Another newbie: ideas for home theater lighting?

[Benji]

If you use Plex, have a look at this:

Plex + Smartthings

Hey all, So I have done a bit of reading, I know there was a thread out on an XBMC —> ST integration. I am actually more interested in having Plex control a set of dimmer switches, rather than having Smartthings control Plex (although I can see a few uses there as well). Think movie night. Push play, pause, or stop on the movie and each one of these actions has a different effect with the switches. My thought is, push play --> dim the lights, push pause or stop --> lights go to 100%. This seems like one of those match made in heaven SmartThings apps. There is a HUGE Plex community. I have two Smart TVs that both have Plex installed as an app, Roku has it preinstalled as well. I know of a handful of people that would buy SmartThings just for this functionality alone (if they haven’…