The couple that results is explosive: it just understand that what you have in hand just some of our control interfaces. This is no longer a simple remote control. The power of the concept is in the hub. It was he that centralizes configuration, which emits infrared commands to your equipment. It is connected to your home wireless network, has access to the internet for retrieving and updating its configuration. It is also autonomous in its update (firmware). The remote control can still be configured to emit infrared commands, but to take advantage of the power of the hub, this is not recommended. For a very simple reason: you can control your hub also via your tablet, smartphone, any device that has The application Logitech. Similarly, if your remote is set to control your devices via the hub, the only scope that matters is that your wifi connection. So you can interact with your equipment without even find yourself in the same room.
To summarize the weaknesses and strengths of this product:
+ Copy finishing, the product is made of quality materials
+ Quality Logitech Support. If you have configuration problems, which probably seen happen compatibility with a wide range equipment, a just call them, they act on the configuration and you dont Quà resynchronize to check that everything is working properly. The support is by mail and telephone, no surcharge in your language.
+ User Interface revisited: it is not yet perfect, but compared to the heaviness of the previous versions, this is already a big step forward
+ Touch Remote: remote itself has little physical buttons that are still lined because they manage the long and short presses of each key. So the bare minimum, but it features a touch screen that allows multiple views: favorite TV channels, keypad, touchpad, but also to give instructions via gestures
+ Integration with Philips Hue and Playstation: the Hub supports WiFi and Bluetooth, it is no longer necessary to have the equipment Harmony Adapter for PS3. Similarly, it can control your Philips lighting as long as you have the brand centralized hub
- The price! Everyone is not willing to invest 200 to 300 euros in a remote control. Admittedly, this is much more than that, but still. Personally i enjoyed dune flash sale Amazon offer it to me, the price was more reasonable
- The initial configuration is laborious: nothing to do with the beginnings, but buying this product must understand the concept of operations. You do not have a remote control that controls several products, you have a remote control that unifies your devices according to your purpose and you hide the complexity of use: it is therefore necessary to grope sattendre few hours to have exactly the behavior one wants. But then, no more fuss to use, reacts as if all your appliances were one.
- The proprietary format: pity that this hub will not integrates into a home automation system. It would be great to tell his central home automation "I go to bed / I mabsente" and that itself communicates with the hub to verify that your devices are off. Same thing the other way, launching the activity Home Theater could well trigger an event to your central home automation for example, close the shutters of the room
Congratulations to Logitech to continue advancing products that every generation seems perfect!
