All in one remotes, who's making the best ones?
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I"m on the hunt for a good all in one remote. It's not an overly complicated system, LG 70 inch TV, new Denon receiver, Playstation 5 for games and DVD/Bluerays.
On my previous set up at my last house I had a Logic Harmony 1100 which looked pretty cool and would set everything up, so if you pressed DVD, it would put the TV on to the right input, give you controls for the DVD player, control the amp volume etc.
Eventually the battery went in it I think, and they're not made anymore, so wondering whether anyone has any experience or suggestions for anything similar?
On my previous set up at my last house I had a Logic Harmony 1100 which looked pretty cool and would set everything up, so if you pressed DVD, it would put the TV on to the right input, give you controls for the DVD player, control the amp volume etc.
Eventually the battery went in it I think, and they're not made anymore, so wondering whether anyone has any experience or suggestions for anything similar?
I've tried all of the different universal remotes over the years, from £10 supermarket basic ones up to several hundred pound designer ones.
At the moment we're using a fairly basic one 4 all, picked up at Tesco for around £30 or so, and it's perfectly fine, and can handle various scripts to power on tv, receiver, sky etc with one press of a button.
At the moment we're using a fairly basic one 4 all, picked up at Tesco for around £30 or so, and it's perfectly fine, and can handle various scripts to power on tv, receiver, sky etc with one press of a button.
Griffith4ever said:
Grab a used Harmony Elite with base station and pray they keep the back end running.
So far so good, on our 3rd remote now (dead batteries or trodden on!) - Ebay always delivers
The only thing putting me off that is that mine had a weird anomaly in that perhaps every tenth time you touched the volume control, it would inexplicably instantly crank the volume up to maximum! It was REALLY annoying and got that I gave up using it in the end and went back to the various individual remotes. So far so good, on our 3rd remote now (dead batteries or trodden on!) - Ebay always delivers
But perhaps it was just a fault with that unit, if you've had three of them without issue. It is a good looking unit.
SeanyD said:
I've tried all of the different universal remotes over the years, from £10 supermarket basic ones up to several hundred pound designer ones.
At the moment we're using a fairly basic one 4 all, picked up at Tesco for around £30 or so, and it's perfectly fine, and can handle various scripts to power on tv, receiver, sky etc with one press of a button.
I probably want something a bit cooler looking than that. Solid suggestion though, thanks. At the moment we're using a fairly basic one 4 all, picked up at Tesco for around £30 or so, and it's perfectly fine, and can handle various scripts to power on tv, receiver, sky etc with one press of a button.
I've been using universal remotes for years, starting with a Pronto, then various Logitech/Harmony models including the 1100 and Elite.
I'm now using a Sofabaton X2, which is the best one so far.
Easier to set up than the Elite, and feels much more premium to hold.
It's not perfect, but the niggles are all fixable in software, and are getting resolved by the manufacturer.
The minor "problems" are mostly the lack of screen customisation, rather than functionality. I've had it for 6 months, and it has worked flawlessly.
Battery life is really good - around 2 months before it needs charging.
I'm now using a Sofabaton X2, which is the best one so far.
Easier to set up than the Elite, and feels much more premium to hold.
It's not perfect, but the niggles are all fixable in software, and are getting resolved by the manufacturer.
The minor "problems" are mostly the lack of screen customisation, rather than functionality. I've had it for 6 months, and it has worked flawlessly.
Battery life is really good - around 2 months before it needs charging.
I don't think, there is anymore. Once logitech stopped and I used all the decent 2nd hand ones I looked around but no2adays you need Bluetooth ones plus IR.
Everyone i looked at seemed to have issues so I gave up and got rid of everything except the TV and soundbar. Connect via eARC, then have a Torbox sub and use stremio on the TV.
Everyone i looked at seemed to have issues so I gave up and got rid of everything except the TV and soundbar. Connect via eARC, then have a Torbox sub and use stremio on the TV.
Edited by TheDrownedApe on Tuesday 18th August 08:06
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