The clear winner is the Logitech Harmony 900th
The reasons for this are:
- In fact, I now have only one remote control :-)
- Programming actions "look eg television" means that you can control at the same time without toggling 3 or more devices with the FB.
When you start you can program any sequences of commands that set, say, 1) on television, 2) TV to AV receiver input, 3) to the AV receiver, 4) AV receiver at cable receiver set 5) cable receiver to, etc. Then you can define what the remote should steueren by individual keys, for example, the channel +/- buttons switch the channels on the HD receiver, in speakers +/- adjusts the volume of the AV receiver then, etc. It has you the opportunity to each key according to his own wishes with commands from the database or even transmitted IR commands to prove. This is programmed on the buttons or the touch screen.
- IR wireless coupling
This is not only important, if you have devices with radio reception, but also very elegant with exclusive IR devices, because it lets not the remote control needs to keep constantly on the device, but a button Duck sufficient and the sequence of commands, the radio on sent IR Booster, regardless of whether you hold the FB properly, or just a kid running through the beam, etc. Because with the actions of course already leads the failure of the command to a false result. In addition, one can also times from the dining table without direct IR view or from the terrace (control eg volume, but the range is not very far. At 10 m or thicker walls closing is) the device
- Why 900 and not One?
One has no IR wireless coupling and lacks 4 programmable color keys (eg most are with me on the different sound settings of my AV receiver programmed)
- Why not in 1100: The 1100 is about 50 Eure expensive and has not yet been the IR wireless booster doing. In addition, it has only the basic buttons (volume, channel, up, down, right, left, etc.) than real buttons, the rest goes via the display, which in the control of complex devices such as AV receivers and Blu-Ray Player is cumbersome.
Now what do I control everything about the Harmony 900
Panasonic TV, Pioneer AV receiver (incl. IPod control), Panasonic HDD DVD recorder LG BluRay player, cable Germany HD HDD receiver, FritzAVM Media Center
Point deduction there for yet surprisingly incomplete database of Logitech and not self-explanatory programming. It had to be learned and reprogrammed some command because not the exact device was found in the database. The adjustment via the software on the computer, takes some practice. For a non-technical and computer experts that will be difficult.
Conclusion: strong buy recommendation for the 900 from the Logitech family.
