Logitech Harmony One Advanced Universal Remote

Logitech knows who you are. You have a half-dozen remotes on the coffee table. And you're the only one in the family who knows how to use them. Logitech can help with the Harmony One Advanced Universal Remote. Enjoy a full-color touch screen. Intuitive button layout. And an ergonomic design. So easy to use, the whole family will love it. read more..

Best Features

• Easy Internet-based setup and live customer support
• Dedicated on-screen activity buttons
• Color LCD touch screen
• Contoured backlit buttons
• Can learn IR codes from existing remote controls

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Works as advertised, but if I had to do it again, would have picked a different Logitec by Richard Siegel
Setup was easy. I only made one mistake during the initial setup and was able to fix it without calling customer service. The whole process took about an hour - and this was to set up a TV, a satellite, a home theater receiver/amp, a Playstation 3 and a WII.



I especially liked the fact that the remote remembers the current state of all the components so it transmits just the right commands when you want to turn them on or off or switch to watching another source. However, you should keep your old remotes around in case you're too far away or not aiming the remote properly when you enter a command. Since the remote has no way of actually knowing if a component received a command, it can make mistakes; like turning something on that you wanted to turn off. Although it does attempt to correct mistakes itself if you press "help", it doesn't always figure out the problem. If components get out of sync, using the original component remote fixes the problem. This only happens once a week or so, but just the same, perhaps, next time I'll get the RF version of the remote (The Harmony 800 I think) so there will be less chance of missed commands.



The only other issue I have is with the touch screen. It's nice to have the flexibility of adding and removing functions, but it's real easy to hit the wrong touch-screen button my mistake - especially if you're trying to use the remote one-handed like a traditional remote. Perhaps using programmable buttons rather than a touchscreen would work better. The touchscreen does add a dose of coolness however. :)