[Visions Electronics] Logitech Harmony Elite $298.00
- Deal Link:
- https://www.visions.ca/catalogue/catego ... RMONYELITE
- Price:
- 298.00
- Expiry:
- September 13, 2018
- Retailer:
- Visions Electronics
Lowest price on CCC is $319.73
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Sep 7th, 2018 12:43 am
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Sep 10th, 2018 4:35 pm
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Sep 10th, 2018 9:48 pm
I wish they would bring a new one of these to market with the form factor of the One. I think the numbers are critical on a remote. I still have 3 in the house but would replace all if there was an equivalent newer model.
Sep 10th, 2018 10:28 pm
Sep 11th, 2018 1:10 am
The one has those ridiculous PVR buttons above the screen. I didnt even notice this one doesnt have buttons. Been lusting after it for a while.
Sep 11th, 2018 5:48 am
Sep 11th, 2018 6:06 am
Sep 11th, 2018 12:53 pm
Holy Hannah.. I didn't even notice the lack of a numeric keypad.. WTF.. dealbreaker.. crap, it looked good. I find the button layout for PVR's useless on many of the Logitechs, I use the skip button for commercials more than anything else, so something with them tucked up top is also a deakbreaker.. hopefully my One can hang on until they release a better design.
Sep 11th, 2018 4:05 pm
Sep 11th, 2018 4:28 pm
Me too! It's too bad the LCD is so easily broken and the fix is basically the cost of a new remote. I have been buying used ones whenever I find a cheap one and is on my 5th already.
Sep 11th, 2018 4:35 pm
177 plus import taxes and conversion for refurbished.MakeItCheap wrote: ↑ I ordered from here, yes refurbished but mine was pretty much brand new
https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Harmony ... mp_s_a_1_4
Sep 11th, 2018 5:26 pm
Seriously! The One also felt much better in hand and had less wobble when on a flat surface compared to this one...
Sep 17th, 2018 10:54 am
Is this because with the Companion remote, you cannot switch devices and do a function on that device unless you start a whole new activity? I'm trying to understand these hub remotes.Pbc100 wrote: ↑ I use the companion remote 99% of the time, pretty much only use the Elite when I have lost the other one in the couch cushions somewhere and am too lazy to search for it, or when I want to make a change to something on a device itself (change picture mode, etc), which I can do most of via the phone app as well.
Sep 17th, 2018 11:10 am
Correct, with the companion remote all you can do is select activities. E.g., to watch TV I hit the TV button, and in the background setup the macro to turn the set on, AVR on, TV input to HDMI 1, cable box on, etc. If while watching TV I want to check something on my android media box, I hit the "Movie" button, and it then goes through the same sequence (discrete on for TV, AVR, switches the AVR input to my Android Box, etc). But takes a few seconds to go through all the selections.Zaptor99 wrote: ↑ Is this because with the Companion remote, you cannot switch devices and do a function on that device unless you start a whole new activity? I'm trying to understand these hub remotes.
Lets say I start an activity that involves starting the TV, changing input to media box 1, then I watch something. While watching, I just want to quickly switch to my media box 2 to see some settings. My understanding is I cannot use the remote to just change input/source to media box 2 HDMI, then all the buttons are switched to operate media box 2, then when I switch back to media box 1 HDMI, the buttons would switch back? Instead I have to initiate a new media box 2 activity that stops media box 1?
Sep 17th, 2018 11:26 am
Thank you for the explanation. I think I like the activities to simplify the daily tasks of watching stuff, but the limitations in changing other device settings would drive me crazy. Maybe I can get the companion set for activities and the harmony 665 to do the device specific changes when needed. Or Logitech can combine the Elite and companion into 1 super remotePbc100 wrote: ↑ Correct, with the companion remote all you can do is select activities. E.g., to watch TV I hit the TV button, and in the background setup the macro to turn the set on, AVR on, TV input to HDMI 1, cable box on, etc. If while watching TV I want to check something on my android media box, I hit the "Movie" button, and it then goes through the same sequence (discrete on for TV, AVR, switches the AVR input to my Android Box, etc). But takes a few seconds to go through all the selections.
Thinking about it, I guess I could set up the functions so that some of them are simply switching inputs and control of the companion remote. You can do up to 6 (3 buttons with long press vs short press for each).
The biggest pain is when I want to switch from say one picture setting (e.g., Movie - Dark which is my ISF'd setting to say Movie - Bright for when I watch things that are a bit too dark on my android box), I Can't do that with the companion remote and have to do it through my phone or the Elite. That's pretty much what I use the $300 Elite remote for, to select picture modes or when I can't find my companion. Would also need to use it for any other detailed things, e.g., switching sound mode on my AVR, etc.
Again, thinking about it there are 3 or 4 "coloured" buttons on the Companion I could use to do some of this, but then I'd have to remember which coloured button does what. E.g., I know Red turns on my android box when it's in sleep mode. I guess I could select Blue to run Inputs on my TV or the settings menu sort of thing. I'm sure there are workarounds for all of it, but haven't spent enough time bothering with it given I use my Elite or phone maybe twice a week for those functions, if that.
I thought I'd hate it coming from an HTM MX-500 type of remote (still my overall favourite), but this one is much easier for the wife and kids to use and I can use it with Google Home via voice command (Another novelty function I guess).
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