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Seems like it's only the Logitech Link product, not all Harmony remotes. I've been buying used/refurbished 880 remotes online for the last few years. I still t

Seems like it's only the Logitech Link product, not all Harmony remotes. I've been buying used/refurbished 880 remotes online for the last few years. I still think it's the best IR remote ever made.

darrenf 9y ago
I was about to make a similar comment regarding the title (as a startled Harmony One and Harmony Hub owner).
gregmac 9y ago
I have a Logitech Harmony Hub with simple remote, and I would say the radio control (non line of sight) between remote and hub is great. The hub has the ir transmitters in it, and it's sitting inside a cabinet with everything else, and there's an external ir blaster that sits just above to control the tv. Mine controls tv, Nvidia Shield, Logitech z5500 speakers, and a Blu-ray player. I believe the Shield is controlled by Bluetooth. Because the Shield is a Google cast receiver, I can press the music button and it leaves the tv off but allows us to cast music (or just play something from the shield with sound only). Everything else is as straight forward as you'd expect, one litmus test is that visitors are able to figure it out easily. I used to have one of the remotes with an lcd screen and I'm not sure it was as straight forward, partly because the remote was so intimidating.
- joshstrange 9y ago
  Harmony Hub w/ simple remote is the best universal remote out there hands down. I can stand in the kitchen, leave my remote in my pocket while cooking, and just reach in and blindly adjust things like volume, play/pause, FF/RR, all without looking at the remote or taking it out of my pocket. After dealing with a logitech with a screen on it for years this was an amazing change. Also the battery last for like forever.
  - rhino369 9y ago
    I also added an amazon echo to my harmony hub, and I can use some voice commands (turn tv on/off, pause play, volume). It's a pretty good set up.
j45 9y ago
Only a matter of time before harmony hubs are hit. OTOH, maybe there's a few months to reverse engineer the link backend for those affected.
criddell 9y ago
I bought a Logitech Harmony remote that had a touchscreen. It was very expensive and a total piece of garbage. I think we put up with it for about a month before my family asked for the separate TV, receiver, and cable box remotes back.

Seems like it's only the Logitech Link product, not all Harmony remotes. I've been buying used/refurbished 880 remotes online for the last few years. I still think it's the best IR remote ever made.

darrenf 9y ago

I was about to make a similar comment regarding the title (as a startled Harmony One and Harmony Hub owner).

gregmac 9y ago

I have a Logitech Harmony Hub with simple remote, and I would say the radio control (non line of sight) between remote and hub is great. The hub has the ir transmitters in it, and it's sitting inside a cabinet with everything else, and there's an external ir blaster that sits just above to control the tv. Mine controls tv, Nvidia Shield, Logitech z5500 speakers, and a Blu-ray player. I believe the Shield is controlled by Bluetooth. Because the Shield is a Google cast receiver, I can press the music button and it leaves the tv off but allows us to cast music (or just play something from the shield with sound only). Everything else is as straight forward as you'd expect, one litmus test is that visitors are able to figure it out easily. I used to have one of the remotes with an lcd screen and I'm not sure it was as straight forward, partly because the remote was so intimidating.

joshstrange 9y ago
Harmony Hub w/ simple remote is the best universal remote out there hands down. I can stand in the kitchen, leave my remote in my pocket while cooking, and just reach in and blindly adjust things like volume, play/pause, FF/RR, all without looking at the remote or taking it out of my pocket. After dealing with a logitech with a screen on it for years this was an amazing change. Also the battery last for like forever.
- rhino369 9y ago
  I also added an amazon echo to my harmony hub, and I can use some voice commands (turn tv on/off, pause play, volume). It's a pretty good set up.

j45 9y ago

Only a matter of time before harmony hubs are hit. OTOH, maybe there's a few months to reverse engineer the link backend for those affected.

criddell 9y ago

I bought a Logitech Harmony remote that had a touchscreen. It was very expensive and a total piece of garbage. I think we put up with it for about a month before my family asked for the separate TV, receiver, and cable box remotes back.