Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Is there anything as good as the Harmony remote?”.
Couple weeks ago you mentioned a potential compatibility issue with your harmony, remote, i’m also in need of a replacement, but not sure what to buy. If you consider doing a roundup or have you done any research, we actually got this question three times today: yeah uh, my harmony remote. The compatibility issue that i ran into was that the database entries are not really getting updated anymore, because logitech doesn’t give two hoots about harmony because they don’t even sell the products anymore. So it was, it was a marantz, slash denon. I i don’t remember the actual brand on it, but it’s like their their parent. That makes their receivers.
It was this little hdmi 2.1 switcher. That is meant to add more hdmi 2.1 inputs to those first gen hdmi 2.1 receivers that don’t have a ton of inputs which is like stupid because that’s the whole point of the receiver right. So it’s a really cool product.
It’S this! It’S this pretty inexpensive! It’S just a few hundred dollars and i think it’s three inputs, one output and it was a really good way to have a pc, xbox and playstation 5. All running hdmi, 2.1 to a 2.1 tv and the cool thing is you don’t even need their receiver to use it, even though all of their marketing materials say it’s an accessory for the receiver. I can tell you from personal experience: it totally works without it. Goodbye anyway, they it’s not in the database, whereas the old model is now.
I was able to train it. You can, you can add something new manually, but that’s a hassle that not everyone wants to deal with, and i suspect that as the software continues to not get updated, it’s going to get more and more difficult to use like their desktop. Software clearly hasn’t been touched.
Since, like oh, i don’t know windows 8 days, maybe this time it’s a it’s a really clunky interface and it takes a it’s very time consuming to use one that i have not used yet, but i have one sofa baton sent over there. I believe it’s called sofa baton. X1. That’S a fantastic name! X1 yeah. I believe this is the one that they sent over boop to be clear, i’m not endorsing it.
I have not used it yet, but i have heard good things. This appears to be the spiritual successor to harmony. I do intend to try it because i want to have universal remotes at each watching location. Just so that, like my kids or or like it’s little things, you know the babysitter is over we’re out. The kids are in bed like yeah sure like watch tv, i don’t i don’t care sorry. Mr sebastian can’t figure out how to turn on your tv, like that sucks, that’s stupid! No, so it’s it’s nice to have a universal, remote right! Guess i’ll! Just sit here! Yeah, i guess i’ll just stare at the wall.
I mean she brings her homework but like whatever summer, there’s no homework. Okay, yeah. I want some tv, like it’s nice, if they’re, if they’re able to use it. So that’s the one that i’m aware of thanks for watching and thanks to seeker lab for sponsoring.
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