WELA electronic SST-688 Remote Control
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H688, bad production design; Good concept
Pros
Easy programing, Harmony web set up
Cons
Poor quality, bad design
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
Don't buy this, wait for the re-designed model, or buy the Home Theater Master MX series.
I bought the H688 last week (from Surfremotecontrol.com), tried it this weekend and not too impressed. Sending it back this week.
The pictures shown on the Harmony web site appear deceptive(to me anyway), the buttons look much larger than they actually are. They're really small and hard to find, they are so close together. All the buttons in an oval ring around the joystick are molded from one piece or rubber/plastic so there's really no way to feel the distinction between the buttons other than looking (very closely since they are so small) at the labels. I assume eventually you would memorize the layout but it would take a long time, the tactile response from the buttons also feel "cheap".
The attempt at a joystick/button in the middle is really bad. First it's so tiny(about the size of a dime, maybe a nickel) it's hard to feel which direction you just pushed; almost feels as if it's come loose; really bad attempt on this one Harmony. The last issue was the quality of the case. It feels like real thin cheap plastic where the silver coating would easily scratch or rub off after minimal use (I bought the silver one, not sure about the black one); real bad when compared to the tank like armor of my old MX-500 (Home Theater Master) remote.
The concept of the remote is great, the shape is great (very similar to TiVo "peanut"), the programming is awesome via the Harmony web site, the "Watch" buttons at the top are also cool. I really wanted to like this remote but I just can't do it, too many negatives. I do hope Harmony reviews this forum and takes feedback from users; after some major changes this could be the remote that retires my MX-500...which I love. Until then the MX series, from HTM, is still king of the hill for small home theater & TiVo users, in my humble opinion. (I've also owned the Sony RM-AV2100. Bad attempt at trying to be a Pronto remote. Like holding a book, and a bad book at that…returned this one too.)
The pictures shown on the Harmony web site appear deceptive(to me anyway), the buttons look much larger than they actually are. They're really small and hard to find, they are so close together. All the buttons in an oval ring around the joystick are molded from one piece or rubber/plastic so there's really no way to feel the distinction between the buttons other than looking (very closely since they are so small) at the labels. I assume eventually you would memorize the layout but it would take a long time, the tactile response from the buttons also feel "cheap".
The attempt at a joystick/button in the middle is really bad. First it's so tiny(about the size of a dime, maybe a nickel) it's hard to feel which direction you just pushed; almost feels as if it's come loose; really bad attempt on this one Harmony. The last issue was the quality of the case. It feels like real thin cheap plastic where the silver coating would easily scratch or rub off after minimal use (I bought the silver one, not sure about the black one); real bad when compared to the tank like armor of my old MX-500 (Home Theater Master) remote.
The concept of the remote is great, the shape is great (very similar to TiVo "peanut"), the programming is awesome via the Harmony web site, the "Watch" buttons at the top are also cool. I really wanted to like this remote but I just can't do it, too many negatives. I do hope Harmony reviews this forum and takes feedback from users; after some major changes this could be the remote that retires my MX-500...which I love. Until then the MX series, from HTM, is still king of the hill for small home theater & TiVo users, in my humble opinion. (I've also owned the Sony RM-AV2100. Bad attempt at trying to be a Pronto remote. Like holding a book, and a bad book at that…returned this one too.)
