Sure, they all say they’re universal remotes, until you get them home and spend an hour programming each component only to find that your shiny new remote doesn’t play nicely with your receiver and suddenly you’re back to juggling several controllers. Someone at Logitech must’ve felt this pain, so they’ve dropped this little gem to market with some smart features, most notably of which is its ability to “learn” functions from your existing remotes.
In sleek brushed aluminum with a brilliant colored LCD touch-control panel, the Logitech Harmony 1000 Advanced Universal Remote does it all — you can program it to control up to 15 components, from your video and audio right down to lights and appliances.
AAA batteries are out the window as well with a charging dock, and the built in help button feature (ever seen this on any other remote? nope!) can step in and lend a hand when things aren’t working out as they should.
With 175,000 devices in its compatibility database, you can even use an easy online wizard accessible via USB port to walk you through the initial setup, or help you add more equipment.
This super remote usually retails for $499, but Amazon’s offering the Harmony for $289.99.
