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    Logitech Harmony 700 Universal Remote Gives You More Physical Buttons

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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    09/03/09

    In reply to Logitech Harmony 700 Universal Remote Gives You More Physical Buttons
    Hey other folks with Blu-Ray, have you ever used the Red, Green, Yellow, and Blue buttons?
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    Image of Nassin Nassin
    09/03/09

    In reply to Logitech Harmony 700 Universal Remote Gives You More Physical Buttons
    I love my harmony. The only update I wish they would give all their remotes acroos the board is memory of the last activity that was done (and proper vizio support). I would be nice for once to do the same last activity and not have to hit the help button cause it went one input to far.
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    RoboBagins is the 13th Cylon promoted this comment Nassin was starred Nassin was unstarred
    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    09/03/09

    @Nassin: What sort of problems are you having with your Vizio? Is it the clunky way Vizio does Power and inputs? Have you upgraded your remote's firmware lately (not the same as updating instructions)?
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    09/03/09

    In reply to Logitech Harmony 700 Universal Remote Gives You More Physical Buttons
    Don't you mean available NOW?!?

    [www.amazon.com]
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    Image of aak7268 aak7268
    09/03/09

    In reply to Logitech Harmony 700 Universal Remote Gives You More Physical Buttons
    Hmmm - so they're "innovating" by adding back a feature that the Harmony 529 had back when they acquired the company?

    Bravo, Logitech! You have the ability to copy old designs and brand them as NEW! (Tell your friends!)

    *slow clap*
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    Platypus Man promoted this comment aak7268 was starred aak7268 was unstarred
    Image of KTK1990 KTK1990
    09/03/09

    In reply to Logitech Harmony 700 Universal Remote Gives You More Physical Buttons
    I love the design, but I do like the touchscreen on my Harmony One.
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    Image of MrGutts MrGutts
    09/03/09

    @KTK1990: I heard that those don't last very long, hence why they are bring back the dead.
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    Image of Geraldo Geraldo
    09/03/09

    @MrGutts: I have been on the fence on a Harmony One for a while, mainly due to price, but I have touchscreen durability concerns as well. However, what I find attractive is that the text is bigger and more legible on that bigger LCD. I had a 550 once that I sold to my buddy -- the text was a bit too small for me without reading glasses.
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    Image of Geraldo Geraldo
    09/03/09

    @Geraldo: I take that back. I see Amazon is actually selling the 700 at MSRP while the One is $180 (discounted) -- think BestBuy is doing the $180 price this week as well. I'm going to order the Harmony One from Amazon.
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    KTK1990 promoted this comment Geraldo was starred Geraldo was unstarred
    Image of KTK1990 KTK1990
    09/03/09

    @Geraldo: My harmony One works great after a year of use. I dont remember when I got it, but it still works like new.

    Best remote I have. No need for 3 remotes, now down to 2 (Harmony One, and one for my Bose surround sound system)
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    08/11/09

    In reply to Logitech Harmony 900 Universal Remote Review
    Until they make a way for the remote to know what is already turned on in the system they are useless. First time, no problem, turns on the tv, sound system, and cable box. Well now I want to watch a dvd, so I hit the "watch dvd" button, off goes the tv, sound system, but the dvd player turns on! Useless...
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    Image of toddgarvin toddgarvin
    08/11/09

    @Barry99705: You haven't got your remote set up correctly. Go back into the software and setup your DVD player again. Only items not in use should turn off.
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    Jason Chen promoted this comment toddgarvin was starred toddgarvin was unstarred
    Image of Jason Chen Jason Chen
    08/11/09

    @Barry99705: That means you didn't set up the process correctly. Logitechs will know which you need for what activity and keep those on.
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    Image of wired203 wired203
    08/11/09

    @Barry99705: I was just logging in to say your activity wasn't setup correctly. First time after a program though you want everything off, then whatever it turns on it remembers that it had turned it on. Love my harmony 520 and 880
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    Jason Chen promoted this comment wired203 was starred wired203 was unstarred
    Image of hardcache hardcache
    08/11/09

    @Barry99705: mine doesn't do that. I think you need to tweek your settings.
    ... and I now see that several people beat me to letting you in on this.

    I have the white xbox 360 harmony remote. it took me a good hour or 2 to set it up properly, but once I figured out how the set up works I have never had any problems with it. I LOVE it!
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    Jason Chen promoted this comment Edited by hardcache at 08/11/09 1:50 PM hardcache was starred hardcache was unstarred
    Image of Yousty Yousty
    08/11/09

    @Barry99705: You've obviously never used one of these remotes.
    It DOES keep track of what's on and off. If you hit Watch TV, yes it would turn on the TV, AV receiver and cable box and set them to the correct inputs. Then if you hit Activities -> Watch DVD, it would turn off ONLY the cable box and turn on the DVD player and switch all of the inputs accordingly. Then when you hit Off it turns off everything that is on.
    Don't bash a product unless you've personally used it. I have the Harmony One and absolutely love it. Worth every single penny.
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    Jason Chen promoted this comment Edited by Yousty at 08/11/09 1:58 PM Yousty was starred Yousty was unstarred
    Image of milrtime83 milrtime83
    08/11/09

    @Barry99705:
    The one thing that I didn't see anyone mention is that you have to use the remote to turn on/off everything, if you use a button on the tv, dvd player, etc. there is no way for the remote to know that and it will get screwed up.
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    Jason Chen promoted this comment milrtime83 was starred milrtime83 was unstarred
    Image of selianth selianth
    08/11/09

    @milrtime83: Well, that's what the "Help" button is for.
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    Jason Chen promoted this comment selianth was starred selianth was unstarred
    Image of inspector_fenwick inspector_fenwick
    08/11/09

    In reply to Logitech Harmony 900 Universal Remote Review
    Any chance that the newer Logitech Harmony remotes have less-dodgy buttons? My 3 year old Harmony is garbage, not because of the intuitive setup or customization, but because it's all lost on tiny buttons that won't react when you push them. Awful.
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    Nick: I love Nick promoted this comment inspector_fenwick was starred inspector_fenwick was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    08/11/09

    @inspector_fenwick: i agree that the buttons are tiny. they also feel kinda cheap. but i still like mine.
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    Image of Hardcore1 Hardcore1
    08/11/09

    In reply to Logitech Harmony 900 Universal Remote Review
    What's so special about the dock, my 880 came with a dock for $270 cheaper.
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    Image of TVGenius TVGenius
    08/11/09

    @Hardcore1: I think they're just saying that as opposed to the other Hamonys without docks. That said, I don't need the RF capability (and won't be able to afford a house that would require it for many years to come), so I'm all about picking up a cheap-style 880 when they start clearing the last of them. I've used a 600 series for four years and can't live without it.
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    Jason Chen promoted this comment TVGenius was starred TVGenius was unstarred
    Image of Hardcore1 Hardcore1
    08/11/09

    @TVGenius:
    Wow, I thought all Harmony's came with docks, you mean people pay $100+ for remotes with no docks? How are they charged - the remote has to be plugged into a wall socket?
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    Image of phoenix6666 phoenix6666
    08/11/09

    In reply to Logitech Harmony 900 Universal Remote Review
    I appreciate new tech with new features but I've always been shocked by the price of these new remotes. To me, $50 is pushing it on a remote but to go over $100....is it really necessary?
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    ripfire promoted this comment phoenix6666 was starred phoenix6666 was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    08/11/09

    @phoenix6666: Seriously, $50 remotes... $400 remotes... They all get lost somewhere under the couch.
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    Image of ttech10 ttech10
    08/11/09

    In reply to Logitech Harmony 900 Universal Remote Review
    The RF/IR adapter sounds nice, but not enough of an upgrade to make me want to step up from my current Harmony One.
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    Image of J0hnP J0hnP
    08/11/09

    In reply to Logitech's Harmony 900 Universal Remote Has Touchscreen
    I'm no stranger to Harmony products, but I just can't bring myself to use them. They have such incredible versatility and configurability, but they can't replicate the speed of my original remotes. Namely, my TiVo remote. Try as I might to configure repeat and delay times with the Harmony, I could never get it to be as fast as my original TiVo remote. And the difference in speed (particularly when I'm scrolling a list) just killed the Harmony for me.
    I love the idea, but the implementation is still lacking for me.
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    bosskev promoted this comment J0hnP was starred J0hnP was unstarred
    Image of drew00629 drew00629
    08/11/09

    In reply to Logitech's Harmony 900 Universal Remote Has Touchscreen
    Why does everyone think a touchscreen is superior to buttons? Is it because they think its a new technology and they must have it? Ill take buttons over touchscreens anyday
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    Image of Jaianne Dickszcator Jaianne Dickszcator
    08/11/09

    In reply to Logitech's Harmony 900 Universal Remote Has Touchscreen
    OH and just an FYI
    Logitech Harmony remotes ' USED ' to have lifetime support, free with purchase of the remote.
    that changed a few months back, and now after 3 months, its 30 $ a call.
    BUAHAHAHAHAHA
    [jai]
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    IN THE FACE! promoted this comment Jaianne Dickszcator was starred Jaianne Dickszcator was unstarred
    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    08/11/09

    @Jaianne Dickszcator: Yeah, I got the 800 (or whatever the next step down from this one is) with the lifetime support. ^_^
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    IN THE FACE! was starred IN THE FACE! was unstarred
    Image of Jaianne Dickszcator Jaianne Dickszcator
    08/11/09

    @IN THE FACE!: it used to be lifetime. now if you call in they inform you that you are no longer covered, unless you buy a new remote, and that if you want service, after 3 months of owning it, they charge you o_0
    [jai]
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    08/11/09

    In reply to Logitech's Harmony 900 Universal Remote Has Touchscreen
    It will be a cold day in hell before I shell out that kind of money on a stupid remote. That is, unless it vibrates…
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    Image of KTK1990 KTK1990
    08/11/09

    In reply to Logitech's Harmony 900 Universal Remote Has Touchscreen
    I wish there was a upgrade to the Harmony One.
    I got one for free for something... dont remember now. But I love my Harmony one. Just hated a little that I had to install something on my pc for it to work... But the pc is long gone and hasnt been synced with a pc in about a year and a half... It still works amazingly but at 8:12 AM on Tuesday, the remote thinks it is Thursday 12:14.
    But that is because I havent synced it :-P and have had to pop out the battery about 4 times in nearly 2 years.
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