Problem one: It doesn’t work with my Playstation 3, which I use to watch Blu-Ray movies. PS3 uses Blue Tooth, but this remote doesn’t support your Blue Tooth devices. So, I have to keep the PS3 remote at hand.

Problem two: Ten buttons to turn on the TV? I have one of those cable boxes that gets a digital signal, and a TV to display it, but not many channels come in as digital. So, I need to set my digital box to stretch the picture so it fits on screen. So, I hit the power button on this remote, and it turns on the TV, and then I hit the device button, then choose the DVR device, then scroll to find the settings page, then go through the cable boxes settings, and find the place to set the screen to display correctly. Then, there’s no exit button, so I have to scroll to find that in the digital button screen. Then I have to hit some random buttons, to get it to realize I want to be able to change the channel and volume at the same time. See, when I chose the PVR menu, I gave up any of the TV options. Anyway, the point is, it’s way more steps than just using the two remotes at once.

Problem three: Requires a computer to setup, and that takes a very long time. Their software kind of sucks, and it keeps bugging you for updates. Also, must write down all part numbers.

Problem four: The thing is plugged in all the time, and the holder has all these lights. Forget the green aspect of it; I just don’t like my room to look like a droid army’s approaching when my lights are off, because of all the lights on the power buttons.

Problem five: It just seems like a lot of money to spend on a remote, when you clearly have two or more already. It has zero geek value, and it won’t get you laid. Do something else with your money. Buy some stock while it’s cheap, buy some gas, buy some sugar; please don’t spend your money on stuff like this. First of all, it doesn’t work, and second of all, it’s no fun to use, and it just kind of sucks.
Rating: 2 / 5

Amazon, what happened to my previous review that you nagged me to write?

P.S.

Harmony’s discussion areas are brutal and rude. Stay away from there too.
Rating: 1 / 5

As of today, there is NO WAY to use this pretty new remote to punch in a digital channel number because Logitech failed to plan for the use of the dash button (button below number 7 and to left of the 0) on your TV or DVDR remote. Worse yet, you can’t manually program it either.

Thus, this $250 gizmo can’t do what your current digital-ready TV or DVDR remote already can.

Rating: 1 / 5