A smart home can do some remarkable things. When you walk in the door after a long day with your hands full of groceries, you can ask your voice assistant to turn on the lights. In fact, while they’re at it, they can also turn on your “Welcome Home” playlist and adjust the thermostat. 

When it's time for dinner, you tap an in-wall keypad, and the kitchen lights dim while the lights in the dining room transform to the color of candlelight. Soft jazz streams through your home via architectural speakers, and your shades lower for privacy. When it's time for bed, you tap the "Good Night" icon on a bedside touchscreen, and the lights and AV equipment turn off, the doors lock, and the alarm arms. Pretty remarkable.

But the “automation” in home automation refers to the tasks your home performs with no effort on your part, preparing itself for you in advance. At Video General, we get to know your lifestyle and daily activities and program automated processes that enhance your everyday life. 

Now that’s a smart home.

Let’s explore how the latest technology is transforming homes in Colleyville, TX, creating the ultimate in luxury and convenience.

There’s a reason that watching a movie in a cinema is a superior experience to watching in your home’s living room, and it doesn’t just come down to the quality of the screen. You could watch your favorite movie on a brand new 8K screen with surround sound speakers, and you’d still miss that movie theater experience. That’s because every aspect of a movie theater is carefully designed and engineered to provide the best watching experience possible.

But that doesn’t mean you can’t capture that same magic in your own home. A professional home theater installation can turn that spare room in your home in Southlake, TX into a carefully crafted space designed to optimize entertainment. When you sit down in your home theater, you’ll get that cinema magic, but with the privacy and comfort of your own home. Keep reading to see why you should trust a professional home theater company like Video General to install your custom theater.

According to Business Insider, traditional light switches may become an artifact, a reminder of an ancient time when people used to turn their lights on by flipping a switch in every room. What are these light switches being replaced with? Smart lighting control and voice-activated assistants. 

One day, the younger generation will exhibit blank stares at the mention of light switches, along with landline phones, floppy disks, and transistor radios. They will live in a world where light is controlled with one touch on an in-wall keypad, a touchscreen, or a remote. For many, that day is already here, and it’s called smart lighting automation. 

Lighting automation offers even greater benefits and ease of living. As the name implies, automated lights respond automatically with no effort on your part. Thanks to scheduled events, sensors, geo-fencing, and GPS, your lights transform around you and your home prepares itself for you in advance.

Let’s explore our future and the world those seeking a life of luxury live in now.

Whether or not you realize it, you probably listen to audio entertainment daily. In fact, you’re listening to the audio every time you watch a video, listen to music, tune into a podcast or the news, play video games, or watch movies or TV. That’s why you should equip your home in Westlake, TX, with a luxury speaker system. Whether you’re listening to music or watching a movie, a high-end speaker system will deliver rich, detailed audio every time. Check out these five ways you’ll enjoy better sound with your speaker system.