I have the Harmony One, LOVE it! Ron
>If that doesn't pan out, the Harmony One appears to be the way to go, I have a Harmony 520, it does the job, but I'm not fond of the button layout, input delays, and occational quirks when it thinks a unit is on or off when it's the opposite. The Harmony One would also mean playing BD's would be still a single remote affair, and not require the the extra remote compared to using the Tivo remote, since it can't also pull bluray disk duties. Glen ----- Original Message ---- It was actually the Bose remote itself that won > me over into getting the new system. The console unit for the Bose V-Series > ³Lifestyle² systems contains updatable firmware that includes a database of > hundreds of remotes. One programs the Bose remote by pointing the controller > to be emulated at the Bose Console unit and pressing a few buttons as > requested by an interactive menu on the TV screen. The console unit pops up > messages on the screen to verify that the signals sent in response to key > presses are as expected, then adds a new ³device² (it suggests an appropriate > name, but you can edit or replace the suggested name) to the Bose remote. > Takes about 30-60 seconds for a typical IR remote. Once you¹ve programmed > your Bose remote to control all your devices, the list of devices you see on > your TV screen and remote isn¹t ³HDMI1², ³HDMI2², etc, but ³TiVo-HD², > ³BluRay², ³iPod², etc. If one of the devices is removed temporarily, it > doesn¹t show up on the list until it¹s reconnected. I hope no one thinks of > this as patronizing, but it almost makes this system an ideal Mother¹s Day > Gift! (most of the women in my life have had more important things to do with > their time than learn to juggle all the remotes that float around our family > room). However, I¹ve just discovered an obstacle. I have no idea why > (some say it was to kill a third party market), but Sony decided to eliminate > IR remote capability from the PS3. It comes with a BlueTooth remote. There > are adapters; e.g., for the Harmony remotes, but the result, if one > doesn¹t HAVE a Harmony remote, is an expense of several hundred dollars just > to acquire the ability to control the PS3 as a BluRay player with a > universal remote (Bose¹s, Harmony¹s, or anyone else¹s). Looks as though we¹ll > either have one more box to buy (a basic BluRay player) or struggle with > Sony¹s BlueTooth remote. One other cool thing about the Bose remote: > it¹s both IR and RF. By default, it controls all the devices attached to it, > and one controls the Bose console using RF on the Bose remote, so everything > can sit in a closed cabinet (another Mother¹s Day gift selling > point). It also puts your iPod playlists menu on your TV and the current > active entry of that list on the remote itself. So, if you¹re in the > kitchen slicing onions, and your tears aren¹t flowing from the veggie vapors > but from Lucciano Pavarotti¹s soaring conclusion to Puccini¹s ³Nessun > Dorma² (Turandot), one press on the remote can reprise the master¹s > performance even though the LifeStyle System is in another room (with > additional Bose wireless devices, even in another part of the house > entirely). People knock Bose all the time. I guess I like their stuff > because I¹m an Apple fanboy. They figure out what people typically DO with > their sound reproduction equipment, and they make it painless to do it easily > (except when you write the check to acquire the stuff!!). I think TiVo has > some of the same spirit. Jim Robertson -- > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
