{"id":1479,"date":"2011-09-29T15:04:44","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T14:04:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-01-03T17:54:49","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T17:54:49","slug":"x10-going-into-receivership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/announcements\/x10-going-into-receivership.html","title":{"rendered":"X10 Going into Receivership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" title=\"X-10 Gone\" alt=\"X10 Gone\" src=\"\/images\/news\/x10_dead.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"284\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It seems the rumours of the last few weeks are true and X10 is really heading into receivership.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve heard on the grape vine that Marmitek may have done an exclusive deal with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.s10.cn\" target=\"_blank\">ShangHai Super Smart Electronics<\/a> to continue to supply X10 products.\u00a0 We also spoke to a couple of UK Home Automation retailers too who told us they have a &#8216;good level of stock&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The 1970&#8217;s technology has had a pretty amazing run really, but it&#8217;s time to pass the metaphorical baton to much more modern systems like <a href=\"Announcements\/Z-Wave-Interview-with-Bent-Sorensen-Home-Automation-to-Save-You-Money.html\">Z-Wave<\/a> and <a href=\"Reviews\/LightwaveRF-Home-Automation-System-In-Depth-Review.html\">LightWaveRF<\/a> now.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, X10 will always have a special place in our tech-heart, as we (and plenty of you too we&#8217;re guessing) found our way into Home Automaton through it&#8217;s affordable range of magical modules. RIP X10.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.x10.com\" target=\"_blank\">X10.com<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0: \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"Announcements\/Z-Wave-Interview-with-Bent-Sorensen-Home-Automation-to-Save-You-Money.html\">Z-Wave<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0: \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;scn=213077031&amp;keywords=lightwaverf&amp;tag=ah4-21&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;qid=1356714383&amp;h=5a14a08c4e87205e0438b2dae1e113b1e642edb0&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;rh=n%3A213077031%2Ck%3Alightwaverf\" target=\"_blank\">LightWaveRF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want More?<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ottomate\">Follow us<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AutomatedHomeUK\" target=\"_blank\">Like us<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook, or subscribe to our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds2.feedburner.com\/automatedhome\">RSS feed<\/a>. 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