But pretty much everyone on this forum is an order of magnitude "geekier" than the average person and likes playing around with this stuff.
Most of this stuff does require a bit of tinkering as everyone's needs and hardware are slightly different.
I haven't found anything I can't do, though, but then maybe I'm just not thinking big enough for home automation. But I like to tinker when I can and it requires some tinkering to get things configured the way you want. I think the Harmony + Echo + OpenHAB 2 is pretty flexible. And to a certain extent any input device can control anything in the house. You can use a variety of input devices like wall keypad, mobile app, touchscreen device, remote control, etc, to control anything on the system, like AV components, lights, blinds, fireplace, etc. Smart home controllers like Control4 are the ultimate but are expensive and complex. And they have a somewhat open API so third-party devices/services can be integrated - like Alexa. These hub based remotes also can be controlled by an app on a phone/tablet so if you can't find the remote, that is of benefit. These are much more expensive and have a screen that helps for custom buttons and selecting Activities, like "Watch SageTV" and you can include the SageTV logo. I also have several of the Ultimate remote. One downside is that some commands require a long press. While this is a bit of a limitation the remote fits nicely in your hand. The Smart Hub is generally less than $100 on sale. Not requiring LoS for remotes is a big benefit. The hub also has a couple of IR emitters that you can use if you want. I currently use two types of Harmony remotes - these both use RF to communicate to a hub and the hub fires IR or BT commands to your components. When you have an AVR you need multiple remotes anyhow.
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I either have AVRs or I just use TV for audio.
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