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    HomeKit Smart Outlet Roundup

    Hello - It's my understanding that you need either a dedicated iPad enabled to act as a bridge or an Apple TV in order to schedule events. The Apple TV is also a bridge that can be used in place of having a dedicated iPad left behind at home. However, I don't have an Apple TV, so I was unable...
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    HomeKit Smart Outlet Roundup

    Hello That's an interesting idea, but no. None of the devices have an auto ping watchdog feature. That would be a differentiating feature that I would have discussed and called out in the At A Glance summaries. Yes, there finally seem to be more product introductions. And with more digital...
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    TP-Link LB120 Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb with Tunable White Light Reviewed

    Yes, they do require hubs. And some manufacturers, like Belkin, haven't written "Skills" to make their hub-based products compatible with the Alexa platform (Amazon Echo). I've purchased a number of WeMo bulbs which, due to a lack of a Skill, I can't control via the Echo. I may reset the WeMo...
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    TP-Link LB120 Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb with Tunable White Light Reviewed

    Lifx also makes similar Wi-Fi LED bulbs. (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XUW0ZFU/?tag=snbforums-20)
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    TP-Link LB120 Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb with Tunable White Light Reviewed

    Yes, remote setup is done within the application. It's not quite as intuitive as you might hope. I had expected it under account settings, but it's not. Open the device page which shows either the color temperature control or circadian. In the upper right corner, there's a slider menu...
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    Circle With Disney Reviewed

    Thanks for the screen shots. Sorry that I missed it.
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    Circle With Disney Reviewed

    Circle is just one tool that you can put in your toolbox to help you set and enforce Internet policies. YouTube is one of the content filter apps that you can enable or disable for any of the four built-in age filters, as well as the default home filter. As noted in the review, you can add...
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    D-Link DCH-S160 Wi-Fi Water Sensor Reviewed

    The DCH-S160 is listed on D-Link's store for $59.99, but as of this writing, the site is showing out of stock. http://shop.us.dlink.com/shop/shop-automation/sensors.html Amazon currently has the product through one of its sellers is charging $76.89 - more than the list price. That seller claims...
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    D-Link DCH-S160 Wi-Fi Water Sensor Reviewed

    If your internet connection is down on the Wi-Fi network to which the water sensor is connected, there's really no way to contact the outside world. However, for the test, I disabled Wi-Fi on my Samsung S5, but it still had an internet connection via cellular. Virtually all Home Automation...
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    Smart LED Light Bulb Roundup

    You might check www.ifttt.com. If This Then That has a lot of "recipes" that work specifically with the hue lights. When I reviewed the product, there weren't any recipes for the Lux bulbs, and my hub couldn't succesfully link with my account. It still doesn't despite my re-enabling UPnP on my...
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    Smart LED Light Bulb Roundup

    Yes, that is correct. That is why I disabled my internet connection to test this feature. In most of the systems, your control request goes to the manufacturer's backend server which is connected via the Internet to the manufacturer's hub. The hub bridges your Internet connection to whatever...
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    N150 Wireless Travel Router Roundup

    Could you provide a clarification? Following up on your post, I looked at the instruction manual, the QIG, the product specification sheet and the included mini-CD again this morning. Neither the CD nor the web site has USB drivers that would enable the "nl" to act as a Wireless USB...
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    Roku Launches Zippy New Streamer - Roku 3 Review

    Yes. I tested both use cases. The Wi-Fi Direct connection is only on 5GHz. I have separate 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks and the Roku was able to connect to either network without losing the remote control functionality. Clearly, the Roku does has simultaneous dual-band capabilities. Also...
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    Roku Launches Zippy New Streamer - Roku 3 Review

    Thanks for the correction. Initially I was advised that the remote was Bluetooth with Wi-Fi Direct for the audio. I went back to Roku and they confirmed that the remote uses Wi-Fi Direct. It does appear to use 5Ghz for the Wi-Fi direct link. On my unit the SSID is DIRECT-roku-132. It...
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    NETGEAR NeoTV Prime with Google TV Reviewed

    Vimu Thanks for the post. I followed your link and found the Vimu Video player app which is a $2.99 app. I purchased it and installed it. It does find network shares, and will play video and music files. I didn't try a whole gamut of video file types, however. It doesn’t appear to find...
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    NETGEAR NeoTV Prime with Google TV Reviewed

    Decode a ripped DVD? I hate to admit it, but I haven’t ripped too many DVDs. Most of my content is streamed from online sources. I'm guessing it would depend on the output format that you choose for your DVD ripping software. In the past, I have ripped DVDs to the .mp4 file format, and...
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    Synology DS209 and DS209+II Reviewed

    Time Machine - samg - As I indicated, I only ran (or tried to run) it on 10.5.8. I haven't upgraded to Snow Leopard yet, though will probably do so soon. The information that I received was from Synology who indicated that AFP had to be enabled for Time Machine to work. Indeed, without...
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