[ASK] How to start?

What works with openHAB you ask? Well this => Add-ons | openHAB

  1. Depends on the use case, Phillips Hue are expensive, IKEA Tradfri is good, without a gateway, why?
  2. Sonoff S26? Depends on the Firmware flashed, with Sonoff Tasmota it works via MQTT mqtt binding doc mqtt generic thing doc mqtt broker aka. Server
  3. Why IR? There good ones with Wifi, ZigBee, ZWave etc.
  4. TVs can be controlled via. IR and or HDMI readup
  5. The Sonoff SC is for measurements please read up on the product information
  6. again depends on what you want to do, some ZigBee setups come with a Gateway like Xiaomi
  7. Really dude? Common… read some docs… openHAB has so many bindings for use with so many devices… Add-ons | openHAB