[ # ] Logitech Harmony Remotes?
/* Posted April 14th, 2008 at 4:06pm *//* Filed under News */
Really digging on the Harmony remotes, but my problem was that there were so many to choose from, I didn’t know what the dif was between them. Here is a quick run down.
Harmony One
The newest (as of January 2008) in the product line, the Harmony One features a color touch screen and is rechargeable. It does not offer any RF capability. Approx Cost: $235.00
Harmony 1000
The Harmony 1000 is has customizable touchscreen commands, sounds and a rechargeable battery. It is also compatible with the RF extender. Approx Cost: $475.00
Harmony 890/895
The Harmony 890/895 is the second most expensive remote of the product line. It is also the only remote to feature radio frequency (RF) component enabling the remote to control devices even without line-of-sight to and from different rooms up to a range of 30 meters. Approx Cost: $335.00
Harmony 880/885
The Harmony 880 was the first Harmony with a color LCD screen and a rechargeable battery. The Harmony 885 remote has extra buttons as mentioned below. Most Logitech websites show the Logitech 880 as their image of choice in representing the Harmony range. The 885 replaces up and down keys with four colour keys used for teletext and more recently by some set top boxes. Approx Cost: $230.00
Harmony 670
The Harmony 670 is a mid-range universal remote that offers most of the functionality in the Harmony line. The 670 has a monochrome LCD screen and puts DVR functions in the middle of the remote. Approx Cost: $145.00
Harmony 659
Harmony 659, an activity-based universal remoteThe Harmony 659 is another mid-range universal remote that offers most of the functionality in the Harmony line. It has a monochrome LCD screen. Approx Cost: $108.00
Harmony 550
The Harmony 550 is a mid-range remote that is similar in functionality to the Harmony 659 and 670, but with a different button arrangement and a squared-off physical design compared to the hourglass design of the 6xx series. It has a backlit monochrome LCD screen. Approx Cost: $80.00
Harmony 360
The Harmony 360 is pre-configured to be used with the Xbox 360 console, and has special buttons, X, Y, A, B and media center control, correlating with the same as found on native Xbox controllers Approx Cost: $85.00
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2 Responses to “Logitech Harmony Remotes?”
The Harmony remotes are awesome. The activity based thing is great because you don’t have to do everything separate. If you’re going to watch a movie you hit the movie button and it’ll change the settings on your TV, turn on your DVD player and change the settings on your home theater. Best of all they are easy to program off of their website.
About the 890/895, some people already know this but some may not: the ability to control your devices “out-of-sight” with the RF component is only useful if your device uses a RF remote (like a Bose sound system). Otherwise save yourself some money if you don’t need this feature and get a regular IR-only Harmony remote. You won’t be able to get this kind of control with your regular IR devices.
So which did you end up getting and what are you controlling with it?
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