Manage up to 8 of your home theater electronics devices with this Logitech Harmony 700 915-000162 universal remote, which features a brilliant color command screen for easy navigation. One-touch activity buttons simplify device selection.
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I would give this remote 3.5 stars if I could. The best thing about this remote is the My Harmony software which is a tremendous improvement over the older Logitech software which was arcane and very difficult to use. The My Harmony software makes set-up and modifying settings on the remote a breeze to accomplish. With the older software it could take you hours to configure your remote and get the settings right.
There are 2 cons for this remote , one major the other minor. With my older Logitech 550 remote you could configure up to 16 devices with the 700 you are limited to 8 devices. If you have a limited number of devices this wouldn't affect you. However, if you want to use the remote with more than one television and/or have a number of devices that you want to control you are out of luck. This is an artificial limit that Logitech sets in order to steer you to there more expensive remotes. In order to be able to control as many devices as my old Harmony 550 you have to spend over $200 for a model that's comparable. The other flaw of the remote, much more minor, is the location of the number buttons on the bottom of the remote.
In conclusion this would be a 5 star product if Logitech removed the artificial limit on the number of devices that can be used with the remote.