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Earlier home automation was unreliable and primarily for early adopters. Today Insteon, Zigbee and Z-wave actually help you close curtains, dim lights and play your favorite movie at the press of a button at much lower costs. Don’t worry any more about boggling software applications or spending hours trying to configure things – Automation today just plain works.