Convergence Headaches Scare Away AV Installers is the title of a recent editorial in Audio Video Revolution online magazine. The article focuses on issues that A/V installers have with using PCs as home automation controllers, but along the way, he has some very positive things to say about Life|ware:

The whole-home system I speak of above is one designed and installed by manufacturer Life-Ware. I can say that, while I am generally good at breaking any and every AV product I lay my hands on, their systems in my opinion have been on multiple occasions rock-solid. They boldly dared me to “break” their system and I failed. They dared me to make the system do back-flips and it did them without a hiccup. For each challenging move I made, their system had an answer. Every automated drape worked perfectly. I could cue up weather in Beverly Hills on an HD touch panel and then flip over to an HD source and then to music and then to photos. The system could keep up with my every move.

Check out the article; it’s a fairly thorough discussion of the pros and cons of PC convergence in home automation.