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<blockquote data-quote="JimmyBoy" data-source="post: 784218" data-attributes="member: 72806"><p>I already have a logitech harmony but I dont get on that well with it to be honest. I dont find it the easiest of remotes to navigate with one hand, its quite sluggish with MediaPortal, from pressing a button to it actually happening in mediaportal (Anooying when going up/down a list) and finally the volume up/down always seems hit and miss. It will sometimes turn the volume of the receiver up/down or it will sometimes do the volume inside MediaPortal itself, and I cant seem to find any logic as to why it does that (probablly me misunderstanding something). So as I say, I have the harmony but im not really that keen on it myself.</p><p></p><p>I also have a Logitech deNovo mini, which has it upsides/downsides. The two main things I prefer about the deNovo are I prefer the actual feel of it, the buttons seem to be in the right place when its in your hand, and also the main thing I really like about it is that it is VERY responsive unlike the harmony. With the deNovo it is just like using a keyboard physically attached to your PC - I am assuming that this is down to the different types of receivers used by these controls. The harmony uses IR I think, and the deNovo uses Bleuetooth I think.</p><p></p><p>The main disadvantages to the deNovo (that I can remember, I dont actually use it that much) is that a) you cant control any other devices (like amp for volume control) and you cant turn on/off devices, and it was just missing a couple buttons that would of made it alot more usable such as "Gudie" or "Info", so I would always find myself using both remotes to use each 1 for its merits, but this soon became annoying and I just ended "putting up" with the Harmony.</p><p></p><p>The main advantage to the deNovo is its layout and a full keyboard / mouse control, which can come in really handy for certain situations, although the mouse control can be a little fiddly at times.</p><p></p><p>I suppose what im trying to get at with all this blurb is, it would be really nice if there was some kind of hybrid of these two remotes which combined the fast responses of the bluetooth, but also allowed you to use several devices. Something along the following ;</p><p></p><p>1) Fast response to user input on the remote (like deNovo / unlike Harmony)</p><p>2) Ergonomic layout where the device feels right in your hand and the buttons feel in the right place and not awkward to get to (like deNovo, unlike Harmony - may be personal taste?)</p><p>3) Full keyboard / mouse control (like deNovo / unlike Harmony)</p><p>4) Allowing to control other devices like amp, tv etc... (like Harmony / unlike deNovo)</p><p>5) Have all the buttons you need to fully control a HTPC (like Harmony / unlike deNovo)</p><p>6) Easily customise remotes buttons (like Harmony / unlike deNovo)</p><p></p><p>After all this I have also considered looking into the plugin that will allow you to use your iphone / ipod touch as a remote, as this seems as though it could have a lot of potential and may be the future. However I dont know how adaptive the plugin can be in terms of being able to control (IR Blast?) other devices etc...</p><p></p><p>Welll... I didnt intend for this to turn into such a blurb, can you tell im bored?!! haha</p><p></p><p>Cheers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JimmyBoy, post: 784218, member: 72806"] I already have a logitech harmony but I dont get on that well with it to be honest. I dont find it the easiest of remotes to navigate with one hand, its quite sluggish with MediaPortal, from pressing a button to it actually happening in mediaportal (Anooying when going up/down a list) and finally the volume up/down always seems hit and miss. It will sometimes turn the volume of the receiver up/down or it will sometimes do the volume inside MediaPortal itself, and I cant seem to find any logic as to why it does that (probablly me misunderstanding something). So as I say, I have the harmony but im not really that keen on it myself. I also have a Logitech deNovo mini, which has it upsides/downsides. The two main things I prefer about the deNovo are I prefer the actual feel of it, the buttons seem to be in the right place when its in your hand, and also the main thing I really like about it is that it is VERY responsive unlike the harmony. With the deNovo it is just like using a keyboard physically attached to your PC - I am assuming that this is down to the different types of receivers used by these controls. The harmony uses IR I think, and the deNovo uses Bleuetooth I think. The main disadvantages to the deNovo (that I can remember, I dont actually use it that much) is that a) you cant control any other devices (like amp for volume control) and you cant turn on/off devices, and it was just missing a couple buttons that would of made it alot more usable such as "Gudie" or "Info", so I would always find myself using both remotes to use each 1 for its merits, but this soon became annoying and I just ended "putting up" with the Harmony. The main advantage to the deNovo is its layout and a full keyboard / mouse control, which can come in really handy for certain situations, although the mouse control can be a little fiddly at times. I suppose what im trying to get at with all this blurb is, it would be really nice if there was some kind of hybrid of these two remotes which combined the fast responses of the bluetooth, but also allowed you to use several devices. Something along the following ; 1) Fast response to user input on the remote (like deNovo / unlike Harmony) 2) Ergonomic layout where the device feels right in your hand and the buttons feel in the right place and not awkward to get to (like deNovo, unlike Harmony - may be personal taste?) 3) Full keyboard / mouse control (like deNovo / unlike Harmony) 4) Allowing to control other devices like amp, tv etc... (like Harmony / unlike deNovo) 5) Have all the buttons you need to fully control a HTPC (like Harmony / unlike deNovo) 6) Easily customise remotes buttons (like Harmony / unlike deNovo) After all this I have also considered looking into the plugin that will allow you to use your iphone / ipod touch as a remote, as this seems as though it could have a lot of potential and may be the future. However I dont know how adaptive the plugin can be in terms of being able to control (IR Blast?) other devices etc... Welll... I didnt intend for this to turn into such a blurb, can you tell im bored?!! haha Cheers. [/QUOTE]
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