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Logitech Harmony 650, Yay or Nay?

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Hey guys, so earlier this year I built a HTPC and not looked back. One of the problems I have however is the collection of remotes, one for my tv, one for the sound bar, one for the cable box and then a mouse n keyboard for my HTPC, along with a small, but crap Rii remote. The harmony 650 is on a deal from amazon for the next hour at £39 from £69, is it worth it? How well does it work with a HTPC? I'm on Windows 7 with a kodi setup.

 

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www.unifiedremote.com 

 

What more can I say?


CPU: Intel i5 4570 | Cooler: Cooler Master TPC 812 | Motherboard: ASUS H87M-PRO | RAM: G.Skill 16GB (4x4GB) @ 1600MHZ | Storage: OCZ ARC 100 480GB, WD Caviar Black 2TB, Caviar Blue 1TB | GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 | ODD: ASUS BC-12D2HT BR Reader | PSU: Cooler Master V650 | Display: LG IPS234 | Keyboard: Logitech G710+ | Mouse: Logitech G602 | Audio: Logitech Z506 & Audio Technica M50X | My machine: https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/b/JoJ

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www.unifiedremote.com 

 

What more can I say?

 

But it doesn't have IR functionality for controlling my TV, sound bar and cable box...

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But it doesn't have IR functionality for controlling my TV, sound bar and cable box...

http://www.usbuirt.com/ - That can be used with Unified Remote to send IR signals. Obviously it will need more set up but yeah.


CPU: Intel i5 4570 | Cooler: Cooler Master TPC 812 | Motherboard: ASUS H87M-PRO | RAM: G.Skill 16GB (4x4GB) @ 1600MHZ | Storage: OCZ ARC 100 480GB, WD Caviar Black 2TB, Caviar Blue 1TB | GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 | ODD: ASUS BC-12D2HT BR Reader | PSU: Cooler Master V650 | Display: LG IPS234 | Keyboard: Logitech G710+ | Mouse: Logitech G602 | Audio: Logitech Z506 & Audio Technica M50X | My machine: https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/b/JoJ

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http://www.usbuirt.com/ - That can be used with Unified Remote to send IR signals. Obviously it will need more set up but yeah.

 

Which is another $50 plus shipping, end up being much more expensive that the harmony 650 :/

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Which is another $50 plus shipping, end up being much more expensive that the harmony 650 :/

True but UR has much more functionality with the PC. Maybe get the remote to control your media devices and use UR on your PC and phone. Also, your PC needs an IR receiver to work with the remote.


CPU: Intel i5 4570 | Cooler: Cooler Master TPC 812 | Motherboard: ASUS H87M-PRO | RAM: G.Skill 16GB (4x4GB) @ 1600MHZ | Storage: OCZ ARC 100 480GB, WD Caviar Black 2TB, Caviar Blue 1TB | GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 | ODD: ASUS BC-12D2HT BR Reader | PSU: Cooler Master V650 | Display: LG IPS234 | Keyboard: Logitech G710+ | Mouse: Logitech G602 | Audio: Logitech Z506 & Audio Technica M50X | My machine: https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/b/JoJ

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The Logitech harmony PC setup software is probably the worst software I've ever seen.

That's the reason why I returned my Harmony 350

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Well in the end I purchased it and it's brilliant, very happy with it.

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