Smart Home Technology for the Modern Dad

What makes a house feel like home? For many dads, it’s the ability to unwind in comfort, enjoy quality time with loved ones, and create lasting memories—all with ease. At SimpleHome, we design smart home solutions that support those moments, seamlessly blending innovation with everyday living.

Built for the Best Seat in the House

From epic movie marathons to game-day gatherings, a high-performance media room is more than just screens and speakers—it’s a space made for connection. With immersive sound, stunning visuals, and intuitive smart controls, we craft entertainment spaces where Dad can relax, host, or dive into his favorite pastimes.

Backyard Entertainment, Upgraded 

The big game, your favorite playlist, movie night under the stars—outdoor AV is here to elevate it all. With weatherproof TVs, high-performance outdoor speakers, and full smart control across property, the backyard for Dad becomes the ultimate entertainment zone. Whether he’s grilling, hosting, or winding down, every moment is seamless, immersive, and effortlessly connected.

Dad-Approved Gift Idea!

Need a last-minute Father’s Day gift?  We’ve got 22 JBL CLIP4 Bluetooth speakers in stock, compact, durable, and perfect for golf bags, beach days, or backyard grilling. Pick one up at our Westwood location or we’ll ship it straight to your door.

At simpleHome, we specialize in creating a unique and magical experience within the home. We aim to craft spaces where families feel an indescribable sense of comfort and tranquility. Understanding and interpreting our customers’ needs are at the core of what we do. Integrated and seamless lighting, climate control, and entertainment play significant roles in shaping the ideal living experience. We are part of the design team from the beginning, ensuring that the right technology is chosen to provide a wonderful experience from the design stage through to the final tutorial and the celebratory glass raised. 

A magnificent home encompasses various elements: architecture, interior design, electronics, and the overall ambiance, which contributes to the Zen of the home. We aim to provide a full sensory experience, making controlling the home's features effortless and natural, ensuring that technology remains hidden, and allowing family members to simply enjoy their living spaces without effort. Today’s home tech is far more than the traditional visible elements like TVs and box speakers; it encompasses the functional electronics that are in every luxury home: Circadian lighting, automated shades, energy management, as well as air and water filtration and monitoring. 

Our clients want convenient, seamless, and consistently reliable interactions with content and information, delivered in the least intrusive way. They also want to interact with devices and platforms in a way that is intuitive and readily accessible. Companies that can provide this redefine the digital environment, creating a much deeper, immersive experience. 

Blending Technology into Daily Lives 

Here are some of the ways we achieve this: 

When setting up the display system for a home theater, many video enthusiasts face the choice of using a flat panel TV or a projector. Here is a brief overview of flat panel TVs and projectors that can help you understand their differences, advantages, and disadvantages.

• Image size and resolution: A high-definition television has a constant image resolution and size that cannot be changed. Images from projectors can be adjusted to a degree by varying the distance between the projector and the screen.
• Image quality: You can count on the image quality in a flat panel TV to stay consistent. The image from a projector can be affected by the brightness of the light source for projection. If there are problems with the video, they will likely be more noticeable in the larger projection image.
• Space considerations: A flat-panel TV, though much smaller than previous generations of tube-based television sets, will still take up a significant amount of space in any room. Projectors are often mounted on the ceiling or in an out-of-the-way spot where they aren’t obtrusive. Screens for projectors can be rolled up and put away. In cases where the wall of the room is used as the screen, the only space needs are for the projector itself.
• Convenience: Once your flat panel TV is set up, you usually don’t have to do much else to it. Projection systems that use portable screens will need to have the screen set up and taken down each time its used. Image adjustments may also require physically detaching, moving, and resecuring the projector.
• Operating costs and lifespan: You can expect to pay for your flat panel TV once and get around 60,000 hours of use out of it. Projector bulbs can burn out frequently, requiring the investment of hundreds of dollars and the aggravation of changing bulbs.

Let’s face it – New England winters were made for TV binge-watching, from Netflix to the televised events we gather around: The Golden Globes, The Oscars, the Super Bowl, the Winter Olympics and March Madness. 

Our viewers guide is below, but first let’s talk TV. What do you view your favorite programs on? Then we’ll talk about where you watch and finally, all of the extras that enhance the television experience.

TVs

We are big fans of Samsung’s The Frame TV in either 43” or 55” because when you’re not watching it as a television, it appears as a framed piece of art on your wall. It looks phenomenal. But don’t take our word for it – come see it for yourself in our newly renovated interactive Home Technology Design Center.

We also love the Sony OLED line and recommend the 65” or 75” or 85” 4K models. They are utterly reliable and offer a beautiful picture resolution.

Finally we highly recommend the Seura mirror TV in several sizes and styles – in your bathroom mirror perhaps? Watch the morning news while shaving? Watch Big Little Lies while bathing? And for outdoor locations, we can’t say enough good words about the Seura Storm line. Simply made for viewing by the pool or hottub!