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Home » March 2024 Newsletter

March 2024 Newsletter

March 26, 2024 By TVCUC Admin

Smart Home Special Interest Group (SIG) Survey

One of the things the TVCUC board of directors struggles with is finding new ways to provide our members with interesting and informative content. But as technology moves forward in so many ways, one area of interest seems to stand out, and we receive many questions about it – smart home technology.

According to every reliable source I can find, leading interests among the 50-plus crowd include learning how to manage smart-home technology (23%), and streaming entertainment (including live TV) (22%). This, coupled with some straw polls we’ve conducted with subsets of our members, indicates that here in Tellico Village we have an even higher percentage of folks who would like to know more about cutting the cord, streaming, and automating various aspects of their home (40%).

We have created an online survey (link below) to help us better determine how many of our members would like to learn more about smart home technology, and ultimately participate in a Smart Home Special Interest Group (SIG). We envision this group to meet on a regular basis, have focused presentations, Q&A sessions, and in general, provide a nurturing environment where you can learn more about smart home technology and at the same time, meet other members of our club.

Popular Areas of Smart Home Technology

  • Smart TVs
  • Smart lighting systems
  • Smart thermostats
  • Smart door locks & garage door openers
  • Smart pet and lawn care
  • Smart kitchen appliances
  • Smart Alarm systems and household monitors
  • Smart plugs for wall outlets
  • Streaming live TV (such as YouTube TV or Hulu TV)
  • Streaming other entertainment series (Netflix, Peacock, etc.)
  • Enhanced Wi-Fi systems (mesh routers)

Already Using Smart Home Technology?

Do you already use smart home devices, stream media content, and consider yourself an enthusiast in this area? If so, we would love for you to be a part of administering this group or giving presentations. There is a place for you to respond about this on the survey.

Take the Brief Survey

If you have an interest in learning more about smart home technology, cutting the cord, or any of the above-listed smart home technology topics, please fill out our brief online survey by clicking the link below.

** Click Here to Take the Smart Home SIG Survey **

Larry McJunkin, President
Tellico Village Computer Users Club

Filed Under: Monthly Bulletin

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