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| Logitech Harmony H-688 Universal Remote Control (Silver) |
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List Price: $199.99
Our Price: $73.50
You Save: $ 126.49 (63%)
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Manufacturer: Logitech
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Logitech
EAN: 0097855028808
Feature: Comprehensive remote control integrates entire home theater system with 1-button use
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Label: Logitech
Manufacturer: Logitech
Model: 966185-0403
Publisher: Logitech
Studio: Logitech
Warranty: 1 year warranty
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Comprehensive remote control integrates entire home theater system with 1-button use
4 single-touch activity buttons activate all necessary components and settings
Includes dedicated buttons for TiVo and other digital video recorders
Sets up quickly and easily with online Web wizard
No macro programming required; includes USB cable and 4 AAA batteries
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Editorial Reviews:
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The Harmony Remote is the world's only remote with Smart State Technology Activity Control. Just press an Activity button such as "Watch TV" or "Watch a Movie", and the Harmony Remote will automatically set-up your entertainment system in seconds without you ever having to program a 'macro'. The Harmony Remote provides simple, intuitive control of even the most elaborate entertainment system for anyone in the family.The community-driven database together with IR learning ensures support of all infrared-controlled devices made by any manufacturer, including TiVo, HDVCR, HDTV, Plasma Displays, Monitors, Projectors, Lighting Control, CD/DVD-R, PVR, Satellite Radios, Amplifiers, DVD Players, Receivers, Dual VCRs and even combination devices like DVD-VCR components.The Harmony Remote is the world's only remote with Smart State Technology Activity Control. With the world's only Smart State Database of electronic devices, set-up is a snap. With interactive media capabilities, you can select TV Shows, Movies or Music titles from the interactive display. You can even control devices like lights, fireplace and your personal computer!
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Tough! And easy to use.
Comment: I've owned this remote for 3.5 years. Prior remotes have ranged from the Radioshack 1594 & Kameleon jp1 computer-programable remotes, to the Sony rm-vl900. This was my first Harmony, and it's one tough unit. It was dead-easy to program using the web interface (try programming a Radio shack using a home-built jp1 plug adapter, macros and an excel spreadsheet! THAT'S difficult!).
My wife can actually *almost* operate all of our Panasonic AV-receiver/TiVO/SageTV & Girder HTPC/Philips DVD/SliMP3/Xbox360/PS2 components. And that's saying something -- she really dislikes gadgets. But she gets enough function out of it
But the 688 shines when my son can operate our array of boxes. He's been doing it since he was 2! Now he's 5 and just learning to read, and he's better at operating everything than my wife is. Plus, I can't count the number of times the 688 has bounce off of the floor or been dropped by him -- even chewed on once by our dog! -- and it's never failed to work. Yes, it's case is cracked. And missing the lens on the IR recevier at the heel (still working last I sucked in an IR code from another remote). And the labels on some of the most-used buttons are fading a bit. And all the silver coloring has come off of the bottom, where it contacts your hand. But it still does the job and functions just fine thank you.
The only reason that I'm looking at replacing it now (with another 688) is because one of the falls in the last 6mos or so seems to have broken the usb interface on it, and I can't program in a new activity that I'd like to add.
I've looked at the range of current offerings, including the Harmony 880. But to be honest, life is too short to wrestle with marginal charger interfaces. I figure I use a set of AA bats every 3-4 weeks. That's much less hassle and much more dependable than diddling with balancing an 880 on a fiddley charger base.
So, another 688H it is! And, it appears to be running for half what I paid for my first one. Good value, even three years later.
For folks that complain about the component's On/Off values getting out of synch in the remote (which my wife & son do and have learned how to correct): it's generally a simple matter of covering the IR emitter while pressing OFF, and then turning off the components (via the Device menu, or manually on the boxes). That will bring everything back into sync in an OFF state.
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Summary: I have Four and Counting
Comment: Best bang for the buck universal remote on the market. The internet setup, though confusing at first, is fantastic once you understand the configuration flexibility it provides you. The help function on the remote is so easy even my anti-tech wife finds it easy to operate. I listen to my neighbors who have Universal brand remotes complain they can't figure out how to turn their gear on. No problem at my house. I have four of these.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Handy universal remote
Comment: Good remote easy to program. Only problem I have is that the buttons are a little small and the writing on them is smaller.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Just OK-
Comment: Spend the extra buck- this remote works with everything, however, the buttons are too small. The buttons have started to wear off after the first 6 months. Most numbers are completely gone and the weird thing is that I never use the number pad. NEVER - EVER! Why are they rubbing off? I wish I would have went with another remote model from Harmony!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Quite good! Works great....
Comment: I bought this to control a plasma, receiver, dvd, and my satellite. They all work well, and the remote does exactly what it's supposed to do. The internet programming is easy, (at least for me it was). I think the only "problem" I could think of is the small buttons. Other than that..... I'm happy. Oh, I've been using this for about a year now.
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