You go to your friend’s house and you notice something interesting. Right in front of the TV you see something that looks like a Blackberry or even an iPhone. It has small buttons below the screen and the interface is something really regular. You don’t even know how it will work until your friend shows you what it is. Alas! It’s a remote control. There’s a cool interface that lets you control almost anything in the room: TV, DVD, VCD, Satellite Cable…almost everything. Welcome to the new world of digital control. Your remote control is now your new best friend next to your iPhone. Here are some of the best controls that you should consider for your home system.
Philips RC9800I Interface Remote Control – If you have the dough, why don’t you go ahead for one of the best remote controls out there. Phillips has creative this user friendly and aesthetically attractive remote control. This square shaped control was launched July 2005 and until today, it can still rake a price up to $350.00. This will certainly complement your HDTV experience.
Logitech Harmony 1000 Advanced Universal Learning Remote – No, the number 1000 does not refer to the number of appliances it can control. But the versatility of this control is highly impressive. At first you’ll feel like you’re a computer programmer out there to create the world’s greatest software but once you get the hang of it (usually a week or two), this could be even be better that Philips RC 9800I. A regular remote control only works through infrared. Sometimes, it could complicate things since with one touch, not only the TV will follow, but the DVD players as well. This could create confusion and frustration as you try to manipulate something. But this one’s different. Aside from infrared, it also works as a radio frequency remote. Although it can’t be used on the TVs since all of them are infrared, it can technically control r/c cars! All you need to do is go to the Harmony Website and take control everything in your house with this simple device. You’ll feel like Dr. Evil with the things that you can control. Though it can rake as much as $500.00, the beauty of this remote control doesn’t seem to end.
Universal Remote Control MX-3000 – The most expensive that I’ve seen so far. With this price, you can practically purchase two more standard televisions and a cable TV subscription. This remote control is built in being the strongest among the remote controls in terms of speed. This remote control comes with a USB port and you can easily control the programming in your computer using the same software that also comes with the remote control. A little bit pricey for a remote, but its windows based software can somehow answer for that. The price as of this writing is almost $1000.00.
If you want to have the best in the remote control world, check out these things. For a couch potato, a $500.00 remote control is a small price to pay compared to standing up and gets things done. If this remote control could make coffee, it will take over the world in no time.
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i have one of them logitech-harmony ones - its so aweome, it controls like 6 different entertainment boxes with 1 remote
Comment by pooface — May 22, 2008 @ 7:23 pm