Bravo
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- Aug 27, 2004
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OK the new Samsung is in....works beautifully.
Background: I have used Tivo's for five years and am addicted to their brilliant remote control. DirecTV did not renew their relationship with Tivo and sell their own HD DVR instead. Frankly, it's pretty damn decent...can't complain...not as good as a Tivo but fairly close.
The supplied remote with the DVR will not allow you to program the volume on your AV receiver without moving a switch at the top of the remote first. This is maddening and unacceptable. Other than that, the design of the unit itself is pretty decent. Not Tivo quality but large PLAY and PAUSE buttons...good List button and Exit button too.
The guys at CC railroaded me into a LogiTech remote, which indeed does have a lot of logic...it will turn on all devices for whatever you want to do (watch TV, watch DVD, listen to music) and it will set the appropriate input setting on the TV as well as select the correct sound source on the receiver. This is done by programming it through a USB port on their website.
Then comes the rub. The physical design of the Logitech Harmony 670 remote is an utter disaster. Jillions of tiny buttons. Play and pause are the same size as the others and are difficult to locate. For heavy users of a DVR, who are interrupted frequenty while watching TV (therefore using the DVR's functions constantly) - this simply will not do.
Yes, the Logitech does indeed do a great job of setting up whatever you want to do....but after that, it is simply not acceptable to me and I am returning it.
All of my components are at waist height and easy to turn on manually. I do not need the sophisticated functions of automatic switching as we can do that ourselves by walking up to the components.
Here is what I need your recommendations on:
A universal remote control that:
1) Will control a DirecTV DVR and an AV receiver in the same switch setting.
2) Have large buttons for PAUSE and PLAY - like a Tivo remote.
This is pretty simple. Anybody know what to buy?
thanks
b
Background: I have used Tivo's for five years and am addicted to their brilliant remote control. DirecTV did not renew their relationship with Tivo and sell their own HD DVR instead. Frankly, it's pretty damn decent...can't complain...not as good as a Tivo but fairly close.
The supplied remote with the DVR will not allow you to program the volume on your AV receiver without moving a switch at the top of the remote first. This is maddening and unacceptable. Other than that, the design of the unit itself is pretty decent. Not Tivo quality but large PLAY and PAUSE buttons...good List button and Exit button too.
The guys at CC railroaded me into a LogiTech remote, which indeed does have a lot of logic...it will turn on all devices for whatever you want to do (watch TV, watch DVD, listen to music) and it will set the appropriate input setting on the TV as well as select the correct sound source on the receiver. This is done by programming it through a USB port on their website.
Then comes the rub. The physical design of the Logitech Harmony 670 remote is an utter disaster. Jillions of tiny buttons. Play and pause are the same size as the others and are difficult to locate. For heavy users of a DVR, who are interrupted frequenty while watching TV (therefore using the DVR's functions constantly) - this simply will not do.
Yes, the Logitech does indeed do a great job of setting up whatever you want to do....but after that, it is simply not acceptable to me and I am returning it.
All of my components are at waist height and easy to turn on manually. I do not need the sophisticated functions of automatic switching as we can do that ourselves by walking up to the components.
Here is what I need your recommendations on:
A universal remote control that:
1) Will control a DirecTV DVR and an AV receiver in the same switch setting.
2) Have large buttons for PAUSE and PLAY - like a Tivo remote.
This is pretty simple. Anybody know what to buy?
thanks
b