High OMG factor present in the tvCompass remote
- January 31st, 2008
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I’m a fan of Logitech’s Harmony line of universal remote controls. I’ve got a pretty awesome home-theater set-up in my apartment, and thus I need a capable control center, and it does the job nicely.
When I first discovered the remotes, I was excited: a learning remote with USB? What will they think of next?
Enter the tvCompass SR 1500 Digital Media Remote. As the long title suggests, this thing is big business. Taking the controls and tasks of a universal a step further, the SR 1500 includes WiFi, it connects wirelessly to your home network to download device updates and auto-configures for your system.
But that’s not all it does. It has a WAP browser for the mobile Web (no, really), built-in TV Guide app, PayPal (no, really), and runs Windows.
I’m not sure who this amazing thing is aimed at, as I can’t imagine a home theater with many more components than what I have. That being said, I’m so curious about this device, it’s driving me a little silly. We’ll try to get our hands on one and let you know how it goes.
tvCompass [Product Page]
Scott (Who am I?)
5 months ago
Yes, very cool, but I’m confused… I went to their website & looked around (did you, Matt??); is tvCompass selling these remotes, or are they licensing the software to other manufacturers, who will customize it & wrap it up in their own skins? I ask because when I went to their “Where to buy” page, it had a link to an “Acoustic Research ARUU449 Universal Smart Remote Control” being sold on Amazon.com (complete with tvCompass’ Amazon affiliate ID). The Acoustic Research remote seems to have all the functions of the remote featured on tvCompass’ site, but it’s nowhere near as good-looking:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000XTP3XW
John Eddy (Who am I?)
5 months ago
From what I read, they only whitebox remotes, so you have to wait for some manufacturer to want to include the remote in their product.
Dammit.
I want one.
Hey, CG, if you get one and get to keep it and don’t like it, give a brother a hookup =)