Posts Tagged “remote control”

Beautiful, isn't it?

Okay, I know that Zohner posted a few months ago about his Logitech Harmony One, but I have to add to the hype because I am a long time fan of Logitech, and I just upgraded from the Advanced model (for Xbox 360) to the 890 model

Now, on top of all of the Harmony’s hype, this model includes an RF Extender.  This means that the components I don’t need direct physical access to, I can hide.  I can also control my entertainment center without worrying about line-of-sight, or I can be in a different room.  

Another feature that I like about this one that I didn’t have in the last one is that I can set favorite channels with customized icons.  When I am in the “Watch TV” activity, for example, I have quick access to my favorite HD channels: History HD and Discovery HD.  

Logitech Harmony One

I don’t like universal remotes.  I never have.  They are a pain to program because you have to look up a magic code that can be anywhere from four to four hundred characters long and then enter it into the remote while a colored LED is flashing a specific pattern that you initiated by pressing certain buttons in a specific order.  Inevitably, the LED will stop flashing when you are only half way through entering the code and then you need to start all over again.  After going through this a few times, you come to find out that you needed to enter one of the other codes for your TV/VCR/DVD player.  Ugh…