What "Tech" do you have in your house?

[Tonsko]

OpulentBob said:

What's CAT6 cabling?

Unnecessary.

[maccas99]

Tonsko said:

Unnecessary.

It's the latest version of network cabling. We did a whole house refurb so not really any additional cost to get that run as well as the re-wire plus my bro works for a cabling company. So in my eyes, completely necessary.

[maccas99]

rednotdead said:

Good to hear. We too have a solid steel Hormann, but an access point just behind it. How long are you getting out of the battery?

The battery lasts between 6 - 9 months and then all you do is take it off the wall and plug it into charge overnight. Pop it back on in the morning and your all set.

[Tonsko]

maccas99 said:

It's the latest version of network cabling. We did a whole house refurb so not really any additional cost to get that run as well as the re-wire plus my bro works for a cabling company. So in my eyes, completely necessary.

Maybe, but for the chap that asked, probably not. Gigabit everywhere could get expensive.

[maccas99]

Tonsko said:

Maybe, but for the chap that asked, probably not. Gigabit everywhere could get expensive.

Agreed, for non-techies or those on a budget, it's not required.

[anonymous-user]

I agree. I don't understand it, therefore don't miss whatever it does!

I like the thought of lights following you around the house though.

[Tonsko]

OpulentBob said:

I agree. I don't understand it, therefore don't miss whatever it does!

I like the thought of lights following you around the house though.

It's a wired network. Cat 6 cable is certified to higher network speeds (1000 megabits/s) than Cat 5/5e (100 -> 1000 mb/s). Those higher speeds will only be realised if your whole network has devices that can support it, as data will only move at the speed of the slowest device.

You probably just use wifi and be done with it.

[smn159]

Digital alarm clock
Microwave
Telly
Reprogrammed Terminator to look after the kids
'The Fly' style transportation pods
Holodeck

[mizx]

Nothing crazy, but we have what we need (mostly ). Study bedroom so most of this bar the portable stuff, big TV and multiroom is in there.

My own PC;
Lian Li V354 case
MSI Z97M gaming mobo, 4690k, Noctua NH-U9B cooler, 8GB DDR3, MSI GTX660, Seasonic 550w PSU, x2 500GB HDs, Samsung Evo 250GB SSD
Dell U2415 24", Razer Deathstalker keyboard, Logitech G602, Win 7 Pro
Samsung 1TB external for backup (also Acronis cloud)
TPLink VR200 fibre router

Audio Technica MSR7 headphones
Soundmagic E10 earphones

LG Optimus 4X, mine and getting on a bit, but does the job, thinking about a Oneplus X
Asus Zenphone
Sony Xperia Z
Asus E402m 14" notebook

Samsung multiroom hub + x3 M3 speakers

old LG 19" bedroom TV
PS3, not on for 2 years probably
NowTV box; Plex installed for streaming from the server on my PC, which has SSPlex channel added naturally also Kodi on the PC with "certain" addons
~2010 Samsung 6 series 32" + wifi adapter for iPlayer; this will get the NowTV box when I replace the bedroom TV with something that has the Plex app

Panasonic Lumix GM5
Panasonic Lumix G3
m4/3 lenses; Pan 12-32mm, 14-42mm, 45-175mm, 14mm, PL 25mm
old Canon Powershot S3

Edited by mizx on Wednesday 13th July 20:31

[Kermit power]

Good evening chaps...

I'm conducting some research into which areas of the country have the most technology. It would be great if you could just pop your address at the bottom of your posts.

Also, er, could you also say when you're going to be out over the next couple of weeks, just so that we can avoid those times if we need to ask any follow up questions?

In the interests of making sure we have complete data, please also give thought to including items of technology that you might otherwise not think to include. Things like alarms and CCTV cameras for example.

Lastly, have you thought to reply to the "what dog do you have" thread over in all creatures great and small?

[Coolbanana]

Control4 Home Automation so that I can control my Home Cinema, TV's, Audio, Lights, Security, Electric Blinds and Aircon / Heating from Control4 tablet panels and my mobile!

Currently being installed. Cat6 is in, Control4 units going in and the rest will follow soon. New build house that I have taken over from a bust Developer so can finish it however I want.

A friend of mine has added controls that run a bath at a specific time! I'm not going that far though.

[feef]

Can never have too much tech

Cable modem/router (wifi turned off ) connected to a....
Netgear prosafe firewall/router into which is connected a...
TP Link WIFI router with guest network (internet access but no LAN access) managing DHCP and whatnot feeding the...
Cisco 32 port gigabit switch and then on that wired LAN there are....

- Squeezebox Boom (to be replaced by a Sonos in due couse)
- 6TB NAS operating as a media server, CCTV server and VPN server as well as the usual file store (and syncs to the NAS in my office so both locations are using each other as a mutual remote backup)
- 42" 3D LED Smart TV with matching...
- - PVR
- networked colour laser printer/scanner
- PS3
- Vonage VOIP phone system
- YouW8 networked body monitor scales (wireless to it's own interface and then wired from that to the switch)


and on the wireless network

- iphone
- ipad2 mini
- 2 x Apple TV (living room and bedroom)
- Macbook Pro
- Lenovo thinkpad laptop (supplied by a client for remote access to their secure systems)
- NEST thermostat
- Amazon Kindle Fire
- Amazon Fire Stick
- WIFI IP camera CCTV over the drive
- and an old Dell laptop running Windows XP that I use for the Lexia diagnostics in the C6, the Husqvarna ECU software on my competition bike and the Emerald ECU software for the MX5

And un-networked :

- 20" LCD tv

Portable devices include :

Yamaha NX-P100 bluetooth speaker
Nikon D60 DSLR
Nikon 3200 DSLR (with a couple of lenses)
Panasonic HX-DC2EB-H video camera
Garmin Oregon GPS
GoPro Silver
Drift Ghost HD helmet cam
Drift Stealth helmet cam
DJi Phantom 2 drone
Hexo+ autonomous drone
Pebble smart watch (original, kickstarter edition)
Pebble Steel smart watch
Kreyos Meteor smart watch (it's crap, don't get it)
2 x Myo gesture control arm bands from Thalmic labs

I think that's about it

Edited by feef on Thursday 14th July 11:25

[maccas99]

Kermit power said:

Good evening chaps...

I'm conducting some research into which areas of the country have the most technology. It would be great if you could just pop your address at the bottom of your posts.

Also, er, could you also say when you're going to be out over the next couple of weeks, just so that we can avoid those times if we need to ask any follow up questions?

In the interests of making sure we have complete data, please also give thought to including items of technology that you might otherwise not think to include. Things like alarms and CCTV cameras for example.

Lastly, have you thought to reply to the "what dog do you have" thread over in all creatures great and small?

Ha Ha! This thread was just waiting for someone to post up something like this....

You are right, it does read like a thief's shopping list...

[J8 SVG]

iPhone 6S
Macbook Pro
Lenovo Tablet thingy
Bedroom AV -
Panasonic 40"
Panasonic DVD/Surround sound
Panasonic DVR
Downstairs AV -
Optoma 1080p 3D Projector
Xbox one
Xbox 360
Rega RP1 Turn table
Denon Amp
Boston Acoutic M25 speakers
Pioneer bluetooth speaker
Marshall Guitar amp
Are electric guitars tech? Some of them.
Large collection of ecigs and the gubbins that go along with that
Kitchen gadgets galore
Too many external batteries & hard drives (latest is a 26500Mah bad boy which is great)
Box full of old gameboys, sat nav and out of date phones etc

Some times I wonder why I haven't got close to a deposit for a house..

[Brother D]

Cat6 throughout
Ubiquiti EdgeRouter lite
Netgear Switch
Netgear running DD-WRT
HP NL40 MiniServer 16GB 4x2TB in RAID
HP Z800 Workstation/VM server SSD/64GB 2x Xeon with twin 27inch monitors
HP WX8600 Workstation 2x zeon 32GB (going soon)
4 x Cisco 3650 24 port switches
1 x Cisco 5505 ASA (firewall)
1 x Cisco 1841 router
1 x power monitor
Canary home security
Nest thermostat
2 x Ubiquiti AC lite APs
2 x Samsung Smart TVs
Amazon Fire
2 x HP 5330 laptops
4 Arduinos
5(?) Raspberry Pi A/B and 2 zeros
6 Drones custom/parrot/DJI
Multiple CCTV cameras
Roomba (best bit of tech I own)
Xbox, 360, Xbox1
Amazon Echo
Mutiple Bluetooth Wireless speakers
Hidden LED lighting
Samsung smart* fridge (Well it lets you upload photos to the control screen panel)
2 x LIFX Smart LED lights (for the love of god don't buy these peieces of crap)
Garmin 920
2 x Pebble
1 x Pebble Steel
1 x Tag Heuer Connected
2xS4, 2xOneplus1, 1xS7, 1xNokia Lumia

(I only live in 1500Sqft)

[gtidriver]

In our home i installed over a mile of cat 5/phone/coax cable.
British Gas hive.
55"lg 4k
42"Samsung hd
Samsung sound bar
40"Samsung hd
Bose 5.1 in the living room
Bose 321 in the bedroom
Bose computer speakers in the study
Apple extreme
4x Apple Express
Apple tvgen 3
Macbook Pro 13"
2x ipad air
1 ipad mini3
2x Huawei
2x iPhones 5s
ipod nano
lightwaverf items scattered through out the house, garden and garage

[NDA]

Good burglars list this thread.

[Michaelgeeky]

J8 SVG said:

iPhone 6S
Macbook Pro
Lenovo Tablet thingy
Bedroom AV -
Panasonic 40"
Panasonic DVD/Surround sound
Panasonic DVR
Downstairs AV -
Optoma 1080p 3D Projector
Xbox one
Xbox 360
Rega RP1 Turn table
Denon Amp
Boston Acoutic M25 speakers
Pioneer bluetooth speaker
Marshall Guitar amp
Are electric guitars tech? Some of them.
Large collection of ecigs and the gubbins that go along with that
Kitchen gadgets galore
Too many external batteries & hard drives (latest is a 26500Mah bad boy which is great)
Box full of old gameboys, sat nav and out of date phones etc

Some times I wonder why I haven't got close to a deposit for a house..

And more often than not I wonder why I haven't got close to millionaire.

[kingston12]

Michaelgeeky said:

And more often than not I wonder why I haven't got close to millionaire.

Indeed. I started to list out mine in my head and got to tens of thousands of pounds worth pretty quickly.

The only consolation (excuse?) for me is that I am an accumulator rather than a serial upgrader. I hate buying a really expensive item and selling it for a fraction of the original cost, so I try to keep things for as long as possible.

[Vitorio]

Just the stuff currently in active employ:

- TV
- PC
- Chromebook
- Xbox one
- Wii
- 5.1 audio system
- modem
- router
- wifi access point

Then there is the obvious fridge/microwave stuff

And a whole list of toys/non active stuff that isnt essential to my current life, a raspberry pi, dis-used file server, couple of network switches, windows tablet, two old phones, an xbox 360, a GBA, a PSP, a gamecube, a chinese amplifier.

Ive actually gotten rid of a LOT of crap i wasnt using anymore lately, the list isnt nearly as insane as i thought it would be