alexio's Full Review: Logitech Harmony® 659 LCD Remote Control
I’ve looked into the universal remote field after my girlfriend complained that she can’t figure out how to listen to the music or play the movie in my “wired” AV setup. Can’t blame her. It takes 3-4 remotes to do that.
After I’ve got Harmony 659, all other remotes went in the drawer. Indeed, this remote is all you need for everyday use.
Plus more. I really like the “activity” feature, which puts all the components in the right mode to work together. In fact, it does it even better than some OEM remotes for the individual components (namely, Sceptre TV). Probably, you will still need a remote for a few once-in-a-while setups (like VCR programming or Receiver field adjustment), but for regular activities this remote is all you need.
The only reason I would not give the unit a perfect rating is the web setup thing. I guess, it is the only right way to do it in general, but details aren’t that pretty.
First, device recognition was not a smooth sailing, and took me a bit to crunch through all the warnings (due to the higher security on my PC).
Second, I am not too excited about 50+ Mb of “something” installed on my computer, with a few resident components loaded onto the RAM. No good for the software that I might use only once or twice.
Finally, I don't know if that was me, the remote, or what, but it didn't like the Duracell AAA cells. Probably, due to the shorter protrusion on the cell tip, the remote would loose contact and power off when the battery compartment lid is closed.
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