I spent 30k plus to install Control 4 – now upgrades are a fortune and since I live in a remote location the service provider wants a small fortune to show up and upgrade. They charge a premium for the equipment and some $500 per hour to install and update. I kitchen…
Have had a bad experience with the control 4 product. Specifically the remote for the TV and amplifier. Works for a week, then goes out for 3 weeks. Then as far as service goes it’s non-existent in my area. Ready to toss this remote and trade it in for a Crestron. At least they would have service...
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In the era of DIY, control 4, needs to create an open platform, that’s not vendor dependent in addition to a complete overhaul of their hardware and software. People these days don’t have the patience for faulty expensive experiences.
The parts they install are extremely cheap and break easily. When i say cheap, I mean cheap for the dealers; to replace it costs hundreds. For a *** lightswitch. Of course, this is work that I could do myself, or get an electrician to do for under a hundred bucks, but because it needs to integrate with...
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Glitches and failures too numerous to mention: does not play well with others (specifically Apple), loved by the tech-geeks but not so much by the home user (can’t program your own stuff), frequent “unexplained” phenomena (can’t change settings without rebooting, speaker zones stop working-reboot again); apps that are buggy and user unfriendly. Often have to remove/reload app...
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