To be honest I never made good experiences with universal remote controls. This one does look promising. Any of RGS readers made experience with this one?
Harmony sets the standard for universal remotes with a database of IR codes for 175,000+ devices and easy setup via USB and your computer. Answer a few questions about your AV components and how you like to use your system and everything is automatically configured for you. But a remote of this caliber can cost an arm and a leg… until now that is. The fully capable Harmony 510 remote gives you most of the features of its big brothers at an affordable $99.99 price.
Online Set Up
Simply connect your Harmony remote to your computer, and the set up wizard will walk you through the step-by-step process. Enter the model numbers for your components, answer a few easy questions about how you "Watch TV" or "Watch a DVD," and Harmony does the rest. You’ll be controlling even the most complex system within 20 minutes, without the hassle of elaborate programming.
More info: Harmony 510 Universal Remote Controle
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Tags: Remote Control, TV, Universal
von Adenau wrote,
I bought this remote for my parents like 3 Christmas’ ago at Radio Shack; it truly is awesome. The software is soo easy to use, and it has a huge database of home electronics serial numbers; I set the remote up in an hour or so. It’s funny that you feature this remote after such a long time, their design has not changed much; except the color, my model is silver. It’s about 30 dollars cheaper now, and I totally recommend it; especially if you have parents who are overwhelmed with remotes. Plus, their idea of an “Activities” button is ingenious; it allows you to program certain functions and label them via your pc/mac. So I have programmed a “Watch Movie” action for my parents; when they select “Watch Movie”, the television, the AV receiver, and the DVD player will all turn on simultaneously, and the buttons are applied specifically to the necessary components; and when they are done, the power button turns it all of in one click. They love it! I suppose you could do some awesome hacks with this as well. Buy one, don’t like it – return it; if you do, keep it!
Link | October 29th, 2008 at 10:42 pm