Lots of good ideas. I was figuring that the stores would be about the best option, just wanted to check to make sure. I am familar with Lutron as I used a non remote dimmer for my last home's HT. Those thing's aren't cheap thou. I've seen some cool X10 systems that have IR modules so I could use my Harmony remote to send the signals to the X10 dimmer switches. But also have computer software independantly send signals thru the AC wiring to also control them.

mControl is really nifty since it has plugins for MCE (Media Center) and WHS (Windows Home Server) which are two things I rely on anyway in my home. How crazy I end up going with the automation depends on how much I feel like spending I guess.