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Lazy in the Living Room

 Quite some time ago, I wrote. blog post about bringing some of my automations together such as lights coming on and blinds closing. I still do that, although my integration engine has moved from Homebridge to Home Assistant and I do a bit more now. I think I'm truly getting Lazy in the Living Room. Let's start with the basics, which haven't changed much. This is, basically, my TV set up. I have an tv 4K connected to my Denon AVR-S750H Amp which outputs to my LG TV, which is getting pretty old now as it is a 2016 model.... but it's OLED, 4K and 3D. I have quite a collection of 3D movies and this is about the apex of 3D TV's. I digress..... these are all connected vi HDMI-CEC. This means I turn on my tv, via its remote, and my amp and TV also turn on and the amp's volume is controlled via the tv remote. Not much automation there, except that my 3D Blu-ray player and a Mac mini are also connected to the same amp. The Blu-ray player has an annoying habit of als...

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