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I built an offline smart home, and why you should too
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Depends what you're automating.. Home Assistant isn't really suitable for larger homes, and it REALLY sucks at AV control compared to commercial systems.
It might be better than Google Assistant and Alexa, but its nowhere near high end systems
What are "high end alternatives?"
Large homes tend to use products like crestron or control4 which deal with AV better.
I've installed in houses which are literally 16 TVs and 32 audio zones.
Some products even work together with companies like this for native enhancements to their products to allow better control
That being said, some things in HA are cool