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Christmas time is here, and I loves me my universal remotes. I've been looking at the Harmony 880 but anything in the less than $250 is up for grabs.

Any Suggestions?
 

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jrr4 said:
Christmas time is here, and I loves me my universal remotes. I've been looking at the Harmony 880 but anything in the less than $250 is up for grabs.

Any Suggestions?
I use the Home Theater Master MX-800. It's a VERY programmable remote (you program it from a PC) and works great with IR or RF.
 

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jrr4 said:
Christmas time is here, and I loves me my universal remotes. I've been looking at the Harmony 880 but anything in the less than $250 is up for grabs.

Any Suggestions?
Harmony 628 here (was about 50 bucks), now the next model up is at Sam's Club for 99 bucks. I love the Harmony remotes...controls everything perfectly in the sytem listed below in my tagline.
 

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jrr4 said:
Christmas time is here, and I loves me my universal remotes. I've been looking at the Harmony 880 but anything in the less than $250 is up for grabs.

Any Suggestions?
The Harmony 880 works great and you should be able to find it online for under $200.
 

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still using my radio Shack 15-2116 (20.00 bucks), over 4 years old and they dont make them anymore. I found a couple on Ebay and have them as backup. Anybody that knows what JP1 is will understand. There is a IR program and ready made codes (or create your own) that you program via a JP1 cable and I was able to assign every button to my remote for the Hr20. And the best part is wife dosnt slap me for yet another piece of technology she has to learn ! :lol:
 

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I have a harmony 880. It does the job, but the layout could be a little better. The buttons at the bottom have no separation between them. I just wish the play and speed buttons were a little higher. If the sales guy will let you, try to hold some of them and test the buttons.

All in all, it's a good product.
 

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I use the Harmony 890. It is the same as the 880, but RF. It works great with all my products, once you figure out the tricks. Also, I'm not sure if this is still the case, but I got it on amazon.com for $280, $120 cheaper than the shelf price. I have a:

Sony Bravia TV
InFocus Project
Denon AV Reciever
Sony DVD Player
HR20
iPod (macro's made for both music only and video)

All of those work flawlessly now that I have setup the remote correctly.

I will admit, it did take a LONG time to set up correctly, but that is mainly because Logitech has no support for the iPod, so I had to set that up all myself, creating two devices, one as a music server (for music) and one as a laptop (for videos).

But now that it is all setup correctly, it is perfect. Could not have asked for anything better.

P.s., I have both an MX600 and an MX800 HTM Remotes. They are both OK remotes in my opinion, but I cannot say I like either of them that much. First off, they are both rediculously expensive, or at least they were when I bought them. Second, the MX600 is not computer programable, and the MX800 is only Windows programable. And gosh, I hate having to take out my PC. I'm a mac person myself...
 
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