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#1
purgueflantar - Posted 6:46 pm PDT 07/13/09 (17 Posts)
#2
bsg75 - Posted 6:50 pm PDT 07/13/09 (372 Posts)
There is something conceptually wrong with remote controls that cost more than the components they're supposed to control, being offered as deals to ghetto dogs. For that much you can get an audio receiver or blu-ray player or something. Amazon lately has had good deals on lower-end refurb Harmony remotes around $30, that makes sense.
#3
blayne - Posted 7:31 pm PDT 07/13/09 (220 Posts)
I think the posts from the last time this showed up on here should just be reposted. Basically, the 1000 is regarded as crap; much better off with the 1100 if you must have the full touch screen. Else, the One is the best if you don't require RF, the 8900 being the best if you do. As #2 pointed out, you can get cheaper models that will do 90% of the same things as these higher end models, just less pretty looking while doing it. The 550 is $40 on Amazon, the 570 being around 45 -- both extremely capable remotes just missing the flash of the others I mentioned.
#4
shomebody - Posted 7:39 pm PDT 07/13/09 (91 Posts)
I'm in the market for something like this, but I've read enough to scare me off. Try a Pronto, or get a Logitech One or 1100, but let this thing die quietly.
#5
juzdyn - Posted 6:32 am PDT 07/14/09 (216 Posts)
#6
skaheadva - Posted 7:00 am PDT 07/14/09 (218 Posts)
#4. I concur. My brother had one and the IR died after the first month of use. Really nice unit when it works. Maybe that fixed the short comings in the refurbushment process?
#7
crewsr - Posted 7:31 am PDT 07/14/09 (120 Posts)
It really doesn't look very convenient or comfortable to use.
#8
Extragooey - Posted 8:19 am PDT 07/14/09 (33 Posts)
I had a Sony remote that's shaped like this once. What I found out was that couch potatoes like me like to channel surf with the remote in one hand.
You really can't do that when the remote is wide and big like these.






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