FirefghtrMk
02-11-09, 12:23 AM
Hey everybody first time posting. I was wondering if anybody knows of a remote that has IR,RF,Bluetooth, and WiFi. This probally runs more along the lines of a home controller. I want to be able to control music on my computer and see what is playing on the remote as well as control PS3 (i know about the nyko blue wave option and IR2BT option), AVR, Direct TV, and Celing fans and lighting, and more down the road. I've looked at the higher end harmony's and i own one but none of them seem to do what i want it to maybe im asking too much at an affordable price lol. I've searched high and low and haven't found anything any thoughts and suggestion on this would be greatly appreciated.
Hey everybody first time posting. I was wondering if anybody knows of a remote that has IR,RF,Bluetooth, and WiFi. This probally runs more along the lines of a home controller. I want to be able to control music on my computer and see what is playing on the remote as well as control PS3 (i know about the nyko blue wave option and IR2BT option), AVR, Direct TV, and Celing fans and lighting, and more down the road. I've looked at the higher end harmony's and i own one but none of them seem to do what i want it to maybe im asking too much at an affordable price lol. I've searched high and low and haven't found anything any thoughts and suggestion on this would be greatly appreciated.
You mentioned Harmony ... you'll need to increase your budget just a smidgen if you want the remote to do IR, RF, WiFi, and BT, as the Harmony remotes do IR only (yes, some do RF but only to link the remote to the extender and certain Z-wave devices, not your PS3 and ceiling fan and whatnot).
localnet
02-11-09, 11:44 AM
Don't know of anything that even comes close to doing all of that. And from what I have read, you would be limited with RF in regards to controlling multiple devices from different manufactures. I would think that if such a beast was made, you would probably be in the $1000.00+ area.
Florida
02-11-09, 12:48 PM
I tend to doubt that such a remote exists. There are lots of IR/RF remotes that work fine. At the higher end of the cost spectrum you can add WiFi with remotes from Philips and others. I handle the bluetooth using a dongle from Schmartz that converts IR to BT. I believe that we will be seeing more WiFi remotes in the near future for 2-way communication but I doubt that any of them will be cheap.
Hey everybody first time posting. I was wondering if anybody knows of a remote that has IR,RF,Bluetooth, and WiFi. This probally runs more along the lines of a home controller. I want to be able to control music on my computer and see what is playing on the remote as well as control PS3 (i know about the nyko blue wave option and IR2BT option), AVR, Direct TV, and Celing fans and lighting, and more down the road. I've looked at the higher end harmony's and i own one but none of them seem to do what i want it to maybe im asking too much at an affordable price lol. I've searched high and low and haven't found anything any thoughts and suggestion on this would be greatly appreciated.