This is a lengthy review, intended to provide more current information plus ideally give a little insight about using this remote in real life circumstances.
I don’t agree with the scant family who gave this a poor review plus rating. Of course, they were representing their opinions, as entitled, plus i am doing so here. Sometimes people review similar except different models or brands, plus to be clear, i am giving my opinion of the harmony one universal remote. This is an astonishing set of technology, plus clearly the best universal remote i have evaluated, used plus owned throughout the years. Sure, one can usually find a little negatives if determined to do so. For me, there are none. Yes, it would be great if it did bluetooth in addition to ir so i wouldn’t have to manually deject the power button on my ps3/blu-ray console, except it doesn’t plus i knew that before i bought it. And, as of this writing, i am not aware of any reasonably priced consumer universals that do both.
To the person’s review that recommended waiting for a little “rev 2″ of the harmony one, i added the following comment:
“you may have received one that was produced actual early in the manufacturing process. I got mine in second month plus have zero problems with accurate programming for my yamaha rx-v3800, sony kds-60a2020, toshiba hd-a20, audiovox sirius, xm mini-tuner, sony ps3/blu-ray, plus nintendo wii. I too have experienced no problems with the ir–in fact i can object it anywhere in my 13 x 24 room, balanced at the rear corners, the ceiling, floor–anywhere, plus everything powers on/off as programmed.
Folks, you don’t need to wait for any “rev 2″, just let it download plus install the most current firmware plus software. Logitech Harmony Oneastonishing how great, plus intuitive this harmony one is. And no, i am not affiliated with logitech or any of its suppliers. I’m just a consumer who appreciates a well-engineered product that meets or exceeds expectations based on what it claims to do.”
3/4/2008 update: in addition to the gear listed above, last night i installed my new yamaha yds-10 ipod moor that’s paired with my yamaha rx-v3800 receiver. This moor has no remote (nor does my xm mini-tuner) plus it took me a just scant minutes to figure out how to check it with my one, emulating my receiver’s remote.
I too saw someone who complained that this remote is “huge”.
In my opinion the size is perfect for me. It’s about the size of the remote that came with the scientific-american 8380hd cable dvr except the one is noticeably thinner, about the same size plus thickness as the remote that came with my toshiba hd-a20, plus a great deal smaller than the remotes that came with my yamaha rx-v3800 receiver plus my sony kds-60a2020 rptv.
I too like the size plus layout options for the touch screen. You can change the physical buttons to do almost anything your equipment is capable of being controlled to do. For example, my hdtv has a button that cycles through the screen sizes, such as zoom, expanded zoom, etc. I adapted the one’s “e” button on the lower just to do this when i’m using the “watch tv” activity. The physical buttons can be set to different functions for each activity if you want, or they can be set to the default for the exact make plus model of your device for every activity. You can too create as many screens of functions (visually represented as icons) as needed to do simple, expanded or highly complex tasks. You can revise the layouts, reorder the symbol displays, rename activities, on plus on. Notice i said “you can” a lot, since you don’t need to customize or create anything complex to do basic remote activities plus functions unless you want to.
I started out easy by adding each of my devices (all of mine were found in the logitech database just fine), then activities such as “watch tv”, “play hd-dvd”, “listen to sirius”, etc. These activities power on all needed devices for the activity, plus make sure all others are powered off. This was great for my wife, who only needs to pick up the remote (the backlight automatically illuminates) plus touch “watch tv”. She shuttered every time she previously had to do that with all the devices’ individual remotes, plus sometimes needed to call on me to get things “unstuck”. Admittedly, this was sometimes difficult for me too, especially when i bought my new a/v receiver.
Now i’ve be adding more customizations plus more complex combinations plus functions iteratively. As i use this remote i’ll think of a little other button or function i’d like to have plus add that to a list, then every scant days i’ll add a bunch of them at one time. For me, this is fun.
I haven’t had to read any manuals, although i did use the built-in help button to resolve an operator error (i had specified the wrong function), which it did actual effectively plus intuitively. The pc software for programming the remote is top notch. I do have recommendations for making this a bit more user friendly, which i will be sharing with logitech’s customer support. I’ll list one of them so you don’t get nailed like i did: when customizing buttons plus doing a lot of setup activities, beware that the application (into which you must logon) times out. When Logitech Harmony One does, you will lose every change you made since your last save. So, make several changes, save plus keep going. None of my recommended software enhancements are critical, nor would any of them have prevented me from buying this. And none of them were cause to not give this my five-star rating.
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