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  • bdonvr@thelemmy.clubtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•lightbulbs
    3·
    1 day ago

    loss of Internet connection

    No. They aren’t controlled via Internet (they can be, but it’s not vital). You have Zigbee switches that control them through radio. Or you control them with your Zigbee controller which is hooked up to your network, but works locally so even if your Internet is down it works on LAN.

    voltage drops/brown outs/black outs … They all turn on the full brightness for “safety”

    Depends on the brand. Some do this. Most do out of the box but you can go into the settings of your Zigbee controller and disable that. Some don’t let you configure it. I’d read reviews first.

    Also Phillips Hue is actually a Zigbee bulb, which can be used with non-Hue Zigbee controllers. If I’m reading right this setting can be configured. https://community.hueessentials.com/t/how-to-set-up-power-on-behaviour-for-my-lights/720

  • bdonvr@thelemmy.clubtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•lightbulbs
    4·
    1 day ago

    Brand/model isn’t important.

    You’ll need a HomeAsstant controller. You can buy one premade or you can look up tutorials and make your own with a raspberry pi or old laptop or PC. Then you’ll need a ZigBee controller, this is a radio that will talk to your smart lights and other accessories.

    You then get ZigBee compatible lights. Phillips Hue is the top of the line but so stupidily expensive I’d never recommend it. Innr makes good ones at half the cost. ThirdReality makes decent ones too for even cheaper.

    You’ll probably also want some ZigBee switches to have physical controls for your lights instead of just by phone. They make models that replace your actual light switches. Or, if you rent like me and can’t modify that, you can get battery powered ones that stick on the wall. Battery life is like a year or more so not too bad.

    That’ll do it. You can also use HomeAssistant now that you’ve got it. It’s a home automation software that’s open source and locally controlled. You can hook up much more than your lights. Smart plugs, your TV, 3D printer, fans, cameras, tons of sensors, your thermostat, robovac, etc. Then make automations that connect them. For example my living room ZigBee switch, one press up toggles the main lights. Double press for the lamp. Hold down and it turns off all lights and the TV. Some lights like my closet light are controlled by a door sensor instead of a switch, so they come on automatically. Some people prefer motion sensors so all lights are automatic. Turn off stuff automatically when you leave, etc.

  • bdonvr@thelemmy.clubtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•lightbulbs
    6·
    1 day ago

    I love my smart lights for this. I can change them at my whim. By default they’re brighter and whiter during the day, slowly moving dimmer and yellow after sunset. Or I can make them whatever other color but I do that pretty rarely.

    It’s also fully offline and no WiFi used. But it seems almost everything you see in the stores are WiFi bulbs you have to get an app for, where one day they might go bankrupt and suddenly your lights dont work. Or the internet goes out. Yuck.

  • bdonvr@thelemmy.clubtoTechnology@lemmy.world•The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8KEnglish
    15·
    4 days ago

    There’s barely any actual 4K content you can consume

    I feel like that’s not true. But you’ve gotta try. If you’re streaming it, chances are it’s not really any better. 4K Bluray (or rips of them…) though? Yeah it’s good. And since film actually has 8K+ resolution old movies can be rescanned into high resolution if the original film exists.

    Supposedly Sony Pictures Core is one streaming service that can push nearly 4K Bluray bitrates… but you’ve gotta have really good internet. Like pulling 50-80GB in the span of a movie runtime.

  • bdonvr@thelemmy.clubtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Anyone?
    146·
    4 days ago

    Hi, admin of thelemmy.club here -

    I’ve spoken with the other Lemmy admins in our group chat and we have decided to take this down. We made it very clear that this requirement should not be discussed. As a one time warning we will not ban you, but we will expect three photos this week.

    Thank you,

    - All Lemmy admins.