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Topic: | Which Harmony to buy? Look here! Lots of Pics!! This thread has 87 replies. Displaying posts 61 through 75. |
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Post 61 made on Thursday November 29, 2007 at 18:32 |
The 520, 550 and 360 all have "vibration" sensors which are designed to put the remote to sleep after a certain period of inactivity (20 minutes??). They turn the LCD off to conserve battery power (not that the LCD uses much power anyway...)
This is different to the 880 and 890 and 720's tilt sensor, which is designed to light up the remote when you pick it up.
If the 520etc had tilt sensors to light up the remote it would drain the batteries in no time. The 880etc can do it because of the rechargeable battery.
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Post 62 made on Friday November 30, 2007 at 09:11 |
TommyV Long Time Member |
Joined: Posts: | November 2006 25 |
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On November 29, 2007 at 18:32, czzer said...
The 520, 550 and 360 all have "vibration" sensors which are designed to put the remote to sleep after a certain period of inactivity (20 minutes??). They turn the LCD off to conserve battery power (not that the LCD uses much power anyway...)
This is different to the 880 and 890 and 720's tilt sensor, which is designed to light up the remote when you pick it up.
If the 520etc had tilt sensors to light up the remote it would drain the batteries in no time. The 880etc can do it because of the rechargeable battery. Thank you for the clarification! That makes sense!
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Post 63 made on Friday November 30, 2007 at 16:50 |
gschwartz Long Time Member |
Joined: Posts: | August 2002 34 |
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On November 29, 2007 at 18:20, drew2k1 said...
This thread contains many pictures... you be more specific as to which image/remote you are referring to? I'm referring to all of them. IMO, form has been given much higher priority than function.
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Post 64 made on Friday November 30, 2007 at 17:31 |
drew2k1 Long Time Member |
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On November 30, 2007 at 16:50, gschwartz said...
I'm referring to all of them. IMO, form has been given much higher priority than function. I'm positive that many here would dispute you on that. I happen to think the TC30 is the perfect remote: it's perfectly balanced, is great for one-hand usage, allows quick access to trick-play keys and navigation without moving your hand, and has a color screen and recharger. It's an excellent remote.
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Post 65 made on Saturday December 1, 2007 at 15:57 |
gschwartz Long Time Member |
Joined: Posts: | August 2002 34 |
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On November 30, 2007 at 17:31, drew2k1 said...
I'm positive that many here would dispute you on that. I happen to think the TC30 is the perfect remote: it's perfectly balanced, is great for one-hand usage, allows quick access to trick-play keys and navigation without moving your hand, and has a color screen and recharger. It's an excellent remote. The TC30 is a nice looking unit. I've not used one, but wonder about the 12 look-alike, feel-alike buttons near the bottom. 1) Does it pass the wife/GF usage test? 2) How easy is it to program? I don't doubt that many here would dispute me. IMO most non-technical people interested in quickly & easily controlling their TV, Amp & DVR would desire a simpler remote.
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Post 66 made on Sunday December 2, 2007 at 16:22 |
jlet Super Member |
Joined: Posts: | March 2004 2,631 |
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Regardless of the TC30 excellence, one has to consider the risk of privately branded OEM remote like the TC30, and the Monster Cable 300. See this thread: [Link: remotecentral.com]
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Post 67 made on Saturday February 9, 2008 at 16:29 |
Tinus81 Lurking Member |
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Can these remotes handle hex code?
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Post 68 made on Saturday February 9, 2008 at 17:54 |
Sucubus Long Time Member |
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Tinus81, Short answer : yes. You can request tech support put in Hex codes for you. I have personally requested this be done,to get discrete inputs for my Panasonic TV.
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Post 69 made on Saturday February 9, 2008 at 18:52 |
Tinus81 Lurking Member |
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On February 9, 2008 at 17:54, Sucubus said...
Tinus81, Short answer : yes. You can request tech support put in Hex codes for you. I have personally requested this be done,to get discrete inputs for my Panasonic TV. thanks a lot!
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Post 70 made on Sunday February 17, 2008 at 09:53 |
alexo Long Time Member |
Joined: Posts: | July 2004 128 |
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Harmony One:
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Logitech Harmony remotes are Crippleware. |
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Post 71 made on Tuesday June 3, 2008 at 19:57 |
RemoteProphet Lurking Member |
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The Harmony 880pro and 890pro both use Z wave. Also the sound and picture button are pretty good because otherwise your forced to go thrue the device list to find sound fields (pro logic or 5ch stereo) and format button(for stretching picture) Its much better to be in the activity when adjusting these.
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Post 72 made on Tuesday June 3, 2008 at 22:34 |
rehaz1 Active Member |
Joined: Posts: | December 2005 522 |
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The 880 Pro doesn't control Z-Wave, only the 890, & the 890 Pro can control Z-Wave
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Post 73 made on Thursday June 5, 2008 at 09:42 |
jhollington Long Time Member |
Joined: Posts: | December 2002 14 |
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One thing that must be mentioned about the Harmony One and Harmony 1000 is that they do not appear thus far to have any of the cradle problems that seemed to plague the 880/890 rechargeable remotes. They've basically redesigned the cradle charging interface/connections.
This alone was enough to encourage me to replace my broken 890 with Harmony One rather than another 890. The loss of RF support (which I don't use - yet) was an unfortunate tradeoff, but should eliminate the frustration caused by forever fiddling with the charging cradle.
The charging problem doesn't seem to affect [i]all[/i] units -- I have a friend with an 880 who has had [i]no[/i] charging problems, but I've been through two 890s and two 880s all of which never charged properly in the cradle without at least some fiddling.
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Post 74 made on Friday June 13, 2008 at 06:57 |
Concerning the Harmony one has their been any update with regard to the Coloured buttons being used as hard buttons instead of programming them on the Lcd display . This is the main reason why I am not upgrading to the 1 yet ??????
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Post 75 made on Friday June 13, 2008 at 16:04 |
hhatkin Long Time Member |
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No, they're not going to bring out a new model for that purpose. It sounds like a big disadvantage but it actually works out quite well in practice as there are spare hard buttons that you can use to allocate the colour commands.
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