Logitech Harmony One Advanced Universal Remote
Dec 16, 2009 in
Electronics
- Easy Internet-based setup
- Dedicated on-screen activity buttons
- Color LCD touch screen
- Contoured backlit buttons
- Can learn IR codes from existing remote controls
Product Description
Logitech knows who you are. You have a half-dozen remotes on the coffee table. And you’re the only one in the family who knows how to use them. Logitech can help with the Harmony One Advanced Universal Remote. Enjoy a full-color touch screen. Intuitive button layout. And an ergonomic design. So easy to use, the whole family will love it…. More >>
Logitech Harmony One Advanced Universal Remote
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5 comments
Online Shopper on December 16, 2009 at 2:56 am
This remote finally fixes the ergonomic issues of the 880 / 890 remotes but doesn’t include RF capability, which is just amazing in this day and age (especially for such an expensive remote). It would be great if they moved the play / ff / rw buttons a little higher up and made the surface material a bit less glossy (lots of fingerprint smudges).
Glenn M. Welt on December 16, 2009 at 3:33 am
Seems everybody at Logitech was on vacation while the rest of America was buying TVs and DVD recorders that let us select digital TV channels such as 3-1, 5-1, 85-1, etc. Guess they also failed to hear that all TV channels MUST be digital by 2009.
As of today, there is NO WAY to use this pretty new remote to punch in a digital channel number because Logitech failed to plan for the use of the dash button (button below number 7 and to left of the 0) on your TV or DVDR remote. Worse yet, you can’t manually program it either.
Thus, this $250 gizmo can’t do what your current digital-ready TV or DVDR remote already can.
Roxy Henderson on December 16, 2009 at 5:50 am
I bought this for a gift I have not received it yet but noticed the price dropped by 25.oo and they now handle it prime so I could of saved shipping. I called amazon and asked them about this and they said to bad so sad they could and would do nothing. I said if they could not give me credit on this how bout future credit on a future purchase again nothing. The only thing I can do they said was to return it and when they got it back ( 3 weeks from now) I could reorder. Which is stupid. I will be getting it locally and refusing that package. They will not get my business they are not interested in the customer just their money and how they can get it out of you. I am very disappointed. I have been a good customer for years. This really leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
FarmerBob on December 16, 2009 at 7:40 am
I had written an extensive review and it is no where to be found, so . . . I’ll just keep it short and say save yourself the money and a lot of trouble.
Amazon, what happened to my previous review that you nagged me to write?
P.S.
Harmony’s discussion areas are brutal and rude. Stay away from there too.
Michael Bryan Thomason on December 16, 2009 at 9:42 am
My girlfriend gave me this remote, after she got it for free from some company she writes reviews for.
Problem one: It doesn’t work with my Playstation 3, which I use to watch Blu-Ray movies. PS3 uses Blue Tooth, but this remote doesn’t support your Blue Tooth devices. So, I have to keep the PS3 remote at hand.
Problem two: Ten buttons to turn on the TV? I have one of those cable boxes that gets a digital signal, and a TV to display it, but not many channels come in as digital. So, I need to set my digital box to stretch the picture so it fits on screen. So, I hit the power button on this remote, and it turns on the TV, and then I hit the device button, then choose the DVR device, then scroll to find the settings page, then go through the cable boxes settings, and find the place to set the screen to display correctly. Then, there’s no exit button, so I have to scroll to find that in the digital button screen. Then I have to hit some random buttons, to get it to realize I want to be able to change the channel and volume at the same time. See, when I chose the PVR menu, I gave up any of the TV options. Anyway, the point is, it’s way more steps than just using the two remotes at once.
Problem three: Requires a computer to setup, and that takes a very long time. Their software kind of sucks, and it keeps bugging you for updates. Also, must write down all part numbers.
Problem four: The thing is plugged in all the time, and the holder has all these lights. Forget the green aspect of it; I just don’t like my room to look like a droid army’s approaching when my lights are off, because of all the lights on the power buttons.
Problem five: It just seems like a lot of money to spend on a remote, when you clearly have two or more already. It has zero geek value, and it won’t get you laid. Do something else with your money. Buy some stock while it’s cheap, buy some gas, buy some sugar; please don’t spend your money on stuff like this. First of all, it doesn’t work, and second of all, it’s no fun to use, and it just kind of sucks.