02-27-2017, 03:15 PM
Last week, I broke my Harmony 650 in half and threw it out. The thing has never worked right -- replaced it twice and tried a slightly different model with the same issues so I'm convinced that this is epidemic among Harmony remotes -- it was rebooting after just one or two key-presses and sometimes just when I picked it up and I just got fed up. Seems that those people who love Harmony remotes aren't using them for very much equipment. There's a threshold that gets hit, can program a remote for maybe 4 devices without much trouble and then you program it for device #5 and the remote goes nuts.
The best remote I've ever used (after a few hiccups on initial setup that required help from tech support in Europe) was a OneForAll URC R40 "My Favorite Remote," but the screens on the darned things fail after a couple of years and it's just about impossible to find a replacement of the same make/model anymore. Most OneForAll remotes are total garbage and their "learning" remotes never have enough memory to actually "learn" more than a couple of codes so I can't recommend the brand.
I've gone back to a collection of remotes lined up on my coffee table for the 9 devices that I use regularly from my entertainment center while looking for that "holy grail" of remote controls that can be easily programmed for all of my gear and will last a few years with daily use.
The best remote I've ever used (after a few hiccups on initial setup that required help from tech support in Europe) was a OneForAll URC R40 "My Favorite Remote," but the screens on the darned things fail after a couple of years and it's just about impossible to find a replacement of the same make/model anymore. Most OneForAll remotes are total garbage and their "learning" remotes never have enough memory to actually "learn" more than a couple of codes so I can't recommend the brand.
I've gone back to a collection of remotes lined up on my coffee table for the 9 devices that I use regularly from my entertainment center while looking for that "holy grail" of remote controls that can be easily programmed for all of my gear and will last a few years with daily use.