http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/ Engadget Comments for Logitech 600 and 650 remotes bring Harmony for under $100 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/
Yes I know that, sport. But a fairly large chunk of those of us who DO own PS3's also use them as our primary BD/DVD/File player. Wikipedia states that 9 million PS3's have been sold. That's potentially a very substantial audience for a Bluetooth compatible Harmony Remote. A Bluetooth chip would only bump the cost up by like $5. I'd say it'd be worth it for PS3's and HTPC's.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Obviously this guy does, hence his comment.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Which is why Logitech sell a IR-to-Bluetooth adapter.

I guess the idea is that if somebody wants the Bluetooth capability, they'll be able to afford to pay for it; rather than making everybody that doesn't need Bluetooth help subsidize what would be your cost since the price of each remote would have to go up.

But then again, Logitech should obviously cater to you specifically. (sarcasm aside, it would be cool if you could order a custom Harmony remote, e.g. I could go to logitech.com and order a 720 with Bluetooth and RF built in)]]>Mar 2nd 2010 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/
I am certain that adding bluetooth features to this remote would bump this up more than $5.

Not to mention this is clearly logitech's attempts at providing a low cost entry level remote in the market. I would expect such functionality to be added to higher end remotes first.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/
I've been asking that same question for four years now.. I'm not buying shit from logitech until they can produce a remote that'll control ALL my A/V equipment.. including a PS3.

seriously tho.. how hard is it to make an RF/IR remote with Bluetooth in it!? it's like we're still in the gd stone age putting out remotes that rely soley on line-of-sight IR to control. ]]>Mar 2nd 2010 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/
Who DOES produce a remote that controls ALL your A/V equipment IR/RF/BT ? I don't understand your logic for not buying from Logitech. As far are I know, they are the only company that actually can control your IR/RF/BT devices with a single remote - but only if you buy the add-ons. That means those of us who don't need the extra features don't have to pay for them, and those of you who do need them can choose to pay extra. Seems like a reasonable marketing strategy.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/
What is a prolly?]]>Mar 2nd 2010 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/On the other hand, you've got a GREAT HAIRCUT]]>Mar 2nd 2010 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/
Have to agree, liked my Harmony One so much I now have another for the bedroom!]]>Mar 2nd 2010 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/
And like you it will be dead. The buttons start sticking eventually.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/
Glad you like it, but I wish my 659 hadn't died after 3 years. (The 880 died after 1 year, and the One is still working after a year, but has a bunch of other issues, including poor IR strength, poor IR learning, and the dumb idea of having a touchscreen in the first place).]]>Mar 2nd 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/
All the logitech harmony remotes support windows media center]]>Mar 2nd 2010 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/
I can guarantee it will controll any universe you own.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/
Thanks. Ama get me one o' those. *drool*]]>Mar 2nd 2010 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/
It's a universal remote. Not a contestant in a beauty contest. I don't care what it looks like as long as it does what I want it to.

Speaking of... I may upgrade my 550 for the living room when I get my new TV and pass that on to the bedroom.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/
Great product though apart from that.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/
I have an 880, and I mapped the up/down arrows to play and FF for almost all my activities. For TiVo, I use the 'Return' button for repeat.

With this arrangement, the play and FF fall right under my thumb, near the 4-way navigator, without having to do finger gymnastics.
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The adapter takes a USB port, which is pretty lame. I use the USB ports on my PS3 for charging the controllers when I'm watching movies. Ergo if I had one USB port in use for remote, I charge one controller, and not both. The subsidizing the bluetooth chip business is just stupid. Look up ANY teardown for a product containing bluetooth. The chip costs $1-3. Which means at MAXIMUM the cost on the final product would increase by no more than $5-10. And it's not like a BT chip would only benefit PS3 owners. Countless HTPC owners, laptop owners, it goes down the line.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Or you could buy the Logitech IR-BT adapter that doesn't take up any USB ports on the PS3 and provides full control including power-on and power-off. Just a little box that sits in front of my TV and plugs into a power outlet. Works like a charm.]]>Mar 2nd 2010 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/
I'd say honestly using a power outlet over a USB port is even worse for my setup. The chips are so damn cheap, Logitech just wants to get all the extra dough from the IR/BT receivers. Lame.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 3rd 2010 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1196532]]>Mar 2nd 2010 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/
I bit the bullet and bought the adapter for the PS3, and now system is back to being in "Harmony"... I bought a 120GB Slim strictly for Blu-Ray purposes (the BD390 was MIA forever). Man those couple of months of having to use the PS3 controller along with my 880 were hell. ;)]]>Mar 2nd 2010 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/Mar 2nd 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/logitech-600-and-650-remotes-bring-harmony-for-under-100/1. Price
2. Build in recharger because remote rests on the coffee table in the middle of the room and thus has no wires. I hate that fact, why can't it just use regular AA rechargeable batteries, I don't mind getting my ass up to put them into a charger in the next room...
5 Device limit is kind of lame (I'm sure they did it on purpose to sell higher models) but I might just get this 600 and save me $100]]>Mar 2nd 2010 2:31PM