Logitech Harmony 880 Advanced Universal Remote Control

The Harmony 880 Advanced Universal Remote puts you in control of your entire audio-video system with just one button. It's home entertainment the way it should be - simple. Optimized for complicated HDTV and PVR systems, the Harmony 880 helps you tame tough configurations like switching your television between video aspect ratios depending on the program source. The interactive color display lets you quickly choose a 16: 9 ratio for movies and HDTV, or a standard 4: 3 ratio for basic television programming.

The Logitech Harmony 880 Advanced Universal Remote puts you in control of your entire audio-video system with just one button. It's home entertainment the way it should be--simple. Optimized for complicated HDTV and PVR systems, the Harmony 880 helps you tame tough configurations like switching your television between video aspect ratios depending on the program source. The interactive color display lets you quickly choose a 16:9 ratio for movies and HDTV, or a standard 4:3 ratio for basic television programming.   Color display Why settle for another boring remote?  The Harmony 880´s color LCD is both functional and stylish, with user-customizable backgrounds, activity selections, button icons and text. Ample space for up to eight custom activities or controls On-screen battery level indicator shows you charge status Recharging station Never replace batteries again. The Harmony 880 includes a sleek docking station that keeps the remote fully charged. Your family will always know where to put the remote—and you´ll always know where to find it!   Lithium-ion battery provides up to a one-week charge under normal use The horizontal docking station allows remote to be used while charging Award-winning Logitech Industrial Design High-end systems deserve a high-end remote.  Designed with brushed chrome and charcoal accents, a color LCD display and a low-profile recharging station, the Harmony® 880 Remote will match your most advanced audio-video components perfectly.  Logitech has won a total of eight Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) in the past two years, including five of Japan´s prestigious 2004 Good Design Awards. This experience helped us design the Harmony 880.  Featuring a comfort grip shape and a centered directional pad, it fits easily in your hand and naturally guides you to the most frequently used controls.  Even the buttons are sculpted, to help you locate them by feel not sight.  Patented Smart State Technology® Smart State Technology allows the Harmony remote to completely control an entertainment system by knowing how to control each separate component while tracking the current state of up to 15 devices simultaneously. Easy to set-up Easy to use Easy to get help Never out of date Package Contents Harmony® 880 remote control Recharging Station AC adapter USB cable Lithium-ion battery Installation CD Installation guide System Requirements IBM® compatible PC Windows® 98, 2000, Me, XP USB port CD-ROM drive Internet access Macintosh® Macintosh® OS X 10.2 or later USB port CD-ROM drive Internet access

I purchased this remote about two months ago and so far I have loved it. You can set it up in a basic sense where you just allow the standard buttons to populate the LCD screen or you can fully customize the remote so that you only see those buttons you use the most. The web interface is straight forward and easy to use. You can even setup sequences where you can program a series of events to occur. I have not had any issues with the charger or remote at this time. Currently my wife find it easier to use and so does my young son.

I've purchased and used dozens of universal remotes over the years, including a few of the expensive touch screen models, and ended up giving them away because I just did't like the way they worked. I started using the Logitech Harmony 880 almost 4 years ago, and it is the one that I've kept. I actually have three of them in different rooms at this time. I've given these as gifts on three occassions. I also recommend this one to anybody who asks which one to get. It is easy to setup, and their database of products is quite extensive and has always had whatever device I needed. Except for the remote control fan that I had to program in using the learning mode. The only complaint that I have is that the charging cradle can be a little finicky with where you place the remote in it for charging. If you don't get it right, it won't charge. The newer 880s seem to have less issues than the earlier ones that I've had, but it is still something to be aware of before purchasing. But if you need a remote with the absolute best feeling buttons, look at the Home Theater Master MX-500. It is more difficult to program, but the buttons have a wonderful feel to them. I've not used any other models in their lineup.

This is my first univeral remote. I like that I can program it to turn on multiple items at one time (TV, receiver, HDMI switcher, HD-DVD player). Sometimes though, it doesn't always turn them all at the right time and things get thrown off. I sometimes still use my original remotes, but this one has definitely made the turning on and off much more straight forward. Of course, it can't control my PS3, but I knew that going in.

The 2nd remote worked great right out of the box. I just entered my components into the harmony software and it did the rest. The first remote i got the volume up and channel down didn't work. Harmony sent me a new remote and everything was taken care of.

good looking remote , easy to used I can add as many remote as I want to I bought a karaoke DVD player in Vietnam , I can't find a replacement remote control untill I found Harmony remote it work very very good Thanks Harmony