This offers a couple of improvements over the 880, such as backlit buttons and no need for line-of-sight, via the use of a wireless to IR repeater. Since then the company has been expanding and improving the line, up to the current range-topper, the Harmony 890. Two years ago Logitech, maker of computer peripherals and gadgets acquired Intrigue Technologies, a Canadian company that manufactured the Harmony line of universal remote controls. And it's one of these, the Harmony 880, that your intrepid reporter has selected for review (and to relieve his burden of having 4+ remotes on the coffee table).
Current king of the hill in the universal remote market would have to be the Harmony line, sold by Logitech. These have been on the shelves for a while now, from the el cheapo ones they sell at gas stations to high-end models that feature a touch screen that will resemble the remotes it replaces. To that end you might have considered a universal remote. Besideswho wants to buy everything from Sony? This can sometimes be worked around by buying all your components from the same company, but that could prove expensive. A proliferation of black or silver boxes that live under the omnipresent TVs bring with them a multitude of separate remote controls one to change the volume of the stereo, one to turn on the TV, one to control the DVD player, another for the TiVo the list goes on. Lets face it, there's a downside to the consumer electronics revolution.
System requirements: Windows 98, Me, or XP Mac OS X free USB port Logitech Harmony 880 Advanced Universal Remote
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