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Anyone using a "Harmony" remote?

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AlanS17:

--- Quote from: shmokes on December 09, 2006, 12:08:02 pm ---Keep in mind that they won't control your PS3 if you decide to use it as a BluRay player because Sony didn't put in an IR receiver (or even a standard RF receiver).  The remote for the PS3 uses Bluetooth, which the Harmony won't do.

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Really? Well that sucks...

somunny:

--- Quote from: shmokes on December 09, 2006, 12:08:02 pm ---Keep in mind that they won't control your PS3 if you decide to use it as a BluRay player because Sony didn't put in an IR receiver (or even a standard RF receiver).  The remote for the PS3 uses Bluetooth, which the Harmony won't do.


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Man...  you certainly know your hardware.

Thanks for the input guys.  There's a ton of models out there so I've got some research to do.  I do like the idea of a trick color screen but it's not a necessity for me.  Really, I want a remote that will simplify things for me and the family.

boykster:
I'm partial to the Philips Pronto line of remotes, but the idea is the same.....make complex systems easier to use.  I've found that with programmable/macro-able remotes, its good to organize them by task rather than by device.

So on my theater remote, which controls a projector, 2 cable boxes, a dvd player, a receiver, 2 htpc, etc, I have "task" pages setup for "watch HDTV" "watch SDTV" "watch Movie" etc.....and the buttons are grouped together for that specific task. 

I'd love to get a Harmony 1000 to test drive in my theater.......

AlanS17:

--- Quote from: boykster on December 09, 2006, 03:58:40 pm ---I'd love to get a Harmony 1000 to test drive in my theater.......

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Who wouldn't! It might as well be a mini tablet PC with an IR emitter. That thing is snazzy with a capital "S".

patrickl:
I have a Harmony 885. Love it. It would be a bit flakey at first (crashes and stuff), but with the new firmware everyting is working fine.

I like the 885 much better than remotes which use a touchscreen (like the Philips Pronto, Harmony 1000 or any of my PDA's) A touchscreen just doesn't work properly for a remote you use a lot (like one for the TV). You don't want to be looking at your remote everytime you need to press a "button". It looks cool but after a while I would go back to the original remote again. The harmony actually replaces the lot and still works fine.

I wanted the 895 so I could also control my PC with a RF remote, but I was sad to find out that it doesn't do RF remotes. It just uses RF to control IR transmitters.

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