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A good universal remote can completely change your living room experience. Instead of juggling a bunch of different remotes for your TV, cable box, game console, streaming box, or whatever else, a good universal remote can clean up your end table and let...
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If your TV watching reality includes a basket filled with six or seven different remotes, then I understand your pain. That was how things were at my house before Logitech sent their Harmony Elite Remote to review. I have to say that after a relatively pa...
All remotes are now consolidated into a single remote control, We can also use our iOS or Android phones and tablets to perfectly control our components, Smarthome components can also be added and controlled, Activities can be created that consolidate ind...
No Windows phone app; Devices can get out of sync if they are turned off at the device rather than through the remote; it's not cheap...
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The Harmony Elite now features the touchscreen all the way at the top of the remote, which is 7.56” x 2.13” x 1.14” at its largest point, and it weighs a bit less than 6 ounces. Underneath the touchscreen are a number of physical buttons. The remote charg...
Logitech's Harmony Elite Remote Control ($350) is the latest top-of-the-line edition in the company's line of universal remote controls. Preceded in that way by the Harmony Ultimate — which launched at the same price — the Harmony Elite boasts a new remot...
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On the surface, there's nothing particularly glamorous about a universal remote. It's simply a device that controls multiple electronic gadgets, like your TV and Blu-ray player, so you don't have to keep track of and juggle multiple remotes. No big deal...
Simplifies complex A/V setups, Rechargeable battery is replaceable, Logical button layout, Works with several smart home products, Backlit buttons...
Expensive, Not a revolutionary upgrade over the previous flagship Harmony remote, No voice search capabilities...
The universal remote has evolved from a simple device that consolidates your various controllers into a smart gadget that intelligently operates your home theater setup. And with Logitech's Harmony Elite, you can add smart home devices like lighting and t...
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2016-10-29 05:46:19
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Logitech's Harmony range of smart, universal remote controls have long been a favourite in connected homes across the world. Personally, I've owned several of the devices and have always found them to offer a fabulous blend of simplicity and power. Config...
I started the review stating I was a big fan of the Logitech Harmony range, and if you are too, the Harmony Elite will deepen that love affair. The latest generation of Harmony remotes retains the premium styling expected from the brand, but adds new feat...
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Logitech's Harmony group has long made some of the best universal remote controls on the market. The Harmony Elite is the culmination of all that experience. It can control up to 15 audio/visual devices—far more than most people would have in their entert...
Extremely easy to set up and program, Can manage both entertainment and connected-home devices, Large touchscreen display, plus backlit physical buttons...
Limited to controlling 15 A/V devices, IR blasters not the best solution for an enclosed entertainment center, Poor replacement for a Sonos controller...
It's not quite perfect (it makes a terrible Sonos controller replacement), but Logitech's Harmony Elite can control anything in your entertainment center and almost anything in your connected-home system...
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All devices lead to thisUniversal remote controls are a bizarre product category, because they solve a legitimate and substantial problem — the proliferation of really terrible remotes on your coffee table, one for each device in your living room — yet, f...
Ergonomically close to perfect, Supports a nearly infinite array of devices out of the box...
Screen is only so-so, Requires more setup than a basic universal remote, Expensive...
More times than not, the Verge score is based on the average of the subscores below. However, since this is a non-weighted average, we reserve the right to tweak the overall score if we feel it doesn't reflect our overall assessment and price of the produ...
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Logitech's Harmony line has been one of the biggest names in universal remotes for years, and it gets more and more advanced with every new version. The latest and most powerful iteration is the Harmony Elite, a bundle that combines the Harmony Hub and th...
Tons of supported home entertainment and home automation devices, App control...
Expensive, Alexa skill is very limited...
The Logitech Harmony Elite is the most advanced universal remote you can buy without a custom installation, and comes with a hub that can control most of your smart home devices...
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The best just keeps getting better. Although it has very little competition, Logitech's Harmony Elite remains the best remote control you can get for managing not only your entertainment system, but all of your smart home devices, too. At $349, it's not c...
Easy setu, Intuitive interfac, Dedicated smart home button, Works with huge number of devices...
Heavier than previous version...
Logitech's Harmony remotes are in a class by themselves. You'd be hard-pressed to find a universal remote that can do so much at this price. The $349 Harmony Elite is a further refinement of Logitech's previous remotes that makes every aspect of your couc...
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Logitech is well-known for their PC peripherals, but the company does a whole lot more than just mice and keyboards. Like most companies in the last few years, Logitech has ventured out into the smart home space, and the Harmony series of remotes is actua...
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An array of Smart Home products are trickling into homes, making life a little more convenient. Smart Home products are still on the pricey side, but some are well worth the investment, especially for homeowners looking to solve specific headaches around...
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Way back in 1950 Zenith released the first remote control for the television. It was called the Lazy Bone. At that time, it was said that by using remote controls we would all become couch potatoes. Instead devices as well as their remote controls prolife...
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We have become so connected and dependent on our technology that life would be difficult without them. Smart thermostats can be controlled while you are at work, smart TVs have endless amounts of on demand content, even electrical sockets have built in wi...
This little gadget is like having 15 remotes all packed into one device and I couldn't go on without it. Its functionality is off the charts and it makes a living room that previously required four remotes much easier to manage. All of this however, does...
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After becoming hooked on Logitech's Harmony Companion remote, I wondered, what could the Elite version offer? For over double the price, surely it must offer something significantly better. What I found was, in some cases yes, but not always.The Harmon...
After using both the Logitech Harmony Companion and Harmony Elite here are the key differences I noticed. Mainly the more expensive Harmony Elite provides the ability to add more devices, includes an additional IR blaster, has an LCD screen, backlit keys...
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Without question, the slickest universal remote on the market is the Logitech Harmony Elite. It's obvious from first glance, largely owing to the large touchscreen that dominates the top third of the remote.Like the Harmony Companion, the Elite consists...
The sky's the limit; this remote can really do almost anything, in any environment, Touchscreen is a killer feature—you won't know how you got along without it, Includes two mini IR blasters, giving you exceptional placement flexibility...
Easy to get started, but there's a considerable learning curve to master, Quite expensive...
Aside from the touchscreen control, the Elite offers a few other nice upgrades over the Companion and Hub. First, it can control up to 15 devices, while the Hub and Companion are both limited to eight. Second, and this is the biggie, you can sync changes...
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There was a time when a single brand dominated the universe of universal remote controls: Logitech's Harmony. That changed earlier this month when Caavo shipped its second-generation Control Center, which is good enough that we can recommend it as the bes...
The sky's the limit; this remote can really do almost anything, in any environment, Touchscreen is a killer feature—you won't know how you got along without it, Includes two mini IR blasters, giving you exceptional placement flexibility, Great price consi...
Easy to get started, but there's a considerable learning curve to master, Quite expensive, A bit awkward in the hand, Extremely tiny screen limits flexibility, Not quite as universal as one might like, Only four devices supported, making it imperfect for...
The king of the hill. Remotes don't get more powerful—or more complex—than this.This innovative approach to a universal remote revolves around another set-top box, but its universal search capabilities dramatically upgrade streaming as we know it.Arguably...
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Amazon's Echo series of smart speakers, powered by the Alexa digital assistant, are amazingly capable devices on their own. You can use them for everything from streaming music to maintaining a shopping list to ordering pizza delivery and more. But Alexa...
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When Nikola Tesla unveiled his Teleautmaton in 1898, he couldn't have known how ubiquitous remote controls would become. We now have a remote control for almost everything.And Logitech wants to replace them.All of them.To add some more recent history, bac...
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An array of Smart Home products are trickling into homes, making life a little more convenient. Smart Home products are still on the pricey side, but some are well worth the investment, especially for homeowners looking to solve specific headaches around...
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