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Authored by: Ian Al on Tuesday, September 04 2012 @ 03:43 AM EDT |
The Harmony One is a remote control using standard infra red protocols and has
both the, now standard, joystick control with an 'OK' in the middle and an OLED
touchscreen. Any remote control device function can be assigned to either the
real buttons or the touchscreen. There is a more expensive Logitech device that
uses just a larger touchscreen with no real buttons, but I find that a less
useful invention.
I have the Harmony One controlling a TV, TV settop boxes, surround sound
decoders, FM/DAB tuner, Squeezebox audio player, DVD player, CD Player, PVR and
tape-cassette recorder.
In the past I have controlled Windows Media Centre with it until I realised that
it was not worth controlling.
I haven't checked, but I'm sure it can control any device that uses standard IR
signalling. Would that not include Playstation, Xbox and Nintendo games
machines?
So, I wonder how Apple's touchscreen remote controller is to be seen as more
innovative than the Logitech touchscreen controllers that have been on sale for
years.
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Regards
Ian Al
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