouldn't. Plus... Vizio thinks they just killed the physical handheld remote. August now makes a doorbell, but measure your doorframe (  / 714439265061584896  ) first! Nest is becoming a soap opera. And more fallout from the recent shakeup at Sonos. Enjoy the podcast and want more HomeTech? Join our email list (http://hometech.us8.list-manage.com/s...)  to receive our weekly newsletter. Show Notes • Vizio's new 4K TVs come with Google Cast built right in | Mashable (http://mashable.com/2016/03/22/vizio-...) • REMOTE, CONTROLLED - How Vizio and Google radically reinvented the TV | (http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/22/112...) • August's Doorbell Cam and Smart Keypad are just what the 'smart lock' needed | The Verge (http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/28/113...) • August Doorbell Cam review | CNet (http://www.cnet.com/products/august-d...) • The Dropcam Team | Greg Duffy via Medium (https://medium.com/@gduffy/the-dropca...) • Chris Backus Shoutout: Sonos loses its chief product officer | The Verge (http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/28/113...) DIY Roundup • Domoticz (http://www.domoticz.com/) • Indigo (http://www.indigodomo.com/) • Home Assistant (https://home-assistant.io/) • OpenHab (http://www.openhab.org) • OpenMotics (https://www.openmotics.com/) • Homeseer (http://www.homeseer.com/) • ISY (https://www.universal-devices.com/res...) • Vera (http://getvera.com/)