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 Best Reasonably Priced Universal Remote Available January 10, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got this remote as a Christmas present, it is the first time i have gotten a universal remote and been happy enough with how it operated to have only 1 remote.
The computer interface and macros make it very easy to setup the buttons the way you like it.
my only problem with it is between the buttons that control my cable box and the number pad is the DVD playback buttons (play, pause etc). this makes it difficult to control the cable companies interactive menu and use the number pad at the same time without sliding your hand up and down the remote
 Great remote if you don't mind the price January 9, 2009
First off, it's a little ridiculous to spend this much money on a remote. If you can get over that, this works very well and looks beautiful. The charging station works flawlessly and I haven't had any battery issues. The look and feel of the remote are perfect. Set up took a little time, but was simple. I use this to control my 46" Toshiba LCD TV, a multidisk Panasonic DVD player and speaker set (HTiB), my Xbox 360, and cable box. I also have a Wii connected, and while the remote can't control that, I use it to prep everything else for when I want to play. Once I selected my devices in the setup, the physical buttons were assigned where they needed to be without a problem. I took some time to customize the touch screen "buttons" though. By default, it includes any commands that don't tack to a physical button in the touch screen, but there are a number of those that I never use (Picture in Picture, sleep timer, etc) that I rarely use, so I either removed them from the touch screen or moved them back. The activites based setup is intuitive and extremely helpful. Again, price is the biggest downside, but I just treated this as a little gift to myself and it's incredibly well designed. Its ability to control my Xbox (which I use for browsing Netflix's Online videos) is what really sold this for me.
Amazing Universal remote January 9, 2009
I'm amazed at how far universal remotes have come. The setup was extremely easy with the Logitech software and all of the advaced functions on my Pioneer VSX-1018AH receiver are still accessible! This makes it possible for my girlfriend to watch TV/Movies with the touch of a single button, definitely money well spent.
I don't much care for the high gloss finish as it shows fingerprints, but I can live with this for the convenience of consolidating 6 remotes into 1.
Very Handy January 9, 2009
I bought the Harmony One Advanced Universal Remote for my husband for Christmas. It took a little while to get the remote set to communicate with all our equipment, but when all were set, it works great. He loves the touch screen and being able to control everything from one remote. I would highly recommend this product, just be prepared to take a little while to set it up to the way you want it.
Remote is Perfect, Software is Not January 8, 2009
*The Good*
The remote is excellent, particularly for users that are used to finding buttons by feel in dark environments. The buttons are very well laid out and are easily operated with one hand. They are all back lit and easy to see if you need to locate a button visually.
The LCD touch screen is bright and easy to use. The Recharging station is a dream come true - no more dead batteries! I also love, love, love the button placements. The folks at Logitech really did their homework on where the right place to put each button is.
*The Bad*
The programming software is easy to use, but has some very annoying aspects. For example, my Denon AVR-3808 receiver programmed in just fine, but has 16 pages of buttons. You can easily remove the ones you don't want, but it leaves the blank pages behind where you deleted the buttons. Specifically, I removed all of the iPod and XM Radio related buttons as I don't use them with my receiver. As a result, I'm left with about 6 empty pages in the middle of the 16 pages. (each page is comprised on 6 buttons on the LCD screen if you didn't know)
You *can* move the buttons, but it's one at a time clicking up, moving the mouse, clicking up, over and over. Repeat for EACH button for a truly mind-numbing experience. It would have been better if I could remove empty pages of buttons.
Another annoying issue is that the buttons aren't necessarily in the order you want them in. For example, the Denon AVR-3808 power on and power off buttons are on page 11 (out of 16 total). Sometimes my kids stand in front of the receiver and it doesn't get the ON command when I hit an activity such as "Watch TV". As such, in order to turn on the receiver I need to scroll through to page 11 to find the power on button for the receiver.
*Overall*
While the software is great in many regards (simple and easy to use), it can be very tedious to make adjustments to devices that have a lot of options.
The remote however, is hands-down the best remote I've ever owned. The Wife Acceptance Factor is very high. My kids (age 6,7,8,9) can all use the home theater now thanks to this remote. That is perhaps the best test of all - actual use by family members that don't care to learn all the technical mumbo jumbo of the theater components.
If you want to push one button to set everything in your home theater to the right settings for watching TV, watching a DVD, or playing the XBox or Wii... this is the remote for you.
If you want to customize every nuance of your remote so the buttons are the right color, in the right order, and control every single device you own... this is the remote for you too.
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