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Education Home Theater System survey, anyone?

Discussion in 'General' started by Techno-Dann, 25 Mar 2010.

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  1. Stompy

    Stompy What's a Dremel?

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    It surprises me how few of you use universal remotes when you have so many!
    I've got a logitech harmony 525 which was £39.99 and is ample for my TV, Blu Ray, Xbox, Laptop and AV Receiver!
     
    Stompy, 26 Mar 2010
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  2. line2008

    line2008 What is this "dremel" you speak of?

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    finished! what? no cookie at the end?
     
    line2008, 26 Mar 2010
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  3. klutch4891

    klutch4891 What's a Dremel?

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    I love my Harmony 1100. A bit of a pain to set up the first time, but now it's wonderful. If only I had the RF adapter too....
     
    klutch4891, 26 Mar 2010
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  4. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    Done.

    Over here in the UK you'll find a lot of people need to use a Sky+ remote with a home theatre system. If you could replicate that with a 3rd party device you'd probably find a much greater uptake than a normal "universal" remote which won't properly replicate the functionality of a Sky+ box.
     
    Krikkit, 26 Mar 2010
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  5. GreatOldOne

    GreatOldOne Wannabe Martian

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    I do - I have 7 remotes:

    TV, Sky HD, AV Reciever, DVD Player, PS3, HDMI Switcher, Room Lights

    But only use 2 - My Harmony 525 & my PS3 bluetooth one, and the latter only because the harmony can't contol the PS3.

    I gave up using an expensive Phillips Pronto universal remote as it was such a faff to program whenever I changed equipment, and was forever eating batteries. The Harmony costs a fraction of the cost, and in my mind, is a better product.
     
    GreatOldOne, 26 Mar 2010
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  6. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    We have 6 or 7 remotes here, but only actually need to use 2 of them anyway - one for the all-singing all-dancing home theatre amp and the other is the Sky+ one. I keep getting tempted to a fancy Harmony, but it doesn't seem that necessary with only 2 remotes.
     
    Krikkit, 26 Mar 2010
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  7. GregTheRotter

    GregTheRotter Minimodder

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    done. Rep please :D

    I've got 4 remotes. TV, DVD home cinema, WD TV media player, satellite box remote.

    Doesn't really bother me that much tbh. It's really just clutter that's the problem. Sure it would be nice to have a remote that just does everything, but it's 40 quid that I don't need to spend :p
     
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    GregTheRotter, 26 Mar 2010
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  8. saspro

    saspro IT monkey

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    Done. 1 remote, the logitec harmony 1000 does it all (although I might get an ipad to do everything instead)
     
    saspro, 26 Mar 2010
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  9. Jipa

    Jipa Avoiding the "I guess.." since 2004

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    Oh I have the Harmony One.. Too bad there's nothing I could control with it around here :D I even tried to give it to my parents, but as it turns out their TV was one of the four things the dang Harmony can't control (other three are apparently microwave ovens, cats and tsunamis).
     
    Jipa, 26 Mar 2010
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  10. antiHero

    antiHero ReliXmas time!

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    Done
     
    antiHero, 26 Mar 2010
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  11. DarkLord7854

    DarkLord7854 What's a Dremel?

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    Do I get a cookie now that I completed the survey? :p
     
    DarkLord7854, 27 Mar 2010
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  12. Techno-Dann

    Techno-Dann Disgruntled kumquat

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    Google owes me a couple favors - log into Gmail with the "remember me" option checked and they'll give you a cookie or two. :p
     
    Techno-Dann, 27 Mar 2010
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  13. Constructacon

    Constructacon Constructing since 1978

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    Done. Good luck on the project.
     
    Constructacon, 27 Mar 2010
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  14. GiGo

    GiGo was once a nerd.....

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    Done +1 post :p
     
    GiGo, 27 Mar 2010
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  15. M7ck

    M7ck Ⓜod Ⓜaster

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    Done, hmmm i need to get a universal remotet
     
    M7ck, 27 Mar 2010
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