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Posted at 9:40 AM on Tuesday 05/19/09 by
Ben
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NewEgg.com has the refurbished Logitech Harmony 880 Advanced Universal Remote for $100 - $10 off with coupon code EMCLSMX54 [Exp 5/25] = $90 with free shipping. [Review : Compare]

  • Optimized for complicated HDTV and PVR systems
  • Includes a sleek docking station that keeps the remote fully charged
  • Color LCD, with user-customizable backgrounds, button icons and text
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      popnwave - Posted 10:27 am PDT 05/19/09 (163 Posts)  Report Spam

      Decent remote, my wife actually was able to figure it out without my instruction. First one I got from Newegg had a busted #2 button but the RMA process was quick from Logitech and the replacement worked fine.

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      chrismgan - Posted 10:47 am PDT 05/19/09 (92 Posts)  Report Spam

      The only difference between this and the Harmony One is the One has a touch screen. I have the One, and have been very happy with it. This is a good deal.

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      revenant - Posted 11:04 am PDT 05/19/09 (246 Posts)  Report Spam

      I have been using this remote for about 4 years now... it's very easy to program and use.. my only two complaints are:

      (1) the charging terminals need to be wiped with a clean cloth or paper towel frequently otherwise the terminals don't make proper contact and the remote doesn't charge.. some people get around this by putting a roll of quarters (or something small and heavy) on the remote while it's "docked"..

      (2) the volume button is very thin and hard to find without looking sometimes.. once you get used to the remote you can find it fairly easily, but it's not ideal...

      I think the Harmony One addresses both of those issues, but it's fairly more expensive.. this is a great remote at for under $100 imo.

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      phins2rt - Posted 11:24 am PDT 05/19/09 (889 Posts)  Report Spam

      I have two of these and have been very happy with them! The newer charging terminal has a magnet on it so #1 of #3's response is no longer a problem. Great remote!

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      groom - Posted 12:38 pm PDT 05/19/09 (114 Posts)  Report Spam

      I've had one for about 2 years and have 1 complaint. When switching activities that require the TV channel to go to a different input, it only ever switches it correctly 25ish% of the time requiring me to do the help menu and tell the remote it's not on the correct TV input.

      I find if the inputs are only 1-3 cycles away it changes fine, but 4+ it usually fudges up.

      In the TV menu, you can jump directly to any input without cycling through. I'm not sure why switching act ivies it cycles to the correct input instead of directly going there. I've been meaning to wire Logitech about this.

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      zonker - Posted 1:04 pm PDT 05/19/09 (399 Posts)  Report Spam

      #5 - You might have a hard time finding a telegraph service to wire Logitech (I suggest you try using a telephone or email).

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      groom - Posted 1:21 pm PDT 05/19/09 (114 Posts)  Report Spam

      #6, lol...meant to say "write". not sure how I managed to omit the T and swap the I and R, but I did.

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      Crash And Burn - Posted 2:33 pm PDT 05/19/09 (3056 Posts)  Report Spam

      I got a new one for this price. Why mess with refurbished? Yes IR interference can cause some extensive configurations to fail sometimes. My main complaint is that key placement could be better. Compared to my DVR remote it takes 2 hands to do too many things. Yes I'm lazy...

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      Bonzo100 - Posted 3:58 pm PDT 05/19/09 (445 Posts)  Report Spam

      I noticed that canadian bacon ppl gravitate to these. Saw one on Tom Cruises nightstand during an interview he made with the Ghost of Liberace

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      pfft - Posted 7:33 am PDT 05/20/09 (750 Posts)  Report Spam

      hey #5, you can add a second or two of delay between steps that might cure the problem...that's what I had to do when I had a similar issue.

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      Wand - Posted 8:38 am PDT 05/20/09 (1417 Posts)  Report Spam

      #1, if my mom was able to figure it out then Bush can figure it out.

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