I got the 520, it's ok, but not as good as I thought it would be. I concur though that you need to hide all the other remotes, and never touch a power button on the device. The reason is the remote remembers the current state of the device it controls, that is if the power is on or off, which input, and so forth. So, if you're watching TV, and use a separate receiver, when you turn the power on, it turns both on, and off, again, same thing. However, if you had the stereo on manually, and then tried to watch TV, it would turn the stereo off. It gives you ways to fix it, but now it's no longer convenient, just annoying.
Also, regards to Tivo, the buttons are not as well laid out, and there is a noticeable pause or delay between pushing the button and the actual signal being sent, which throws my timing all out of whack when it comes to fast forwarding through commercials. Also, since it lacks the Tivo specific buttons, you have to program those into other buttons that may say something else, so anyone who's not quick to pick up on little things like that won't have a good time of it. I got one as a backup to my Sony S1 remote, which are almost impossible to find, used ones often go for $75 or more on ebay, and of course if you loose the remote, you got nothing with a tivo, so I got the Harmony as a backup, just in case the remote quit or got lost. Otherwise, it can do a nice job of turning on the power to the correct devices, setting the inputs and options properly, and being ready to do what ever it was you wanted to do. Set up is not difficult, but it's tedious, since you can program individual keystrokes for various functions (like "now playing" is "tivo-tivo"). Glen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 1:02 PM Subject: [TiVo Central] Logitech Harmony I want to buy a Logitech Harmony remote but I'm unsure of which one. Any thoughts from you guys, especially as pertains to TiVo? Other devices: Onkyo receiver Samsung DVD Insignia LCD Sony CD Secondary Sony receiver Thanks. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
