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Comment on Logitech Harmony 1000 Remote Control Review by Hunter Bregon

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Comment on Logitech Harmony 880 Remote Control Review by Heriberto Zurich

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Comment on URC-R50 Remote Control Review by Xetairex

Xetairex — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:19:58 +0000

I bought this to replace my Logitech Harmony on which down arrow key stopped working. I did not like the slow response of my AT&T DVR (even with programmed delays) with my Harmony remote.

R50 however, is not as easy to program as many claim. I found the macro feature very cumbersome, and really, they need to do a much better job that this, to make the process easier. Specifically:

* you can’t ‘move’ icons around, you have to delete them and re-program! what kins of numb-nut way of doing things!

* macros like ‘watch-TV’ are very, very difficult to program initially. (once you get the hang of it, it becomes easier, but not like Harmony, which is way more easy to program).

* switching between macros, say ‘watch TV’ to ‘watch DVD’ means you have to perform ’switch-off-watch-TV devices-first’, then attempt to press ‘watch DVD’ macro button. What a fearful bore! (Harmony handled that part particularly well, remembering which devices were already on from previous activity.

* Remote is a bit too long, and farthest buttons are a little hard to operate with one hand.

* No dedicated ‘DVR’ button! again, an egragious oversight.

* overall, I rank this remote a 6/10. Harmony, for all it’s weaknesses, is far easier to program, and use.

Comment on Logitech Harmony One Remote Control Review by rf remote controls

rf remote controls — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:58:34 +0000

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Comment on Logitech Harmony 1000 Remote Control Review by Jendras

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Comment on Logitech harmony 1100 Remote Control Review by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:41:47 +0000

Harmony Remote 1100
Easy to program, easy to use. Works with everything I own, include the Sattelite and cable boxes.

Comment on Is It Worth Buying? Logitech 510 Review by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:29:11 +0000

Works but needs work
I bought my 510 on Amazon about two months ago. It works but I’d buy something different if I could start over. The programming was a nightmare. All went well until final step where you load the program into the remote. Kept bombing out with some kind of data error. Attempted to find a solution and solution was to keep trying eventually it will complete. What should have taken 5 minutes, took 3 hours. I haven’t seen anything work this poorly since the 1960’s. After finally getting the program fully loaded, the remote does work. I don’t think I’ll ever try to improve my initial program as I don’t want another frustrating 3 hour download. I also find the keypad is made for something other than a human. I have average size hands but after two months I still have trouble with the tiny keys. The volume and channel up/down are very hard to operate. You also have trouble working it in the dark. The backlight is not of much value. The reason I bought this remote was that my wife claimed she couldn’t watch the “big” tv because of all the remotes. It really didn’t fix that problem because she wanted something “easy” and the 510 is not that easy. Also when you power on and it goes through initial setup, you have to set the remote on the arm of the chair and not touch it until the lights go out. It takes quite a while to send all the commands and if you hand hold it something always gets missed. The only reason I’m giving it 2 stars is because it does work but if you want quick smooth operation for the whole family, keep shopping.

Comment on Is It Worth Buying? Logitech 510 Review by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:04:04 +0000

Didn’t quite have all the buttons yet.
I don’t have all the buttons programmed to control this Toshiba SD-V296 Tunerless DVD VCR Combo yet. All I got missing is tape speed control, and a few other odds and ends (tracking, perhaps). I’m ordering in the original remote so I can properly teach it the proper commands. Other than that, I’m able to control more of the DVD player functions.