Guys! Guys! There’s a killer deal on the Logitech Harmony 1100 remote! It’s the great big one with the touchscreen, and it came out at the beginning of this year so you know it’s still cool, and looks impressive with your A/V setup. Plus, it’s only $300, which is a whole lot cheaper then the $500 it normally goes for. Plus, when we reviewed in back in March, Matt really liked it.
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by Dave Freeman on October 30, 2009
by John Biggs on October 20, 2009
For $19 you can get an Apple Remote that looks like an unibody MacBook Pro with black buttons and a different layout. Clearly the Internet has been waiting for this all morning.
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by Matt Burns on August 5, 2009
There isn’t anything that impresses more than a touchscreen remote. Sure, the form factor is a little awkward at first, but damn are they sexy. When the Harmony 1000 remote debuted a few years ago, it carried an MSRP of $500. Now you can get the newer 1100 model for close to that or this one for only $147. I’d take this one.
by Matt Burns on July 1, 2009
You have to give it up to the Sony engineers and designers behind these two, new iPod docks. Both new audio systems are swanky as hell and the one pictured above with the large remote almost seems worthy of it’s $1000 USD price tag – almost.
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by Doug Aamoth on April 17, 2009
Missing a payment on a leased car might get a whole lot dicier in the near future as more and more dealerships are equipping vehicles with devices capable of disabling vehicles remotely. Termed “electronic reposession,” drivers will be reminded to pay the car’s bill thanks to a non-stop series of annoying beeps if payment hasn’t been received within 24 hours of the due date.
by Matt Burns on April 8, 2009
Kid-less people do not understand a young child’s obsession with electronics. Being a cell phone or a remote, if their parent uses the device like crack, the kid wants a piece of the action. It’s not that they want to actually talk to someone or control the TV, but rather mimic what their parents are doing. I have my doubts that this DIY remote will actually hold a child’s attention, but give it a go. The project seems easy enough. Video of it in action after the jump.
by Doug Aamoth on March 31, 2009
New Ericsson-brand mobile 3G data modules apparently have something called a “kill pill” that’s capable of disabling a computer remotely in the instance that a customer doesn’t pay his or her bill or cancels a credit card used to pay on-contract monthly charges.
by Matt Burns on November 13, 2008
The Universal Remote Control Digital R50 universal remote takes the best of today’s remotes and makes the setup even easier without PC setup. The remote can still do all the goodie macro themes but everything is setup on the remote without a PC or an Internet connection required. Still, if you have ever setup a universal remote on a large computer screen and found it painstakingly tedious, imagine setting it up on the R50’s two-inch color screen.
Everything else standard on today’s high-end remotes are present like LED backlit buttons, color LCD, soft buttons, and optional rechargeable system. Best Buy is pimping the remote and can be yours for a reasonable $149.
by Matt Burns on October 23, 2008
The Bryston BR2 Multifunction remote is an audiophiles wet dream-type remote. Those type fantasize of spending 500 bones on a 1980’s Zenith TV look alike remote to control their high-end audio equipment. No word if the remote sports RF type signals or universal brand controls, but it does come with a 20-year warranty; something I wish my $500 Monster Cable AVL300 remote had when it died the other day after 14 months of use.
by Peter Ha on July 20, 2008
I’m without an Apple TV but John Gruber of Daring Fireball fame has stumbled upon a new facet of the Remote app that no one else seems to have realized before. Apple doesn’t seem to be touting this little factoid either, but you can use your iPhone/iPod Touch instead of the janky on-screen non-QWERTY keyboard as your Apple TV keyboard. Wowzers. What you’re typing is reflected on-screen. That’s pretty neat.
by John Biggs on June 19, 2008
PC Magazine reviewed the new ESPN Ultimate Remote and found it sorely lacking. The programming mode is the most problematic – it basically uses codes the way older universal remotes did – and even the magical powers of Wi-Fi don’t really add much to the package. The browser is WAP-only and seems redundant when you could just go grab a laptop and get the same information. They basically say that with so many other devices that could do the same thing with considerably more efficiency and style, which tack a poor implementation into a remote control?
We’ll have a review unit in soon, so we’ll see if PC Mag is just smoking the rock.
by Matt Hickey on March 5, 2008
I’m a big fan of my Harmony 520 remote from Logitech, and was pretty impressed with its new Harmony One at CES, but I was only allowed a few moments with it, it was quite popular and Mossburg cut me off.
Robert from About.com’s Home Theater blog has a pretty good and pretty fair review up now. If you’re a home theater nerd like me, this is the remote you’ve been waiting for, but it appears to be less than perfect.
We’re working on getting our own review unit, and we’ll give it the CrunchGear treatment when we do.
Logitech Harmony One Advance Universal Remote [About.com]
by John Biggs on January 5, 2008
Logitech just announced five new products including an impressively updated Harmony remote, the One, and a new Squeezebox. Take, for example, this weird thing. The diNovo Mini is a mini keyboard for gamers. It includes a little touchpad and works with most media center PCs. It uses Bluetooth 2.0 to connect to most desktops.
$149.99 in January
by Doug Aamoth on August 7, 2007
The University of Tokyo has developed a robotic hand capable of transmitting feeling back to its human controller, in effect taking cybersex virtual reality and remote scientific exploration to a whole new level.
Users wearing the glove will be able to sense the shape, temperature, and stiffness of objects. It’ll eventually be used to shop online and even shake people’s hands remotely.
by Ken Sander on May 23, 2007
The George by Chestnut Hill Sound is one of the more ambitious entries into the iPod accessory field. With the iPod dock on top of the unit, the George is similar in size to the I-Sonic or Bose Wave but it is especially for iPods. The white audio system weighs 10 pounds and has four internal speakers and a subwoofer. It features a faceplate that comes off and becomes the remote control. Besides being an iPod dock, it’s also an AM/FM radio with 24 presets, 6 per page and has a built-in amplifier, internal speakers and downward firing subwoofer. There are the obligatory bass and treble settings with adjustable crossover points for sound modifications in different types of rooms.
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by Wayne Ma on February 7, 2007
The days of losing your cell phone or TV remote are now over. Now you can lose them both at once.
Dave White at Mobile Magazine posts about a soon-to-be-released phone in Korea that supports wireless and SMS — and also doubles as a TV, DVD or PVR remote. No word yet on price or availability.
White laments that it’s kind of pointless, because it only will be available in Korea, and I agree—but it still looks damn cool.
Ann Phone [Mobile Magazine]
by Richard Ozerman on October 17, 2006
Vista enthusiasts will already know the Windows Media Center viewing and recording suite will be included on all higher-end copies of Vista. No longer a separate SKU, Media Center is now ready for a mass market audience – and so is its remote. And just like all mass market technology, its streamlined and made easier to use.
Compared to the old Media Center remotes, the new Vista remote has most of the buttons intact: number pad, stop, play, volume and channel keys are all there. The four colored keys at the bottom will most likely correspond to the “Recorded TV, Guide, LiveTV and DVD Menu” options present on the MCE2005 remote. We love the older remote, but having these menu keys on the very bottom of the remote seems unwieldy. It’s good that they placed the volume, navigation, and playback controls near the middle where your thumb sits, but those four important keys need to be moved up higher.
Nevertheless, the remote features square corners which reportedly is as easy to hold as the old remote. We’re looking forward to testing it out ourselves.
Media Center Remote [Neowin via The Green Button via PVRWire]
by Richard Ozerman on October 16, 2006
Wii Remote [IGN via
by Richard Ozerman on September 21, 2006
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