Post 47 made on Wednesday June 8, 2016 at 11:24 |
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For $400 (for the new "Pro" model), it is tough to beat with URC, C4, Elan, RTI, Pro Control, etc.
I did 3 Elites for a client who bought them himself. I was skeptical, but by the time I finished, I recommended that remote to another client who needed a simple universal remote on the cheap.
I get the stigma about it being DIY and cruddy installers leaving them half baked in quarter baked systems. I get that you would rather sell a 40 point product. Both those stigmas could be applied to lots of products we sell aside from remote controls.
I can overlook both of those and sleep at night when my clients are happy with the solution I have recommended. With the Pro version, if they get it set up the way they are talking about, where dealers can organize all their client remotes in a single location on a dealer account, it will be harder not to use them for simple single room systems where we would normally go to a MX780/MRF350.
Cloud management, remote programming changes, iOS/Android app, 2 year warranty, additional control with zwave, zigbee, BT, etc. Perfect for those $5k family room systems. I do not get some of the negative nancy attitude towards Harmony....it is not like it says Monoprice on it anywhere. It is the "never have, never will" that makes no sense. Try it once. Everyone is doing it. Once you go Harmony, you never go back? Ok maybe that is a bit far out. :P
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