WELA electronic SST-688 Remote Control
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- Type: Universal
- Broadcasting Type: IR
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This thing rocks!!!! buy it!!!
Pros
web programmable, huge database, will learn commands directly and does great job on tivo!
Cons
hour to set up,longer to tweak, volume and channel buttons too small
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
Buy it! Its the best universal remote I have seen and totally worth the money. its does everything fool proof way. The macro activity programming was very impressive.
This remote Rocks!! At last a remote that does it all! I cant believe the preveious reviewer hated it! Its the best remote I have ever seen but there was a set up learning curve which was pretty painless....
I have a $10k 50" plasma tv... a tivo/dvd burner, a sony vcr and two cable boxes (One for regular digital which has a better picture and works with the tivo via a serial port and one for HDTV). You can imagine the remote nightmare this is and the switching of remotes and inputs as you go back and forth... With the harmony...the only universal remote taht really works well with a PVR like tivo... you can set up activities which are basically macros that operate whatever you like.. there are 6 programmable LCD commands always displayed and more you can toggle through. Every button is fully tweakable and programmable... its is ergonomic in your hand and the backlit display is awesome! How do you manage all these commands?? on the web!! your harmony remote connects to your computer via a usb cable and you update it in seconds... I hit "Watch TV" and the harmony switches inputs to the HDTV box, turns it on and I can even pick which channel I want it to go to if I like..all pushing one button... when I want to go to tivo, I hit my prgramed activity "Tivo TV" and it turns off the hdtv box, switches inputs and I'm back on tivo... same thing for my vcr and dvd.. Its awesome and totally worth the $200 I paid.. My plasma tv remote is very awkward and will not actually learn commands well... and I cant work the tivo with it. The harmony has a huge database and will program your remote based just on model number... you can also have it learn commands directly from your factory remote and it actually does it!.... I realize this isnt a great detailed review but I am totally impressed at how well it works.. I'm sold on harmony!...BTW my sounds system isnt set up yet but the harmony will also operate all cd players and speaker stereo setups... I first learned of the harmony line from a review on techtv thats on techtv.com I then learned they had the H688 that woprks PVRs like tivo and had to try it... I have spent $13000 on my video setup and paying $200 to work it all from one well designed remote is totally worth it! BUY IT!
Mike
I have a $10k 50" plasma tv... a tivo/dvd burner, a sony vcr and two cable boxes (One for regular digital which has a better picture and works with the tivo via a serial port and one for HDTV). You can imagine the remote nightmare this is and the switching of remotes and inputs as you go back and forth... With the harmony...the only universal remote taht really works well with a PVR like tivo... you can set up activities which are basically macros that operate whatever you like.. there are 6 programmable LCD commands always displayed and more you can toggle through. Every button is fully tweakable and programmable... its is ergonomic in your hand and the backlit display is awesome! How do you manage all these commands?? on the web!! your harmony remote connects to your computer via a usb cable and you update it in seconds... I hit "Watch TV" and the harmony switches inputs to the HDTV box, turns it on and I can even pick which channel I want it to go to if I like..all pushing one button... when I want to go to tivo, I hit my prgramed activity "Tivo TV" and it turns off the hdtv box, switches inputs and I'm back on tivo... same thing for my vcr and dvd.. Its awesome and totally worth the $200 I paid.. My plasma tv remote is very awkward and will not actually learn commands well... and I cant work the tivo with it. The harmony has a huge database and will program your remote based just on model number... you can also have it learn commands directly from your factory remote and it actually does it!.... I realize this isnt a great detailed review but I am totally impressed at how well it works.. I'm sold on harmony!...BTW my sounds system isnt set up yet but the harmony will also operate all cd players and speaker stereo setups... I first learned of the harmony line from a review on techtv thats on techtv.com I then learned they had the H688 that woprks PVRs like tivo and had to try it... I have spent $13000 on my video setup and paying $200 to work it all from one well designed remote is totally worth it! BUY IT!
Mike
