http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/ Engadget Comments for Pioneer shows off iPhone remote controllable Blu-ray players 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/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/
Why don't they just use Bluetooth connectivity? iPhone OS 3.0 was supposed to bring Accessories APIs to take advantage of wireless (Bluetooth) or wired (30-pin dongle) connectivity. Why do you have to use an extra Wi-Fi dongle in this?! ]]>Apr 20th 2010 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/
So sick of the iphone and the closed ecosystems it's creating.]]>Apr 20th 2010 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/
There's no blame being thrown at Apple.]]>Apr 20th 2010 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/1) Turn on iPod/Phone
2) Unlock
3) Wait for WIFI connection to be established
4) Send mute signal

I could walk to the TV in that time.]]>Apr 20th 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/
1) You turn your iPhone off?
3) What wait? Wouldn't it already be connected?

The screen lock thing might be annoying. But one positive would be you already have your iPhone in your pocket, when the standard remote is lost down the back of the sofa.]]>Apr 20th 2010 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/
People with complex setups are starting to use iPod Touches and iPads as a remote to control everything in the room (including the lights and windowshades!). Right now they have a wi-fi receiver (computer) that receives signals and communicates to the other devices. Direct control of the Blu-ray player would make things more straightforward and thus work better.

Since they are used in expensive setups, devices like this can command a price premium, and thus you'll see more of them I'm sure.]]>Apr 20th 2010 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/
My father just purchased a set of Sonos equipment, and, rather than buying their overpriced remote, he purchased an iPod Touch.]]>Apr 20th 2010 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/
People with complex setups buy a real remote, like a Harmony or X10. The iphone is and always will be a hack toy.]]>Apr 20th 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/
My Android phone controls my Tv and HTPC, it's handy and occassionally useful when i lose my remote.
However I would not spend extra on a Bluray player or any kind of entertainment device just because it had this feature.
But then people who can afford an iPod touch or iPad just to use as a dedicated remote probably have more money than sense.]]>Apr 20th 2010 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Harmony and X10? X10 is a joke that should have died in the 80's and Harmony is maybe suitable for a bedroom.
People with more complex systems will use products like Crestron, AMX, Savant, and RTI. Two of these already have iPxx apps, and the other two will release theirs this year. To say that type of integration is a hack is completely unjustified and biased, not to mention uneducated. Do your homework and you will see how dominant the iPxx format will become.]]>Apr 20th 2010 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/
Sick of the iOnly mentality.]]>Apr 20th 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/
I will admit I am not a software developer by career path, but I do develop basic stuff from time to time. However, I do not see what the point of learning "the basics of software development" has anything to do with this. The point is, use an interface that any devices on your network can access. While most of us are tech oriented, not everyone would understand software development jargon, but I think most people understood the concept of my comment.]]>Apr 21st 2010 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/]]>Apr 20th 2010 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Droid does.
http://tumblr.androidappsonly.com/post/411556495/pocket-blu-turn-your-phone-into-a-blu-ray-remote]]>Apr 20th 2010 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/20/pioneer-shows-off-iphone-remote-controllable-blu-ray-players/Apr 20th 2010 5:45PM