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I've had this remote for many years and recently purchased a second one for another TV setup. The remote fits my hands perfectly and it's very easy to learn the layout of the buttons and to locate individual buttons without looking at the remote. And there's always the "glow" button if you need lighted buttons. The buttons have excellent tactile feedback, and the IR signal is strong. The remote is easy to program with the desktop software. The only negative is one can get tripped up with the "PIC" and "SOUND" buttons if pressed my mistake. Doing so changes many button functions and can be tricky getting back to the desired activity. But overall, this has been my favorite remote for a long time.
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Got this for $45, performs perfectly for my simple needs....watch TV, play DVD's and Cd's and listen to radio through a home stereo system connected to Direct TV satellite box. I interfaced a Samsung 58 in plasma and Blue Ray Player with a Pioneer vsx 01txh receiver and it worked perfectly the first time. The buttons are on the small side and you need to become familiar with button positions, but my wife has accomplished that and loves the one button approach to turning everything on and one button activity selection. Individual remotes are stored away! I couldn't see spending $$$$ to get something a little more impressive that couldn't do a better job for my needs. I particuarly like the Harmony software...very simple and easy to understand and use. This remote should satisfy the majority of individuals looking to simplify their home theater controls.Read full review
The Logictech Remotes have a vast database of remote codes and even had some obscure ones like Hauppauge and StreamZap. This made programming very easy since I did not have to learn any commands. So Good Things are: - On Screen Display 6 buttons or Title and 4 buttons - All Buttons programmable except Sound, PIC, Device, Next, Glow and Activity Buttons - Program GUI is easy to use once you figure it out - Very Good IR Range and Wide Angle (The remote does not need to be aimed very acurately) Bad Things are: - Buttons are too small and difficult to see at night even with the remote in glow mode. The PLAY, Stop, Pause and FF and RW buttons are really hard to read at night. - Buttons Sound and PIC should be progammable. - Logitech does not test any of their products for use with people over 40. This is a very dangerous marketting strategy.Read full review
This remote was a refurb that I purchased, mainly to work with TIVO and everything else in our home entertainment center. Had it for about a month, and my wife dropped it on the tile floor and wouldn't work right, and reprogramming wouldn't work or replacing the batteries. I took it apart, and put it back together and it worked fine, apparently the battery contacts got out of whack, the battery compartment isn't soldered to the PCB, and once it was reseated after taking it apart it worked fine. Not much to go wrong, the PCB is one piece and it seems to be pretty durable in the case. So if goes wacky after dropping, remove the four screws, take it apart, and pop it back together to reseat the contacts onto the PCB. Somewhat of a poor design on the battery compartment Good remote, I had to customize it a little through the software, but overall a good product for the price I paid. Would give it an excellent except for the design flaw on the battery compartment.Read full review
Pros: One remote to rule them all! Cons: Once I understood the power of the Logitech approach to the activity control and remote configuration - I was a bit disappointed by some inflexibility it its setup. Or, perhaps, I just haven't learned all the options yet. Also I wish there was more description in the manual or help that explained the overall functionality of the remote - it took me quite some time to figure out how chosen devices and activities correlate to the programmable buttons on the LCD screen. Once you understand the philosophy of its design - you can set the thing up in minutes, but if you are a new user - expect to spend several hours fine-tuning this remote to your liking. Overall - I am very happy, after some initial frustration. :) I can now push 1 button that turns on bluray player, sound system, movie projector and dims the lights in the room. Push the other button, it turns off the projector, the sound system, turns on the TV and lights, push third button and it sets everything up to play Wii. It does not control Wii though, you have to use Wiimotes to turn Wii on and off. And every time it shows me my favorite buttons on the LCD screen that I want to be readily available to me for that particular activity. You can program 6 button on that screen but you have 6 virtual pages in there, so you can have up to 36 buttons preset for each activity in addition to standard buttons on the remote itself. In other words - I do recommend this product if you are more or less technically savvy and do not mind spending few hours tinkering with the setup.Read full review
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