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06-22-2005, 02:16 PM
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Ronald Epstein
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06-22-2005, 05:56 PM
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I'm jealous that you actually found one. None in the Best Buy stores around here, and online retailers (including Logitech's site) are all sold out.
Thanks for the great review!
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06-22-2005, 10:36 PM
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I am loving mine! I replaced a pronto with this remote and wife is very happy indeed. The activity-based setup really makes sense to her! To top it all off it only took me about 30 minutes to config everything! Take that pronto!
Lance
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06-23-2005, 01:27 AM
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Clinton McClure
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I gotta get me one of these! 
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06-23-2005, 12:52 PM
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I forgot to mention, I'll be replacing a pronto as well - for all the reasons you've stated.
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06-23-2005, 01:48 PM
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Clinton McClure
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Ron, I have a functionality question.
My TV is a 1st gen Toshiba widescreen which does not have an autodetect for the picture size. I have to manually change from 4:3 to Letterbox to fullscreen 16x9 (animorphic mode). If I were to set a macro to turn on the DVD player, receiver, tv, etc... would I be able to set up the macro function to also switch to the correct viewing mode for the DVD?
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06-23-2005, 07:38 PM
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You should be able to, Clinton. I have a Harmony 659, and after all your equipment is dialed in, you have the option to add additional commands during the startup sequence (ie. pressing "Watch a DVD") or to add commands to the LCD display buttons (ie. one of the programmable buttons besides the display can be used to switch Subtitles or change aspect ratio - although I think you need to select the TV device first).
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06-23-2005, 08:19 PM
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I dove in! Picking mine up at BB tomorrow. They do have them on-line now. I was able to use some coupon for on-line purchases that they were handing-out at the store the other day. It saves you $10 for every $100 you spend on-line, up to $50. So, I saved $20 for a price of $229.
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06-23-2005, 08:46 PM
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I've found that the Harmony configuration sometimes makes too many assumptions.
I have a very simple (albeit unusual) system consisting of an HDTV tuner, a receiver, and a cd player (DVDs are played through a computer). The tuner is hooked up to a RGB monitor--no remote, no fancy tuner. When the HDTV tuner turns on, the monitor wakes; when it turns off, the monitor sleeps.
Anyway, I had it configured to my liking, but started to wonder why the TV listings weren't coming up when I pressed the "Media" button. It turned out that the remote thought I was using a Satellite Radio activity.
When I tried to set up a "Watch TV" activity, the setup service balked (as I "coud not" display video (lacking a TV, or monitor). So, it's off to set up my monitor. And for that, it wants a remote. It took me a bit of fiddling to persuade the web site that no remote was necessary, nor required. I should have taken notes, as I can't quite recall how I might duplicate my results.
For my next trick, I plan to get a remote receiver for my iBook, and see if I can't set up the Harmony 659 to play DVDs on the laptop. But initial explorations are not encouraging--the website seems not to believe that a simple computer could play anything as sophisticated as a DVD.
On the other hand, it is nice to be able to toss my remote collection in the drawer-- and the ability to customize buttons using pull down menus instead of fiddly numeric codes is a godsend.
My devices came with two "universal remotes." The one that came with my HDTV tuner didn't support receivers, an unusual choice, as HDTV should mostly appeal to the "home theater crowd", and the other didn't support HDTV tuners, and neglected third party CD players. The Harmony, however, could recognize my HDTV tuner, CD player, and receiver, with a minimum of fuss, although setting up activities proved to be rather confusing.
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06-24-2005, 01:32 AM
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Good review, Ron.
But we gotta get you a screen capture utility so you don't have to take photographs of your monitor.
PS -- Glad you're liking the Harmony. As I mentioned previously, my satisfaction level has increased the more I've used mine. |
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06-24-2005, 05:22 AM
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Ronald Epstein
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Bob,
I just obtained a screen capture utility.
Hope to update that picture soon.
Look forward to hearing from you guys
just purchasing this remote.
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