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ESPN "The Ultimate Remote" Universal Remote

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Technical Details

  • Access ESPN.com on your remote to get realtime stats and scores for your favorite players and teams
  • Text-message friends and family directly from the remote
  • Browse select websites and even shop online on your remote via click365 technology
  • 2.2-inch QVGA screen has a built-in light sensor that automatically adjusts brightness according to room lighting
  • Control virtually countless devices with easy setup--no PC required
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Product Details

  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
  • ASIN: B00198LRPE
  • Item model number: DMR-1
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
  • Date first available at Amazon.com: May 18, 2008

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

From the Manufacturer

One-handed operation--all features are within easy reach
Unleash, Unwire, Unwind

Imagine this: You've already got a killer home theater system. And you're a multitasker--you like to sit on the couch with your laptop and your Blackberry by your side, as well as all your system remotes. As you watch the game, you're browsing the web for information on your favorite teams. You like to drink your morning coffee and watch the local news while browsing online for the latest weather forecasts, stock information and worldwide news stories. In short, you like to stay connected--even if it means having a coffee table covered in gadgets.

What if one single remote could do all that?

Introducing the ESPN Ultimate Remote

Developed by tvCompass, Inc. ESPN The Ultimate Remote runs on click365 Wireless Interactive Entertainment network, a content service platform for interactive TV, messaging and digital media. The WiFi device boasts a color LCD display, advanced remote control TV functionality and mobile content offerings from a number of click365 partners. ESPN The Ultimate Remote is the "second screen" for the home entertainment viewer.

The ESPN Ultimate Remote is the sports fan's ultimate companion. Clear the clutter off your coffee table with a universal remote designed not only to unify your existing remotes by controlling virtually countless devices, but to wirelessly download program guides, sports scores and play-by-plays, and more. As you watch the big game, get advanced team and player stats right on your remote. Get up-to-the-minute scores from all the latest games. Even keep up to date with your ESPN.com fantasy teams without ever leaving the couch.

Not Just for Sports Fans--Weather, Program Guides, Text Messaging and More

Great as the thought might be, you can't watch sports all the time. ESPN The Ultimate Remote offers functionality to more than just sports fans. Get the latest news and weather on the vibrant 2.2" QVGA color LCD display. The click365 wireless interactive network provides instant updates to TV listings, sports, weather, news, and more. You can even shop online using the ESPN Remote.

Get personalized multi-day program guides for broadcast, cable, or satellite television. Browse TV listings right on the remote without needing to change the channel or even turn the TV on. Five-day weather forecasts are just a click away, so you can plan your day while watching the morning news. Watching TV at night? The LCD screen has a light sensor that self-adjusts brightness, so you won't get any distracting glare.

Not only that, but the ESPN The Ultimate Remote offers text messaging, so you can instantly keep in touch with friends and family. Text to another ESPN remote, or to email, or to a mobile phone. Get the latest scores and stats for the big game and text them to your friend's Blackberry as he waits in line at the airport. Send your mom a link to a product you saw on TV you think she might be interested in.



click365 technology makes your remote your portal to ESPN.com
and other popular web sites
The Easiest Remote Yet to Set Up--Just Point and Shoot

The ESPN Ultimate Remote is a snap to set up. In a matter of minutes you can install new equipment settings on your remote right in your living room. There's no need for a PC, drivers, or software--just select your home theater equipment type and the manufacturer, and the remote will help guide you to the correct equipment code for your device. Can't find the right code? No problem, you can still program the ESPN remote by learning the manufacturer's supplied remote. And any new equipment codes get beamed to the remote, so it never becomes obsolete.

The remote connects to your existing home WiFi network, and even supports WEP and WPA/2 encryption, all without the need for additional drivers or separate PC software. Just browse the available wireless networks, put in your password and logon information, and the Ultimate Remote stays connected to your home network.

As Easy to Use as It Is to Set Up

New gadgets and new technology are cool, but they should always be simple to operate. And despite having more advanced features than any other remote on the market, the ESPN Ultimate Remote is easy to use. Its familiar mobile-phone-style navigation means that you get one-handed control for all your devices. And with automatic backup of user-programmed remote control settings and self-updating firmware and equipment codes, there's no tending required--it "just works".



Learn more about ESPN The Ultimate Remote. Take a product tour
Want to Know More?

If you want to know more about what ESPN The Ultimate Remote can do for you, click the image at right to take a product tour. Learn about the remote's powerful features as well as about click365 content partners you'll have access to, right on the remote's LCD screen--all with no subscription fees. It's all just right there, at your fingertips.


Product Description

The ESPN Ultimate Remote is the ultimate sports fan's remote--browse team and player stats as you watch the game, get personalized programming guides, text message friends and family, and even shop online all from the remote. A 2.2" QVGA screen automatically adjusts brightness according to ambient light. Control up to 18 devices with no PC required for setup.

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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fully Loaded, June 19, 2008
This remote isn't really like any other remote you may have ever seen or used. In fact, I would say it is like a mini internet-connected PDA that is also a remote. After switching it on for the first time, it looks for and connects to your wifi network and then asks you to fill in your zip code and time zone, set up your guide and only then add in devices like your tv and dish box.

Adding in devices was fairly straightforward but for my devices there was some trial and error involved. For example, I have a panasonic and sony tv. The sony was no problem but for the panasonic, the remote presented a lot of different sets of codes and I had to go through quite a few before I got one that worked. Later, I realized it didn't have all the keys and I had to go back and look (more carefully) for the right set. I finally got the right one. I also have Dish which it knew straight away.

The home menu of the remote looks very much like a cell phone with icons for applications like TV listings, weather and messaging. The weather icon changes with the outside temperature and conditions which is nice. If you 'click' it, it gives you a five day forcast which is a feature I would use quite a bit.

The tv listings are an amazingly useful feature. I immediately setup a 'lineup' with only the channels I watch in it. I also set up some favorite shows that then appear in their own list. If you click on these then the remote tunes that channel which is very neat. I found I could hold the remote vertically, while looking at the screen, and it still changed the channel meaning the IR must come out of the remote at an angle and you don't have to worry too much about pointing it. The data always seemed to be correct and you get descriptions about each episode. The beauty of the tv listings is simply that you do not need to switch away from the current show to find out what's on other channels - an essential if anyone else is trying to watch TV!

The remote also has activities which allows you to set up 'watch dish', 'play ps3' and 'all power off'. I was skeptical that this would work and plesantly surprised when the remote, seemingly by magic, worked out from my keypresses how to change the input on the TV. My only gripe is it chimes after changing the activity and volume doesn't work until you press 'ok' which seems to be unnecessary. Oh, the remote does not work with a PS3 (which is blue tooth - nothing does) which is a downer. I still got it to change inputs on the TV for the PS3 by putting in a 'dummy' device which helps.

The remote is loaded with other features, some of which I am still finding by accident. For example, the 'ESPN' icon opens the ESPN Mobile site for all that has to offer. It is very handy to be able to access this although you might want to make the font bigger (which you can). There are other mobile sites too, such as WSJ and ABC news. There is even the mobile Amazon site although I am not writing this review through it! You can add in your own mobile links and store them in 'favorites'. I already use this more than I do on my actual cell phone (and its free because its over wifi, of course).

There is an icon called 'Headlines' which has news snippets and pictures in it that are loaded instantly. If you want the full story, you can click through to a slower but more detailed page in the browser.

Messaging can send email and text messages which is fun for trash talk and taunts. The text messages are free. There is a search icon that is good for finding out trivia and plot explanations for confusing movies! It even has a version of minesweeper with online high scores.

In summary, it is a fully loaded device unlike any other remote. It doesn't come without downsides including the things already mentioned. It is not particularly comfortable to hold, some of the keys are a bit wobbly, it is bright red (although I knew that when I ordered it) and it might seem a bit complicated. But it is fun and functional and has people talking when they see it (although I'm fed up of explaining what it does).
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars you gotta have it, June 15, 2008
New remote is terrific. Opened box. Turned it on. Set up is easy. It found my wi-fi unit and off we went. Logged on to web site once and I am able to send and receive emails. Amazing. I get daily weather, ESPN news and it works well as a remote. TV Guide listing on remote screen is cool. I can watch one show while finding content on the remote screen. A nice feature.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Remote ever, June 16, 2008
This is one of the best remote I have ever had. With this remote, you can send and recieve text messages. It is so cool when you're watching a movie you can go online and read about it. You can press guide on your remote and look at what's on other chanels without disturbing others. In additon, this remote can be used in the living room and bedrooms.
If you're into technology and you like fancy things this remote is definitely for you because it does it ALL. I highly recommend to everybody.
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What makes this remote for me is the web browsing built into the device. For example, on Saturday I was able to have the running statistics displayed via a web page on the remote... Read more
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