Michael Amster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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MrC. I have found that the TheaterMaster MX-700 is a nice,
programmable, backlit unit with a combo of hard buttons and LCD. I have
it working with our Dish 921 (boy I wish I got the 942 - if I had just
waited A YEAR).
The MX-500 is, as others here have said, an excellent remote. The hard
buttons are laid out and labelled appropriately for everything from a
cable box with PVR capability to a DVD player to a TV to a Squeezebox;
and the controls that don't naturally map to a hard-labelled button can
go nicely in
If it were just to control my Squeezebox, I'd be happy with using a
laptop/PDA solution. As a matter of fact, I *am* using my laptop to
control the Squeezebox... on occasion. But that just adds to the
chaos.
I've already spent a lot of $$$ (£££ actually) on my home audio/video
system, so
Crisis absolutely!
Your post is very timely for me. To replace our dozen or more remotes,
I purchased a Harmony 880 after rave reviews, worked with it for several
hours programming it via the web interface, and sent the pile of crap
back for a refund. (if anyone cares for more details, i'll be
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From: MrC [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 1:53 PM
Subject: [slim] Re: Universal (All-for-one) remote controls?
Crisis absolutely!
Your post is very timely for me. To replace our dozen or more remotes,
I purchased a Harmony 880 after rave
MrC wrote:
Crisis absolutely!
Your post is very timely for me. To replace our dozen or more remotes,
I purchased a Harmony 880 after rave reviews, worked with it for several
hours programming it via the web interface, and sent the pile of crap
back for a refund. (if anyone cares for more
Hi Danny,
Here's a list of the things we found to be of poor or unusable design.
These are just off the top of my head:
1) Buttons are far too small, non-distinguished, and poorly located to
use based on touch alone. Any raised dots etc. are so small and
indistinguishable that Helen Keller
I'm a relatively happy Harmony 880 user. Although I'll second MrC's
complaints that some of the buttons are too small and that the website
interface could use some polish.
But, with about 30 minutes work I had the remote up and running my Home
Theater. It took another 30 minutes or so of
Now, I can kind of understand if you just have cash burning a hole in
your pocket and want this problem to go away by throwing cash at it,
but maybe you're a little like me and It's about the journey. If
you're a little technical and can enjoy the challenge of learning
something new with a huge
