Simple and Affordable
Smart Home Solutions
Make your home easier to operate, safer, more energy-efficient, and even more fun! The 'Smart Home' doesn't have to be scary or overly expensive, as long as your lifestyle is matched to the proper technology. Now Press Play can help with handyman electronic and WiFi installations, remote-monitoring and control via your phone, or more complex large home and estate systems. Please contact for no-cost consultations or estimates.
Our Story
I'm Matt Wiedemann, owner and operator of Now Press Play. After years in the AV and related technology industries, I felt that an opportunity existed to help people in a new way when it comes to the sometimes scary world of home technology and entertainment. Whether adding daily-life and safety enhancements to an existing home, or wanting to make sure your new home is electronically configured to be as safe, energy-efficient, and future-proofed as possible, Now Press Play is here to be your partner in the process. We're always glad to share some free advice, or maybe it's simply helping install a DIY 'Smart Home' device you've seen at a big-box retailer, but don't have the time to figure out. We're here, available to the Austin and Hill Country region, and are more excited and confident than ever about the affordable and longer life-span 'smart' products coming on the market. We're 'technology-optimistic' - we know the frustrations that can exist, but believe that properly implemented, technology can bring great joy and enhance your daily life in many valuable ways. Thank you for considering Now Press Play!
Our Vision
The vision and overall goal here is to treat you as we would want to be treated, both personally and in business. More specifically, we want to recommend the simplest and most reliable technology devices or integrated solutions possible to achieve your goals. In the past, and what's always made home technology so scary, the proprietary systems with all their own devices and protocols have been unpredictably expensive, and prone to outdating themselves either through license fees or company changes in general. So our motto here is 'keep it simple.' With a stable WiFi network (and proper wiring if possible), we want to utilize products that do their job well, and are no more complicated than need be to meet whatever your specific need(s) might be. Of course it gets more interesting when you want the security, energy, and entertainment eco-systems to sync and interact with one another, but again we want to provide you with a decent understanding of the technologies involved, and what we see as the best values in these larger systems. If you're unsure about all this 'Internet of Things' talk, please know there are reliable and affordable devices that can simplify your life on a daily basis, and that we stand behind!
Products & Pricing
As authorized dealers, we are partnered with trusted brands we have chosen, and whose products we are certified to sell, install, and program. Below you will find select individual components in turnkey 'installed' package prices, as they fall into 3 general categories: safety, energy, and entertainment. You're getting the products at or below what you would pay at a big box retailer or
authorized online reseller, plus installation and training. Unless you're a die-hard DIY'er with lots of extra time and patience, we test and use (and most likely own) all these products, and can assure you we will save you time and likely a few learning-curve headaches. A few of our offerings (re: Lutron QS shades and RadioRa2 lighting) are only available through authorized dealers such as ourselves.
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New Home Low-voltage Prewire (design-build; yes, we're better at this than your GC's electrician)
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Lutron Motorized Shade Products
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Lutron RadioRa2 and Caseta Lighting Systems
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WiFi Install & Config (Ubiquiti, Eero)
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Sonos Wireless Music system
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Denon HEOS Whole-house music system
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Doorbird Door and Gate entry-stations
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Ring Video Doorbells & Floodlight Cams
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Ecobee & Nest Smart Thermostats
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Speaker lines ranging from Monitor Audio to Definitive Technology (flush-mount & freestanding), among others
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U-line Turntables (awesome, connected to your HEOS or Sonos system, playable in every zone!)
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Alexa (Amazon Echo) voice-recognition programming ('Alexa, is my front door locked?')
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Logitech Harmony Pro, RTI, and Savant Remote control systems
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Surround-Sound Speaker Systems
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Centrally-racked AV and network equipment
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Whole-house AV remote controls
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TVs & Projectors
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Water Leak Detectors, Irrigation controls
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Astronomical Timeclock & Vacation Mode programming
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Away-from-home Monitoring (cameras, locks, thermostats, network status, etc.)
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App-based Door Locks & Garage Door openers
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Geofencing (actions based on proximity)
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App-based Security systems (with monitoring; wired and wireless)
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Product Training
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Ongoing 24-hour Support
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other brands available, please ask