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@Velocio A few questions for you!
1. Why Hive over nest, seeing as all you have google homes, surely nest plays better with those?
2. Any reason not to just use the chromecast for plex client over the nvidia? I personally ditched chromecast for plex client as it doesn't have a standalone remote, currently using a amazon fire to do the job
3. I was going to ask you about smart switches (like den) over smart bulbs but if you are avoid start ups I guess that rules them out...

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Velocio in reply to @Sam_w

Why Hive over nest, seeing as all you have google homes, surely nest plays better with those?

The prior owners had Hive and a lot of stuff was still installed. Seemed silly to replace an already working system.

Any reason not to just use the chromecast for plex client over the nvidia? I personally ditched chromecast for plex client as it doesn't have a standalone remote, currently using a amazon fire to do the job

I want my Plex client to be using the cabled network, I dare to stream 4K movies and FLAC files.

I was going to ask you about smart switches (like den) over smart bulbs but if you are avoid start ups I guess that rules them out...

Zigbee is reliable, smart switches not so much. I also have a good awareness of the security landscape of a lot of these things and I simply do not trust small company new entrants into this.
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aggi in reply to @Sam_w

I've found that Plex over Chromecast is a real ballache. Often doesn't update what you're watching, pause doesn't work, etc.

Raspberry Pi is probably my favourite standalone player (or HTPC with the Plex for Kodi add-on but that's considerably pricier).

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