Unfortunately if you have multiple rooms where you want to control the lights with a Beo4, you'll need a Lintronic in each room. For example you want to control a curtain, lights, and a fan in your main viewing room with a Beo4, and you have a link system in your bedroom or a BV8 and want to control the lights there as well with the Beo4, then you'll

[quote user="Harry2008"] I played with it several times now at two dealers. And I really like the design of the front-end. However, some important things as already mentioned multiple times above are missing. For me the most important are: I already have a large digital collection on a server. I do not need /want another storage solution,

With Lintronic you use your Beo4 light button just like you do with an LC1. However, Lintronic has added a special function that allows you to control more than 8 x-10 modules using the Beo4's color keys. All you need is a Lintronic box, an X-10 "modem," and as many x-10 modules (up to a limit) as you want. Far superior in my opinion to

Affordability is a very relative thing. For example: 1. Use LC1 controls one lamp - $175 - $250 2. Lintronic with X-10 Modules (5 lamps) - $500 - $600 3. Lutron (Out of my price range) - ??? more than $1,500 I don't know of any other solutions in the USA. Though with Lintronic you can control just about any IR source so theoretically any system

I don't want to hijack this topic as I think lighting control is really important in the Beo ecosystem. However, I'm interested in this ML gateway. What is it?

I use Lintronic to control lights, fans, and a door alarm (thermostat next), all via X-10. Many people suggest that this sytem is not entirely reliable, but for me it works quite well. Givent that I can use Lintronic for other things, including control of my AppleTV through my Avant, non-B&O DVD player, and the low cost of the X-10 modules and switches

I will dedicate some time to this project in the next few days. Thanks for the news.

This is good news. What exactly do you mean by an IR Repeater, and where does that connect to ATV?

I recently read that there are software programs designed to help repair dead pixels. To my surprise the article concluded that these programs sometimes do work. I've not tried this, but may be worth a try. Here's a link to help you get started.

I have a Panny DVD, so can't speak for the DVD1. If it's the generic NTSC, it will not send any IR codes.