Review: Logitech Harmony One peripheral
Posted on March 13, 2008
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Will Stapley, Computeract!ve, Wednesday 12 March
2008 at 00:00:00
Control your home entertainment kit with a single remote
If your lounge is home to more entertainment equipment than just a TV and
DVD player, it’s likely you also have a bunch of remote controls cluttering up
the coffee table. There are plenty of cheap universal remotes available, but
Logitech’s Harmony devices take things much further. The Harmony One can
replace up to 15 remotes and, like many others in the range, is configured
using an online database so there’s no need to hunt down codes and enter them
into the remote control manually. Simply hook it up to a PC, pick your devices
from a list and wait for the codes to be copied to the remote. You can also
create macros to send multiple commands with one press of a button. For example
if you want to watch a DVD, the Harmony One can, in one sweep, turn the TV on,
set it to the correct channel, switch on the surround sound speakers and select
the appropriate input, and then power up the DVD player - all with a single
touch of a button. The device is well designed, with a 2.2in touch-sensitive
screen providing access to device-specific controls. During our testing it
worked fine, although with only six controls able to fit on the screen we were
often left to scroll through pages to find the one we were after. Also
consider: Logitech Harmony 1000 Gyration Media Center Remote Domia Bye Bye
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