The first question you may be wondering, "why would I even need a remote control, motorized blind?" The answer is convenience. It is good to be able to press a button and raise and lower your shades or open and close the slats on your blinds. And, many blinds and shades are placed in locations that are difficult to reach, eg skylights.
Before diving into what's available, a brief explanation of the difference between the option of a motorized window blinds or window shades. In the window blinds the motorization opens and closes the slats for light control. This is called motorized tilt. For window shades, the motorization raises or lowers the shade by unrolling or rolling up. This is the basic distinction between blinds and shades: blinds do not roll up and have vanes or slats, whereas shades are one continuous piece of material that either rolls up or folds up (in the case of some roman shades). This is called motorized lift.
The motors inside the blind or shade is operated by a remote control. When ordering a motorized option, you must purchase at least one remote control. Typically a remote can operate multiple motorized blinds or shades for added convenience.
The options and features of the motors and remote controls will vary according to product and manufacturer. For example, some distant operate using infrared or "line of sight" transmission, while other remotes use radio frequency transmission that can operate without pointing directly in the shade or blind and can control single shades or groups of shades simultaneously for added convenience .
Now we have the details out of the way, here's a list of window shades with the motorized lift option: cellular shades, solar shades, sheer shades, for wood blinds and fabric shades, which are more commonly called bamboo shades. Cellular shades, also known as honeycomb or cell shades, are an excellent choice if you want to add insulation to you window. FOR shades look a lot like cellular shades but do not have the same amount of insulation. They have small crisp pleats like an accordion and fold up rather than roll up. Solar shades are meant to block the reception of light, but still preserve views. They come in different levels of opacity (see-through) from 3% to 14%, the latter offering the greatest see-through. Solar shades are good for blocking the sun's harmful UV rays and also reduce solar heat gain. Sheer shades are a little less known. They are a kind of hybrid shadow, giving both sides more sheer fabric soft fabric vanes. Sheer vertical blinds feature a light filtering material between hanging fabric or vinyl vanes.
Your choices of blinds with the motorized tilt option are: mini blinds, wood and faux wood blinds. I am sure we all know what mini blinds are so I will not go into all the details. Wood and faux wood blinds have slats or real hard compound or vinyl slats that look real wood. They come in a variety of sizes slats window size depending on what you are trying to cover. So you know, in general, the larger the window the greater the recommended size strips. The sizes range from a shingle "| "(wood mini blinds) to 2 Ã "|" for large windows.