Honeywell Prestige Touchscreen Thermostat

Gizmodo have reviewed the new Honeywell touchscreen controller and remote.  The Prestige system launched late last year and is described as “the world’s first high-definition, full-color thermostat”.  At around $400 it’s an affordable system can work in conjuction with the Honeywell wireless remote control and wireless outside temperature and humidity sensor.  Watch the video below.

[googlead]”Prestige Comfort Systems – For the industry’s best contractors that want to set themselves apart, there’s Prestige Comfort Systems. Prestige is the world’s first high-definition, full-color thermostat that redefines how a thermostat can look and what a thermostat can do. There’s simply nothing else like it.

Prestige Comfort Systems have Honeywell RedLINK technology inside – giving you endless possibilities for controlling and monitoring comfort inside your home with our lifestyle enhancements like the Portable Comfort Control and our TrueSTEAM Humidification System.

Prestige Comfort Systems come standard with an Outdoor Sensor that sends a signal to the thermostat to display outdoor temperature and humidity right on the home screen. Use the information to prepare for your day and to make decisions about when to run your heating and cooling. For instance, if it’s cooler outside than it is inside, you can open up your windows to save energy rather than running your system.

At Honeywell, we don’t think it should be hard for you to be comfortable – and we don’t use the term “comfortable” loosely. To us, comfort is more than just being able to have the right temperature. It’s also about being comfortable with using your thermostat so that you can get the energy savings you need. Prestige’s patented, interview-based setup screens use natural language to
ask questions like “What time does the first person wake up in the morning?”  to guide you through programming with no need for an owner’s manual. It programs itself, so you don’t have to. And if you do have a question, simply press the HELP button. The on-board user’s manual gives you definitions and directions for every screen.”

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