Every decade or so, there is a new product that seems so extravagant and so un-necessary, that it is deemed a toy for the rich, or a play-thing of the super-techy. There was a time that a smart phone was a luxury. iPads and tablets were only for the bleeding edge tech crowd. Heck, there was even a time when automatic car windows were luxuriou...

 One of the more common mistakes that new smart home enthusiasts run into is system over-lap, or cross compatibility. There are so many new and exciting products on the market today, and it is so easy to rush out and buy the latest and greatest product, without fully thinking through how this product will work with your existing smart home pur...