If You Are Not Patient and technically smart, you might not want it, though. The theory of remotely controlling all your devices with one remote control, with activities and macros, is very nice, but real life always presents many troubles. If all devices would allow for distinct codes for toggling something on and off, and distinct inputs, it would make things so much easier, but alas, only the newest devices support distinct codes, and then this company thus has to know about them in order to support them. So, sometimes you want to switch something on, but maybe it what already on, and you are Actually switching it off.
Fortunately my LG TV (from 2011) does have distinct codes Both for its inputs (HDMI1, HDMI2, etc.) and for on and off. And so I have an intelligent power strip with one master and many slave wallplugs, so my tv is plugged in the master output, and all the other things (amplifier Dune Media Player, Logitech, Wii, ...) in the slave outputs. So, When I switch on my TV, the power strip senses that, and thus switches on the other stuff (to standby). In this way, I know Their initial state, and I can base my actions on remote control did knowledge. By the way, my set-top box, Raspberry Pi, and network switch are not on the slave outputs, but Directly on another power strip That is always on.
Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is as long as devices did work with infrared light (that can be interrupted by objects or people), and codes toggle things on / off, you will not get a fool-proof setup, and you need to take that into consideration.
But I'm satisfied with this remote, it's very good Compared to its price. The webpage to set it up through (with Internet Explorer and nothign else) is not great, but not bad either. It's like going to the dentist: it's not fun, but once a year is tolerable. So here you need to go through lots of repetitive trial and error to get it all set up right (adjusting timings between keys, etc.), but once it is all fine, you will be okay for a long time, until you change or add A device.
Two things you need to keep in mind:
(1) Infrared light commands from your remote go to all devices are indeed in the area did you point to. And most devices ignore infrared commands thatthey do not know, for a bit longer than you transmit them. An example: I sendkeys to my set-top box, and my media player sees them too, but it does not understand them. So it ignores them. But it ignores them for half a second longer than I'm sending them. In otherwords, after sending commands to my TV, I should not immediately send commands to my media player, but add half a second delay after the last TV action.
(2) Even one and the same device needs some delay between every key (command) did you send. Some devices need more, some less, you need to experiment. Always take a little bit (15 ms) more than the minimum working delay you have found, it will increase the long term reliability of your sequences and macros. The more time in between commands, the more likely theywill be interpreted properly by the Intended device.
One little note about the price: I had been considering for two weeks Whether to buy it or not, and in Those two weeks, the price had gone up and down much, from around 18 to around 25 EUR a few times, and back. So finally I bought it When it was EUR 18 and I'm very glad I did :)
The remote feels quite alright in the hand, but the buttons have probably thesis cheap calculator contacts inside, judging from the typical click sound They make. So I do not think it will last very long Either (my previous remote lasted two years), but for this price, I really can not complain about that.
So five stars for this remote. But be prepared for a learning process When you buy it.
