MCBEE
AVA, a Swiss-American company founded by NEEO’s creator alongside former Control4 executives, builds purpose-built hardware remotes rather than a phone app pretending to be one. The AVA Cinema Remote runs its own on-device operating system on an octa-core processor, controlling up to 15,000 devices out of the box through a touchscreen interface with no reliance on a phone being charged, unlocked, or in the room.
A phone app is a fine secondary control point; it’s a poor primary one for a private cinema, where a remote left face-down on a locked phone shouldn’t be the reason a film doesn’t start. AVA’s dedicated hardware exists specifically to solve that reliability gap, and MCBEE specifies it as the physical control point for cinema and media rooms alongside the wider Crestron or Lutron system.
AVA Cinema Remote specification for private cinemas · AVA Home Remote for lighting/audio-only rooms · device-control programming for up to 15,000 supported devices · integration as a physical control layer alongside app-based control.
A phone app depends on the phone being charged, unlocked, and in the room — three points of failure a dedicated remote doesn’t have. AVA’s Cinema Remote runs its own on-device software specifically so starting a film or a scene doesn’t depend on anyone’s phone.
No — AVA is a control-point device, not a whole-home automation platform. MCBEE specifies it as the physical remote for a cinema or media room sitting on top of the wider Crestron, Lutron, or KNX system that actually runs the home.