Savant's smarthome system is so genius, it's idiot-proof
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2018
- Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri can talk to a bunch of different devices, but so far they aren't as good at making multiple devices work together. To fully automate a home, it helps to enlist home automation services from a company like Savant.
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If only I, as a consumer, could buy such devices from Savant directly.
How things have changed since May 2018!
Everybody think they gangsta until somebody downloads their house
I love what all can be done with these smart speakers!
This is one big Savaant commercial
That Sony TV is not centered over the fireplace.
I didn't notice before.... but you're definitely right..... It's needs to go to the right a bit more. That would drive me nuts
TRUE!! Omg, that really messes with my OCD!
the little lights aren't twinkling Clark
Rekkless oof
May you watch and comment my simple ptoject
The only thing I was thinking.... "People still use Tivo?"
I like my Tivo. They have a skip commercial button when watching recorded shows that makes it worth it.
But you can get all that with your cable box.
Gross Technology No cable boxes I've ever had or seen have it. They also added IFTTT functionality so you don't even have to press anything for the commercial to skip. It's almost like watching something on Netflix.
Yeah, I know you can skip the commercials...but integrating IFTTT.... now thats interesting!
Tivos ip control is amazing...
Where can I get that kitchen light at 42 seconds in the video 🤗🤗
He’s under the impression we currently have to switch from app to app to control our smarthome devices but that’s literally what HomeKit and Siri does for me, and it’s built in. 😂
Exactly
I'm starting to realize a couple of things about being rich. When you're rich you don't have to make choices and you can make bad choices and just start over
Imagine a mini fridge on wheels or a table... or even a chair that you can just call
We have have Savant for 2 years and we love it. The problem is we haven’t figured out how to play iTunes on it. Since we have all of our music in iTunes.
Lunnsdesigns add an appletv and if you're on savant 9 you can even use the mic on the remote for siri control
Also these systems are hosted in the house so they are highly secure. Also Savants "Smart Home Systems" are now available on Android devices dropping the cost by about a third. I integrated and programmed Racepoint blueprint for companies in Aspen CO. I was able to build advanced Savant Systems. Savant is far superior to any other system.
Excellent breakdown I really enjoy it!!!
great set up.
Such a small cubed subwoofer packs punch. I'm currently running the klipsch 5.1 wisa system and the klipsch subwoofer is very weak compared to the savant. Glad I found your review
This just sounds like an advert for all these companies 🙄
This is the direction that Apple Home Kit and Samsung Smart Things are going, have all of the systems tied together within one UI. You could also go the Z-Wave route if you want to tie everything together into one hardware unit and not spend $15K...
Daniel Pierce z wave is trash
Hopefully more smart home products will better integrate with the Google Home App so you don't have to worry about a set up like this. I just started using it a few weeks ago and so far I like it but it definitely can use improvements. For instance, I have my Nest camera linked to the Google Home App which is great but you lose all the features such as rewind and zoom. If it's too much to add detailed features to the Home app at least provide a link to the full Nest app within Home in case I need to do some advanced stuff.
How is it convenient to have your 4k blu ray player in the rack somewhere in the closet?
LaabNavNoyd it’s not, unless you want to distribute the video to multiple TVs. We added a separate blu Ray player to the TV in the family room in the cabinet. I don’t think there is a “perfect” Smart Home, like you point out. There’s going to be a hassle somewhere :)
Because no one watches Blu-ray anymore. It’s all streamed now, Blu-ray is old tech
Not if you want to own Ultra 4K movies. Nice to have a physical copy for some people.
@@kevinabbott32 Can get full 4K HDR 60hz 4:4:4 with BR disc can't get that bandwidth streaming. That takes 18.2Gbps. If you want to play a BR in the theater and the bar so getting drinks, going to bathroom, etc you don't have to stop the movie is about only reason for in the rack. Or if your rack is right near the TV/Screen you will be playing it on.
People just lazy and can’t take the 30 seconds it takes to go and put the disc in go. Just pay the money for kaleidoscape server!
If a closet has to look like an I.T. Dept. server room, to make things work it's too complicated. So much can go wrong with a setup like that over time. And then the homeowner either has to spend time trying to figure things out, or do without service until a call can be made to an outside provider, instead of spending time enjoying all their media!
If they can afford a system like this they can afford the oncall support tech to come fix any issues they have.
Derek B My comment reflected absolutely nothing about cost. Obviously cost is not the issue. Time is. As I stated.
So what are you suggesting the homeowner shouldn't have anything?
kenmid Yes of course, that is exactly what I am saying. Let’s go back to candlelight and fireplaces while we are at it. 🙄Geez.
Honestly, I know way too many nerds that have a rack like that in a spare closet. It’s easier to wire from one location than to pull from all over the house. I don’t have a rack, but I do have all my music, TV and movies at one central hub to stream throughout the house.
4:25 The Apple TV IR emitter has come off.
Yeah... But I could get into that house through the front door too easily. A security system is a must!
I think I'll keep my old stuff.
“Wiring was professionally done” shows a rats nest
Paulie Force do you work in racks all the time? It's not the best dress job, but it's pretty good.
A server rack might look cleaner but when you’re adding power cables, power strips and cables of different sizes, it can be hard. Pro Tech did a great job considering.
I’ve been doing high end av, lighting, and integration for over 15 years. That wiring could be far cleaner.
Paulie Force as an installer? Engineer? Or in what aspect do you work in AV? I work in AV as well, in one of the top AV integrator companies in the US.
Francisco Arredondo installer/lead tech/project manager/programmer.
I want to know one thing, how to make a cable and internet provider show the tv channels on many tv's throughout a big house.
I diagree with us Needing it to be under one system, I have no issue using two different systems, Google Home and Amazon's Alexa, and they are by far cheaper options and you can upgrade a bit at a time as you can afford it. They also do much of what is shown in this video.
Um yeah. That server looks “user friendly.”
You completely lost me with that gigantic server rack, sorry, that ain’t part of my plan to get a mini server room in my house to make it a smart home
Ray X Agreed. I have all of this, bar the yard speakers, and my house is controlled by google and Siri.
Y2Kr4SHM4N lies
If you don't want the rack, you will have the equipment spread through your house instead. That's the point of the rack. To hide the stuff. You'll always have the gear regardless. Want speakers throughout your house that isn't Sonos? You need an audio matrix. You need amps. You want in ceiling speakers powered by sonos? You need a Sonos connect amps per room minimum or enjoy a bunch of impedence matching VCs everywhere. You guys have a complete misconception about what a smart home is and what the point is. Sorry bud but a Google home, 2 shades, your ISPs modem/router combo unit and TV's using tv speakers with one source is not a smart home.
Because you only played the music for a shortened period and don’t include any info in the video or in the notes here, I’ve got to ask here in the comments. What is the music used around the 38 second mark?
I was told by Savant support that the UA-cam Premium app is not available as an integration, only Spotify and some unknown radio apps?
Smart home? Or just another switch?
Smart homes should be proactive in turning things on, or asking you for options.
A smart home, literally
Yeah just get a server rack. Not a problem....
Google home Hub does a great job of this without a server rack.....
And is vastly cheaper and can be upgraded a bit at a time.
I LOVE!!!!
Wow what a dream, can you set up my house?
0:38 what is that song called??
Worth
Or just use home assistant for free
for the people looking for a link: home-assistant.io/
It's called "Time versus money"
Coming from a professional that installs home assistant as well as the system described in the video, I got to say that each has their pros and cons, but home assistant isn't nearly as robust as professional AV automation equipment.
no where near as powerful or capable but whatever....
all that damn equipment!!! sheesh
honestly, this doesn't seem that great. I have almost every single thing listed here except its all being done through 1 app on my smart phone or google home. Ive also gone with sonos and samsung atmos for all room audio. Just start googling stuff you dont need a company like savant. I did this setup for way-way less and I have no giant server that im sure will become outdated or need potential maintenance.
The one thing I'm not sure how they have done is the streaming of different sources from that rack. I.E one apple tv connecting content to multiple tvs without being next to it. Some sort of wireless HDMI? or in wall wiring I assume
HDMI over Ethernet i guess. But it costs more than an actual Apple TV itself
I work in this industry, I have for 10 years, the fact that you are making any criticism about this, or stating that it isn't that great and that you can kind of do this with what you have,and then wondering how it's done, makes your argument completely invalid.
Adam J I stated that savant is a completely useless company. One can very easily do exactly what they have done in a simpler way with less equipment needed. The single and not really all that impressive aspect is the single source to multiple displays wirelessly which I did not understand. After about 5 min of googling I now understand how it's done. Re confirming that having said company do any of this is a complete waste of money
I will agree with you that you can control all of these things without Savant, that is true. Although I install this stuff, at my own house I have a mix of systems that I use, Vera, SmartThings, Sonos, Amazon Fire, because I tinker around with them and I have the knowledge to operate all of them and make them work with each other.
What Savant brings to the table is a very polished single app interface that integrates all of your systems under one umbrella that makes it incredibly powerful and convenient to do very complex things with the equipment in the house. The customers I deal with don't want to have to know anything about technology, they just want it to work. This is the type of platform that you can bring to people who don't know and don't want to know how it all works or want to put effort into enjoying today's technology, they just want TVs on the wall, sound everywhere, control the lights, the ability to arm and disarm the security system, and control their HVAC all from one spot. Once the system is properly set up, the customer can literally take a "snapshot" of a particular room in the house or the entire house, save that as a scene and recall it from one button push or from voice control. The volume, the channel the TV is on, the level of the lights, everything. It is really cool once it's all set up, it comes at a premium price yes, and I think Savant is extremely out of bounds with the licensing fees that they charge, but some people want to pay for that and when they do they are rewarded with a really powerful home control system that is very user-friendly to operate. We also use control4 to do many of the same things, but it just doesn't have that same "luxury" feel that Savant does, the app is what sets it apart. It's just like cars, there are plenty of different ways to get from point A to point B, just depends what you want to use and how many luxury and convenience features you want.
That guy i agree with you ..and I’m assuming they used hdmi splitter for that
Was that an ipad stuck to the wall, why was the hdmi matrix label blanked out?
Amazon echo device's can be contacted to hifi for better speakers, many TV's these days are " smart " and work with Google home or other brands, so wands, voice, etc are all possible using cheepo domestic electronics
I do all this with ITTT and Alexa routines
Got a motion sensor in my man cave that turns everything on when I walk in including my computer and monitors want to integrate a raspberry pi and facial recognition to make it more badass
Scarlet fire is playing in the background
Having a system like this installed in your home is just a open invitation for any Home Automation Designer to suck thousands from you. "top" "top of the line" "ultra", they'll use these words that'll just water your mouth into thinking you have the most amazing setup. Having said that, a strong gripe I have with this and other High-End systems like RTI, Crestron, and Control4 is that the DIY aspect is pretty much non-existent. Allowing SI's and Designers to make their way into the higher end homes and businesses. Thankfully they still have open sourced apps like OpenHAB and HASS.io to accomplish the same thing for quite literally thousands cheaper.
Some people, like yourself, have the time to learn and install their own systems using OpenHAB and HASS.
Some would prefer to pay and have an expert design, install and support their system.
Nothing wrong with either one.
If you have the cash and don't wanna deal with this by yourself, go spend it. What's wrong with SIs trying to make a living?
@@noelv1976 nothing wrong with it, I'm a SI as well. Problem is that there were things like Logitech Harmony that was the perfect point of a DIY and you didnt need to be a programmer to basically do what the higher end automations did.
While I love getting paid, I also love giving the user options.
can i buy the gear and do it myself
What if you don't like the iOS platforms? Is there an option that's Android friendly
so, the SAVANT and MYQ garage door opener DOES NOT work together - this video is completely incorrect - SAVANT doesn't work
could I use a part of this clip for a smart home presentation? i will make sure to present your link and your trade mark in the description
Here I am being proud of my google home mini... 😭😭
Wow
Anyone who has ever worked around rack shuddered at least a little bit when that wiring was shown and referred to a "professional". Nobody who takes any amount of pride in their work would leave that looking that way.
they should start building homes with all this networking in mind. and make it look good too
What is the total cost ?
Didn't really say much....except Savant over and over. Like, how did they split the Apple box to go to every TV in the house? or, how is the blueray able to change movies without walking out to the garage every time. This shows us ABOUT the gear but not how to put it all together to work. And how many Alexa's have the got through the house. Just skimming the surface here.
They are HDbaseT HDMI baluns over cat5 or cat6 cables, from a manufacturer by the name of Atlona, and then going through a savant HDMI video matrix.
You want them to teach you how to do it so you can do it l yourself? This was a sales pitch not an instructional. Pay for the training and gain the knowledge you seek.
go DIY Smarthome!!!! Work it out and you will learn more about the place you live in! and if you are reading this then I know you have the time....
evrythingallright I’m just trying to connect a 6 zones in ceiling speaker system that I can control from my phone (or two)
At the same time). There’s so much stuff and complicated, sounds kinda crazy to me in 2019...
So to wire all this you prob gotta tear down all the walls and ceilings right?
What a nice 7 minute ad.
and this can all be yours for only $182,000. And they'll throw in a free bowl of M&Ms
“Idiot proof”? Give it to a couple of marine privates and see if you would still call it idiot proof after one day
So, it's true. I DO have to traipse down to the mech room in the basement to put on a movie? That just seems weird. You even emphasize that "You don't have to have [the blue ray player] next to the tv." I'm like what? And then the bit that really confuses... "so that's handy."
Z-Wave and Fibaro.. full home control for a fraction of the price.
Or if you're sensible, adequately endowed, and not a light DJ, you can get up to adjust the light, use external hard disks or online music instead of media servers, use air-pods / good portable speakers and have music wherever you want, save money, power bills, maintenance, prevent radiation exposure.. but who wants that!
What happens during a power outage if all that equipment isn’t backed up by a generator? Assuming it’s not.
Just brought in Savant. Not in the least impressed. The supplier/installer insisted that it was all "intuitive" and it is not in the least "intuitive". Supposedly it functions along the line of your basic directory structure akin to basic operating systems in your computer but it doesn't seem that way ay all to me. Incredibly frustrating to say the least and I wish I'd never gone there.
Hey just so you know, your "censor" editing needs work. It was a fail on both the license plate and device info on the network rack
Thanks, will check it out and fix!
so many physical buttons for a "smart home"
What would a system like this run? Just a ballpark. $10k+?
trucker V 15-20k
A) Araknis? Really? So many better options. B) that is awful cable management in the rack.
George Lockwood what are you afraid of Araknis for?
Nothing wrong with araknis.
you realize, you didnt blur out the license plate right? you blurred beside it.
You can’t change anything without a dealer - not a light switch or a lamp controller.
And the price is so high, your going to be investing the price of a rather nice car into this system.
I love savant but these considerations truly frustrate a lot of potential buyers.
happyhappyjoyjoy9999 yeah but dropping all that money on a car is depreciation. Where as houses appreciate.
Unless that car is a limited production your more likely better off doing this to the house since it adds value and you can upgrade at any time
The fact that none If this is linked pisses me off
Nice ad.
So the point is that you need one platform to tie it all together to actually be good? Alexa and the Google Assistant do this already
How's the electric bill?
How much did savant pay for this ad?
"so you don't have to have {the blu-ray player} next to the TV, so that's handy..." Handy isn't quite the word that came to my mind. Stupid... thats the word.
Ha ha. It's not stupid if you want to play that DVD on multiple TVs. A well designed smart home will be designed around the owner's lifestyle and needs.
the only thing I was thinking... "people still have to say 'savant' to get attention on the internet?"
really! You guys need to learn how to manages wire because that rack looks messy from behind.
And in 5 years all of that hardware will be obsolete and not work and be the size of a modem.
Bobby Croghan you’re an idiot
Why the tivo? Cable/satellite is dying. And whats up with the blu-ray situation.
What do you mean? And how do you watch TV?
0:42
Great video! We love Savant! It's got the horsepower to take the smart home to another level.
Lol, boomerific … I can do all of this seamlessly from my phone
I don't get it. I have a smart home that is only a fraction of what this cost and it was easy to set up and configure or trouble shoot. Just too much for the same.
You dont need to spend 300 bucks for an ipad or complicate things with "savant" or whatever to control your home, just buy a fifty dollar echo dot or google gome mini and control things with your voice, samsung has this samsung one thing going on with their tvs but the only thing i liked were the speakers
Google home is going to make all these things accessible from their app
The TV should not be higher than the eyes of a person. It's gonna wreck your neck.
Uh if I had room like that for a server room it would be full of crypto mining gear 🤨
Your electric bill must be very large.
Soon my friends... Soon. You will all be able to never leave your bed to do anything ever again. thanks to people like this for making people lazier... I can promise you. all these people's parents all had the clapper...
Really poor job blurring out the license plate
I thought it was sawan music app by looking at the caption.
I don’t think user familiar will catch on :)
Yeah lol.
Savant's GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE !!!!
I Idiot proof after you spend thousands of dollars on an install. You can now do this diy under one system.
It's idiot proof b/c you have an entire COLUMN of servers and networking gear
No, I'm never going to be using a professional system. They take all of the control out of the users hands and put it behind a pay wall. No thanks! Also I can't slowly put my system together. Well I can, but I have to have an integrator come back to put it together for me. No, not doing that! Also it's just downright more expensive and these days you can get a better DIY system for half the price. Then again, I like to tinker and put things together.
Can Savant's thermostat look any uglier.
is it me or these "smart" home systems just over complicate everything.