I was hesitant to buy this as I didn't think it would be comparable to the original Harmony One which I currently own two of for the past 10 years. They haven't given me any issue other than the common battery bloat issue, just needed to replace the battery and the remotes were good to go. But now the remote that I most frequently use in the living room some of the buttons on the remote are no longer being responsive. And with the wife complaining that the remote no longer works and refuses to watch TV down stairs because of it, I was forced to upgrade *wink. After researching the latest Logitech has to offer and I landed on the Harmony Elite. Functionality wise I thought I was going to be disappointed with less buttons and digital number buttons and boy was I wrong... To start with programming the remote was simple I was able to transfer over all my settings from my original Harmony One the only issue I had was the switch inputs didn't transfer over I had to set those again, but that was pretty easy. Overall I thought the setup was a snap especially if you previously owned a Harmony Remote.
I have all my equipment located in a closet behind the TV, and with my previous Harmony One Setup I had an IR Receiver that sat on the entertainment center and the IR Hub in the closet. With the Harmony Elite I was able to remove the IR Receiver and I had to now place an IR Blaster for the TV to power on and the HUB in the closet. The cool thing, I was able to add double sided tape and tape the IR Blaster to the back of the TV with the Blaster facing downward, since IR bounces off everything it works perfectly. Why did I do this, since the remote has an IR emitter you ask? Because during the holidays my wife loves to decorate the entertainment center which normally ends up covering the TV's IR receiver and now I have the flexibility to control the IR signal out of the HUB's IR output and not the remotes . I also noticed that the IR Blaster also works as a IR Receiver, which I don't use but there is that option if needed.
Now on to the fun after going through the setup and was sort of disappointed to the lack of buttons I noticed you could assign more than one function to one button! (Short press vs Long press) My mind was blown for a second, I could now program "Exit" short press as Back and "Exit" long press as Exit. I realized really the only thing I lost was the number buttons which I was ok with as the digital buttons are actually press responsive, this could be however an issue with people with larger hands as the digital numbers are small so keying each one will require precise touches. The other awesome feature was the ability to control the roku via Wifi, gone are the days of the occasional double skip because of the duplicated IR signal. I also noticed this remote is faster than the One when sending commanded to DirecTV receivers, there's no longer a delay.
Overall awesome remote caught me by surprised, I couldn't let go of the Harmony One because I thought it was the best remote ever made but after using the Harmony Elite for a couple of days it's changed my mind. This has to be the best remote I've ever owned! Let's just hope it holds up 10 years like the previous Harmony One...
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I came from the Universal Remote Control family (MX700) to be exact. That remote took some serious effort to get all the "push through" devices and timing just right. But it was worth it. After dealing with all the macros from previous "universal remotes" the MX700 seemed like a dream. However, I always thought it should be easier and then Logitech came up with this beauty. So easy to get going I didn't mind doing it the third time. Which I needed to do and here is why... I am used to having available all the commands at any screen. So I can control the lights in any "activity". And when I first created all me activities I failed to include the light controller in most of them because I don't think of controlling the lights when turning on the TV. So do yourself a favor: add lighting devices to all activities because you will want access to those commands in all your activities. Also, I was used to having a home screen which you could access certain codes even when not doing ANY activity. But it appears the Logitech is pretty deaf to my requests until I chose a device or activity. Oh well. So I can't just pick up my remote to switch on lights without chasing the light controller device. These are really nit picky things because I LOVE this remote. It is clean, intuitive for the most part. I love the scrolling screen where I can customize any command. Really quite easy to program (in comparison my old MX700). I am getting used to the charging dock. Because I don't get it on there most days, I appreciate the battery indicator that reminds me to place it on the charger. My 15 year old can control everything just fine with it - took him no time at all to figure it out. My wife is less compliant because she says the screen is too touchy. And I agree with her, I just take the extra second to watch how I handle it. Even so, rarely, I will touch the screen and the complete set up will switch something. That always irks me, but it is worth it to me to train myself better. Last word: Blasters are wonderful - I purchased an extra one for the TV. Why? the time for the remote to run through it's commands took too long and my family was swinging the remote around before the devices were all set up. Do yourself a favor and set up a blaster for all devices. The two included ones are in my picture in the front facing the components. Flawless. All in all a great product, just not quite there in terms of what I imagine a universal remote could be.
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