Logitech Harmony 1000

Being an Audio Visual enthusiast and a massive geek, my lounge is stuffed full of all sorts of seperates that require remote controls. From my 7.1 denon amp to my Sony HDD CD player. So a grand total of 5 remote controls had to find a home on the coffee table or bookshelf and it was driving my wife nuts. Especially when she picked the wrong controller and was trying to turn the TV up with the DVD remote. If you had more than one piece of equipment on, its a pain to have to use multiple controllers to turn them off or simply adjust settings. For a long while I'd wanted a remote to do it all, more so though, I wanted one with a touch screen. After all, who ...  Read the complete review

My dad got one of these for Xmas and we have just spent the whole evening trying to set it up, so I just had to get it all off my chest and tell you about it. The idea of this device is that it controls all your AV equipment so you only ever need the one remote. This is high tech kit, and you do need wireless broadband to set it up and a degree in IT. We had the first.... First things first, this device looks great - it's made of brushed aluminium and it has a full colour touch screen. It's seriously space age. According to the techy boffin who bought this, it is good value for money at £213 (OMG - HOW much nail polish could you buy for that??) and much ...  Read the complete review