X10 iconRemote vrs Logitech Harmony 880

Compare the IconRemote with the much more expensive and complicated Harmony 880.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• LCD
• remotes
• programmable
• X10
• Home
• theater
• universal
• all-in-one

[pygmallion13]

Had the Harmony 880 for a few years now and it's working great. It never gets "confused". Also you CAN create a favorite channel list with the icons for the channels. Not sure why they said the 880 doesn't do that. Programing the 880 may be more difficult for people who are not computer literate. I don't have any problems with the smaller buttons and I'm able to hit them all without looking or having to reposition the remote. Though the X10 is probably better suited for less technical people.

[ninghir]

you've got to love fat cheesy americans.

[dallase1]

As far as the power off all devices goes this remote is no better then the harmony 880, if you tun some devices off manually and hit the power button it will still not make all the device turn off because it does not know you turned some of them off or on so all the devices that are off will turn on and all the ones on will turn off.

[dallase1]

I had the RCA version of this and it was AWESOME until some of the buttons stopped working because the contacts on the circuit board wore off from repeated use. It was not that hard to set up and the display was easy to read. It was kind of a battery hog but not as bad as my Harmony 620 which woofs down it's batteries in about 2 to 3 weeks so I bought rechargeable batteries for it.

[borkat]

I thought it was easy to set up. I did have to use the remote for my home theater PC to teach it a few things but it's perfect now. This video seems like it was put out there to swindle old people. I've had my 880 for 5 years now with 0 problems.

[TidySammy]

I'd much rather have the Harmony.

[tbeauntx]

This is a lot of BS. I have both remotes, i got the icon first because of cost, and you get what you pay for. The "ICON's" huge library of codes handled only one of my components, and can't be updated via computer like Harmony. Therefore setup took hours or days, and some commands simply couldn't be learned, but the Harmony recognized all my devices by model number and functions work flawlessly. Yes, the keys are small and the screen is not very hi-res, but Harmony has other models for that.

[chillbrotha01]

trust me it is...

[ralphberner]

The configuration of the harmony for a PC is a nightmare indeed. But this one looks to easy to be true.

[candl91402]

AKA the philips prestigio