chenrikson wrote: > > I suspect that Logitech is aware of the move to using mobile devices as > remote controls - as was Philips - and sees the handwriting on the wall. > iPeng is MUCH better for controlling my Squeezebox than my Harmony 900, > and the DeRemote app runs my Denon AVR very well - again much better > than the Harmony. > It depends on the use case: - if I just want to start a smart playlist I use the IR remote all the time. - if I want to browse my library to find something to listen to I use the iPad with iPeng or SqueezePad.
I know people who have Samsung TV's and many/most of them still use the IR remote when changing channels/volume even if there is a smartphone app for it. IR (with hard buttons) have a lot of advantage compared to a touch screen remote because you can look at the TV while controlling it, you don't have to look at the remote control as you have to if you are controlling it with a smart phone/tablet app. Also, with a smart phone app you can typically only control a single device with a specific app, so you need to switch between apps to turn on the amplifier, change the right channel on the TV, turn on and hit play on the blueray player. With the Harmony, it's a single click on the "Watch blueray on TV" activity and everything is setup in a couple of seconds and you are ready to go. I guess the situation is going to be different in 5-10 years when we start to get universal remote control apps for smart phone/tablets which can control multiple devices, but before that happens IR remotes like the Harmony line will still have a future. If you select the right equipment you can maybe get this experience already today, but if you have equipment from many different manufacturers it's usually not that easy to accomplish without a universal IR remote. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97925 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
