This sleek hybrid remote uses computer-based wizard-style setup and claims to be the world’s easiest remote! It features a color touchscreen display, great selection of hard buttons, rechargeable battery and optional RF extender, and can control 18 devices with an IR database, code learning, macros and favorite channel icons.
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Part 12: URC –
Hank Eisengrein, booth tour guide extraordinaire, serves up a feast of information on URC’s latest and upcoming products including: handheld remotes, in-wall keypads, a new A/V processor and much more!
Part 11: ThinkFlood RedEye –
Matt Eagar presents the RedEye network-based control system for use with iPad, iPhone, Android and PCs, along with a quick demonstration of 2-way status synchronization between multiple control devices.
Part 10: Yale Locks –
Demonstrating their new NFC lock system, which uses a mobile phone as an electronic door key.
Part 9: Control4 –
The new 7" Portable WiFi Touch Screen, video conferencing, Android support and centralized lighting panels.
Part 8: ELAN Home Systems –
A quick overview of ELAN's g! home control solution plus a demonstration of interface capabilities.
Part 7: PRO Control –
PRO24.z & PRO24.r remotes, ProLink.z and ProLink.r processors, ProPanel software, iPro.8 Companion Remote.
Part 6: Crestron Electronics –
iPad and third-party solutions, Sonnex audio distribution, a tiny in-wall touchscreen and more.
Part 5: iRule –
Discover the iRule system for iPhone and tablets with cloud-based programming and easy 2-way feedback.
Part 4: Remote Technologies Inc. –
The RTiPanel on iPad and Android, the SURFiR Companion Remote, and the KX7 in-wall control.
Part 3: Savant Select –
Combination iPod Touch and hard buttoned remote for Savant's Apple-based platform.
Part 2: BitWise Controls –
New network-based automation controllers plus iPad, iPhone and Android interfaces.
Part 1: Sony Tablet S –
The new Android-based tablet with unique built-in universal remote control.
Logitech may have revealed earlier this year that they’re looking to sell off the Harmony line, but that apparently doesn’t mean they’re content to rest on their laurels in the meanwhile. Some users have noted a recent unavailability of all but the newest Harmony remotes in retail stores, and attributed that to Logitech winding down production. Nope! Turns out they were merely waiting for their brand new models to become available! Read more...
Pro Control has just announced the general availability of their iPro.8 model RF remote control, an inexpensive hard buttoned "companion" remote for systems where Apple iPhone or iPad devices are used as the primary touchscreen interface. The iPro.8 offers users quick, tactile-based control over movies, volume and channel surfing, similar to what they’re used to with regular OEM remotes, but in a device that integrates perfectly with the company’s back-end ProLink processors. Read more...
Match.com, the world’s largest online dating site, is dipping their toes into the consumer electronics market with today’s surprise announcement that they’ve completed the acquisition of Harmony.Read more...
Logitech has announced plans to sell off both their Harmony remote control line as well as digital video security products, as part of a focus shift plan to restructure the company following a 14 percent year-over-year decrease in sales during Q3 2012.
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As 2012 winds to an end and we look forward to what 2013 has to offer, our thoughts go out to each and every person who has helped make Remote Central such a great community over the past year.
This includes our advertisers, without whom we would not even be here (be sure to support those that support RC!); our volunteer forum moderators who fight spam and maintain the peace each and every day; the great folks at ipHouse.com who keep our server up and always available; plus the custom installation and control community as a whole – everyone who takes the time to interact by sharing their knowledge, wit, files... or even just their two cents!
Please accept my heartfelt appreciation, and I wish you all the best for the coming year – which marks our fifteenth year on the net!
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