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<blockquote data-quote="Lehmden" data-source="post: 1063612" data-attributes="member: 109222">Hi.I really hate Harmony. Never will buy one again... You press a button and... nothing happened. &quot;Half an eternity&quot; later the reaction on this button arrives at the HTPC, if you're lucky.... Mostly you've pressed the button again and again and again and again... simply waiting for reaction. And suddenly all those actions are done after each other... Really terrible. Never had those on any other brand, no matter how cheap or expensive this was... Never ever again Harmony remote. Not even if you pay me a billion bucks to use it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />But the &quot;Remote&quot; itself did not matter that much. MP only recognizes the receiver. If receiver is OK, all is OK (excerpt for this shitty slow Harmony)... You can use nearly every &quot;One for all&quot; or programmable remote as long as it can be set/programmed to &quot;MCE&quot;. I still have one Original Microsoft MCE Remote. It's the best I ever had hands on. You can control the HTPC from another room (as long as doors are open) or from 50 Meters distance... Don't need to point to the receiver at all. Reflections on walls are more than good enough. But this one no longer is available since a long time. A pity.If you want to control your HTPC as cheap as possible use your phone or tablet (Android, iOS,...). Its completely free of charge. And as it uses Wifi you don't need a receiver nor view to the HTPC.The second cheapest solution I have is from an &quot;1 Euro Shop&quot; (didn't know if this type of store is available in other countries too...) There I had to pay 4.95€ for a MCE compatible Remote (branded as Speedlink) including RC6 USB Receiver and batteries... What should I say, it's working. This includes &quot;Green&quot; and coloured buttons and all the other &quot;special&quot; MCE buttons without the need to configure anyting inside MP...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lehmden, post: 1063612, member: 109222"] Hi. I really hate Harmony. Never will buy one again... You press a button and... nothing happened. "Half an eternity" later the reaction on this button arrives at the HTPC, if you're lucky.... Mostly you've pressed the button again and again and again and again... simply waiting for reaction. And suddenly all those actions are done after each other... Really terrible. Never had those on any other brand, no matter how cheap or expensive this was... Never ever again Harmony remote. Not even if you pay me a billion bucks to use it. ;) But the "Remote" itself did not matter that much. MP only recognizes the receiver. If receiver is OK, all is OK (excerpt for this shitty slow Harmony)... You can use nearly every "One for all" or programmable remote as long as it can be set/programmed to "MCE". I still have one Original Microsoft MCE Remote. It's the best I ever had hands on. You can control the HTPC from another room (as long as doors are open) or from 50 Meters distance... Don't need to point to the receiver at all. Reflections on walls are more than good enough. But this one no longer is available since a long time. A pity. If you want to control your HTPC as cheap as possible use your phone or tablet (Android, iOS,...). Its completely free of charge. And as it uses Wifi you don't need a receiver nor view to the HTPC. The second cheapest solution I have is from an "1 Euro Shop" (didn't know if this type of store is available in other countries too...) There I had to pay 4.95€ for a MCE compatible Remote (branded as Speedlink) including RC6 USB Receiver and batteries... What should I say, it's working. This includes "Green" and coloured buttons and all the other "special" MCE buttons without the need to configure anyting inside MP... [/QUOTE]

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