I was wondering what is the best universal remote under 300. I don't know if there is a definitive answer like there is one on plasma tv's.
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Originally Posted by dalto /forum/post/17848336
It all depends what you consider "best"
In order to provide a good recommendation it would be helpful to understand what specific devices you are trying to control and what is driving you to a universal remote.
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Originally Posted by mdavej /forum/post/17850100
A $10 remote can do all those things. You'll get the list of 9 favorites with any remote that can send the up command, which happens to be every learning remote. Any remote you use with the PS3 will need an IR converter of some sort ($15-$150). If you don't care about macros and just want something really cool looking, you should go for something like a harmony 1100.
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Originally Posted by mdavej /forum/post/17852965
One of the main reasons to get a universal remote is the macros. If you have to press a dozen buttons to turn on your tv, HR23 and stereo, switch inputs on your tv and receiver, maybe turn on surround or change resolution and turn all you unused devices off, you can put all those steps into a single macro and press just one button to do all of it.
But things get complicated with harmony. They have 2 kinds of macros - activities and sequences. The activity macro can do everything in my example. But lets say after you run that macro, you want to toggle captions, which takes 3 button presses (possibly 4 if you add mute) on an HR23. You could make a sequence macro for that and make it one button press. Problem is the latest harmonys, like the 1100 can't even do that simple 3 step sequence. That doesn't bother a lot of people, but I personally wouldn't buy a remote that couldn't do simple macros.
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Originally Posted by alejopelaez /forum/post/17853201
So what remote would you recommend that do macros. Harmony one? What remote do you own?
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Originally Posted by alejopelaez /forum/post/17853201
So what remote would you recommend that do macros. Harmony one? What remote do you own?
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Originally Posted by alejopelaez /forum/post/17847847
I was wondering what is the best universal remote under 300. I don't know if there is a definitive answer like there is one on plasma tv's.
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Originally Posted by slots1 /forum/post/21089926
i have gone through 2 880's and now 2 890's, frozen out. When they work they are the best. So far the 880 is working up stairs.
by home theater is high end, Anthem, Marantz proj, Thiel's. yes, I have spent too much time up and down the stairs resetting and bombing the with the 890. What other great remote is there up to 1000. Need the rf function and easy set up of the 890. It seems on the logitech site they are only offering one cheap model!!
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Originally Posted by slots1 /forum/post/21089926
i have gone through 2 880's and now 2 890's, frozen out. When they work they are the best. So far the 880 is working up stairs.
by home theater is high end, Anthem, Marantz proj, Thiel's. yes, I have spent too much time up and down the stairs resetting and bombing the with the 890. What other great remote is there up to 1000. Need the rf function and easy set up of the 890. It seems on the logitech site they are only offering one cheap model!!
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Originally Posted by ourmanritter /forum/post/21092248
I currently have 6 components that need a remote, and like the idea of controlling my fans/lights w/ RF but not an absolute requirement.
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Originally Posted by bryansj /forum/post/21092301
RF Universal remote will not control RF lighting. They only use RF to communicate with their RF to IR base. Your lighting/fans will need either IR input control or be compatible with specific remote solutions.
For instance the Harmony 890 is compatible with Z-wave and the Pro URC remotes have a brand of switches that they are compatible with. Anything else needs IR input.
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Originally Posted by mdavej /forum/post/21093303
ourman,
I asked for a specific example of one of your macros to determine if you really need sequence macros or just activity macros. Harmony has no practical limit on the steps in an activity macro. The sequence workaround is pretty easy for a few commands, but it can be really hard, if not impossible, to get more than 5 commands on an 1100.
Here are some examples of activity versus sequence macros:
- Turn on tv, turn on amp, set avr input, set tv input, map vol keys to amp - Activity
- While watching a movie, pause and raise the lights to 100% with a single button - Sequence
- While watching cable, perform several steps to navigate the menus in order to turn on captions with a single button - Sequence
- Turn on tv, turn on DVD player, set tv input, navigate to netflix, map vol keys to tv - Activity
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Originally Posted by ourmanritter /forum/post/21093806
so where does that leave me? either get a Harmony 700 and forget about programming my desired sequence/s, or get an URC model and hope I can figure out how to program it?
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Originally Posted by ourmanritter /forum/post/21093806
so where does that leave me? either get a Harmony 700 and forget about programming my desired sequence/s, or get an URC model and hope I can figure out how to program it?