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Vivint Smart Home smart home packages come with flexible payment options. Learn more about consumer financing. Some of the lower quality home security systems come with only basic door and window sensors that customers can easily install themselves. More high end equipment packages—like the ones Vivint Smart Home provides—come with a touch screen control panel and the option to add outdoor home security cameras, all of which require professional installation. Learn more about professional installation services. The home security market offers many plug and play equipment packages that center around an audible alarm to deter intruders who trigger a door or window sensor.

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Companies MentionedThere’s a lot to absorb when setting up a smart home. That's because the concept of a "smart home" is relatively new, and the term itself is fairly nebulous. Two readers wanted to know the best way to get started. Image credit: Philips "Which systems are good for learning how to install full home smart systems?" AdicommunicationsukAs we explain in our Smart Home Guide, a smart home can be as simple as a set of lights that you can control from your phone. Or it could be a whole home setup in which your lights, thermostat, locks, security cameras, smoke detectors, garage door openers and more are all interconnected and can react in different ways when one of them is triggered. For example, you can have all your lights turn on when your smoke detector starts blaring, or you can have all the lights turn off, the locks lock and your security camera turn on with a single command. MORE: Our Favorite Smart Home Gadgets and SystemsIf you're just getting started, I would recommend getting the Philips Hue White Starter Kit $69 and the Amazon Echo Dot $49. Philips' lights provide one of the least expensive ways to get started and should give you a taste of what you can do. From there, you can connect the lights with the Echo Dot, so you can turn them on or off using Alexa. Image credit: TP LinkIf you want to go further afield, I suggest investing in a smart plug or two; these simply plug into an outlet and connect to your home's Wi Fi network. From there, just plug a lamp, a coffee maker or anything else into the smart plug, and you'll be able to integrate that device into your smart home.

 

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"He'd torn apart the whole house, tossed everything. Every piece of furniture moved. He opened my safe," Scott, who lives in the house with his girlfriend, Chana, told CNN affiliate KGO. They asked the station to only identify them by their first names. Chana told KGO that the man spent four hours ransacking the home and was seen on video taking bag after bag of valuables — including heirlooms her grandmother had saved during the Holocaust. Scott posted video of the burglary online and the other homeowner saw it and showed it to his former guests.