IMO the 880 is okay, but far from perfect... mostly not Logitechs fault
though.
Mine has problems charging unless totally accuratly positioned in the
cradle, and within a month or so of purchase the paint started coming
off. Sadly because I'd moved countries between buying the the problem
I have a 550. Works fine with my SB; I don't miss any significant
functionality that was available on the SB remote. The batteries do
last a long time, and, when they do go out, it's just overnight in the
charger. Big deal.
I think I've had to reconnect to the Harmony server once in the
nine-ten
Just set up my son last night with the 670 model - basic A/V receiver,
DVD, flatscreen, PVR and Squeezebox. Took less than 30 minutes start to
finish. Works pefectly
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I am using the Harmony 1000.
Love the large LCD color touch display. It has huge WAF! If something
does not work properly (which isn't often) the better half can press
help and the remote finds the problem for her and corrects it. No other
universal remote I tried did this. Speaking of remotes,
Rick B. wrote:
SteveEast;217277 Wrote:
The ancient 659 is still available too. Same MSRP as the 555. I've
used one for a couple of years now and it's a great remote. I
especially like the hard buttons for Music, TV and Movies which pretty
much cover my needs.
Steve.
I still use the 659,
SteveEast;217277 Wrote:
The ancient 659 is still available too. Same MSRP as the 555. I've
used one for a couple of years now and it's a great remote. I
especially like the hard buttons for Music, TV and Movies which pretty
much cover my needs.
Steve.
I still use the 659, as well. Works
I know logitech don't comment at all on future products etc, but are
they likely to update them soon? When is Jive due and whats it likely
to mean for the already out harmony remotes?
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Gibbo
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The ancient 659 is still available too. Same MSRP as the 555. I've
used one for a couple of years now and it's a great remote. I
especially like the hard buttons for Music, TV and Movies which pretty
much cover my needs.
Steve.
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Cheers for all the advice, i'd obviously love to get something as
advanced as the 880, but can't really justify spending that kinda cash
on a remote, no matter how much it can do, as for the 670, it doesn't
seem to have an equivalent in the UK at the moment,
I've a 555 and got it setup beautifully with the Squeezebox...
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Whilst we seem to be on the topic, how do they deal with buttons such as
browse and search as these aren't actual buttons on the remotes
themselves? I'm thinking of one of the low level ones such as the 555.
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Gibbo
On 7/25/07, Gibbo wrote:
Whilst we seem to be on the topic, how do they deal with buttons such as
browse and search as these aren't actual buttons on the remotes
themselves? I'm thinking of one of the low level ones such as the 555.
As far as I can tell, the 555 / 550 works the same way as
Cheers, what I needed to know!!!
Anyone who owns any of them, is it really worth paying twice the price
of a 555 for the 885 (or 550 and 880)? does it mean anything other than
the cradle, colour screen, and more slots (as above)?
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Gibbo
On 7/25/07, Gibbo wrote:
Cheers, what I needed to know!!!
Anyone who owns any of them, is it really worth paying twice the price
of a 555 for the 885 (or 550 and 880)? does it mean anything other than
the cradle, colour screen, and more slots (as above)?
For me, the cradle is the biggest
Gibbo;217011 Wrote:
Cheers, what I needed to know!!!
Anyone who owns any of them, is it really worth paying twice the price
of a 555 for the 885 (or 550 and 880)? does it mean anything other than
the cradle, colour screen, and more slots (as above)?
I would seriously re-consider not
badbob;217015 Wrote:
I would seriously re-consider not buying a Harmony remote
1) Require a net connection
2) Can't save your profile locally
3) Have to rely that Harmony servers are up
You can't do a thing unless you have net.
Other remotes have ability to configure locally and save
On 7/25/07, badbob wrote:
I would seriously re-consider not buying a Harmony remote
1) Require a net connection
Only for the initial setup (and the occasional reconfig) - and for
many devices this is common. The first thing I did when I installed
my squeezebox is download the latest slimserver
Gibbo;217022 Wrote:
Whats wrong with needing a net connection? isn't this just to set up the
remote when you first get it or a new device?
not being able to save your profile, ie if ou want to change the
devices you have to search for them again? or have I missed the point?
Are the
I got an 880 for Christmas and LOVE it. It cleared the table of five
remotes, and very rarely do I need to pull one out of the darkness.
Having Harmony store my setup is no issue for me. I have a cable
connection and set up was a breeze. Okay, it took me two tries to get
everything perfect but
On 7/25/07, badbob wrote:
I understand that if you have a DSL connection it isn't a problem. I do
have DSL, but even so I don't like the idea of Harmony design. If you're
a CI this required net connection is stupid, my local dealer had to
configure a Harmony remote for a client, but the
I'm not sure where you're ordering from but you should also look at the
670 as a middle point between the 550 and the 880 in terms of
functionality, but just a little more than the 550 in price.
For me the fact that it was half price opposite the 880 (in the US on
Amazon) was the difference.
It
I have a 550 also and I really like it. It's far from my perfect remote
- I'm still waiting for the successor to the current generation of
Harmony remotes, which (I assume) will incorporate the new Jive
platform and will (I hope) allow me to browse my library directly on
the remote. But I needed
I have a Logitech 555 and am very happy with it. I have had it since
Christmas last year and the batteries are still going strong - I can
live with changing four AAA batteries every nine months or so, so
having a charging cradle isn't a big deal for me. It would be nice to
have more 'soft'
Jim C loves the 670, it's all about the buttons for him.
I prefer the 880. The buttons never bothered me, and I love the
recharge cradle and the color screen's ability to hold more text, and
it's two extra buttons.
Mike
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