[Gogar]

I just bought a Phillips Hue hub for my house. It uses ZigBee. The cost of the multicolor Phillips bulbs is pretty high but you can also use CREE and GE "connected" bulbs which are just soft white bulbs you can get at Home Depot for about $15 a pop.

One thing I think is important to think about with 'connected' lighting is that you only use it in specific places. If you changed every bulb in the house to a connected bulb you might get annoyed after a while having to bust out your phone or iPad to turn on a hall light.

You -can- just flip a switch off and flip back on and a connected bulb will just default to "on full blast."

I put just enough connected bulbs in my house to have a little fun and to do some timer stuff when I'm away.

It will also turn on a specific scene when you leave the house and when you return, based on your phone leaving and re-entering your house's wifi. That's cool but a little more than what I'm looking for, I think.