Harmony 880 programable remote control

[warpdrive]

uhcoogsfan wrote:

I'm thinking of upgrading to the 880 mainly for the color screen. You know the bit, its got a cooler look.

The color screen is pretty much useless except for "bling" factor, BUT....the most valuable thing about the 880 is that it can show up to EIGHT softkeys. That alone makes it worth it for me compared to my 688 I had before. The screen is nice in that it shows longer text labels too so the names can be more descriptive. From what I can see the new Harmony One remote only has up to 6 softkeys which is a major step backwards.

[djc2010]

I just brought the Harmony 890 back to Best Buy yesterday for a refund. In my opinion it wasn't worth $350. I really hated the way you have to program the thing. And with only basically a TV, an amp, a DVD player, and a CD player, (not a complicated system) I didn't feel justified in spending that much on a remote. Besides I live alone, so I don't have to make it easy for anyone. For a complicated system with many components it's probably worthwhile.

[tonyvdb]

$350 They sell for way less than that. Sorry to hear that you did not like how it was programed.

[djc2010]

I can understand how they want to make it simple for folks to program. But when you have to plug both it, and the extender, in every time you make a change, it gets tiresome. Plus, I don't know why, but I didn't see the option for adding a RF device on the remote. And in the software it didn't recognize my Intermatic HA03 dimmer. All of that, plus the extremely high price for what it is, made me change my mind about it.