Also sometimes the model just isn’t there and you just have to pick a close one and hope. This may take some crawling around on your knees by your TV to read exact model numbers. Then you tell the software what devices you have. You plug the remote into your computer and install some software. It’s not perfect but it has reduced many frustrating problems to mere annoyances and eliminated some altogether.įirst the programming is easier on Harmony remotes than almost any other brand. The best I’ve found so far is the Logitech Harmony Ultimate. And of course programming some universal remotes is at best an exercise in tedium. Some had to be held steadily pointed towards the devices for minutes to work properly. To reduce the confusion I’ve always used a universal remote but they’ve always had major drawbacks.
Two game consoles, two DVRs, and a handful of media streaming devices can become a nightmare to control for myself, much less guests. In the course of my work I need to test a lot of TV-connected devices for review and evaluation.
