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— -- Nowadays, there's a good chance that your TV has a lot more hooked up to it than just a cable box or antenna (remember those?), especially if you're putting together a home theater. In fact, ...

Controlling all the gear in your entertainment center doesn’t have to mean spending $200 on a Logitech Harmony remote. If you’d rather get something nice and simple that doesn’t cost a fortune, you’ll ...

Picking a universal remote control is pretty tricky these days. There are plenty of simple, programmable IR blasters out there, but some of the best remotes can control other devices using Bluetooth ...

Having already provided a remote for the control of iOS devices with its BT Media Remote, Satechi has reversed things by releasing a dongle that turns an iOS device into a universal remote control. In ...

The dirty little secret of iOS remote control devices is that the vast majority of them are terrible. And they are for good reason. Simple as creating a universal remote control may sound, it presents ...

While the iPhone and iPod touch may be wonderful devices for performing any number of tricks, they’re not particularly good universal IR remote controls when coupled with infrared dongles or cases.

I have two different rooms with an AV Receiver, multiple HDMI devices, video game systems (Xbox1s, 360s, and PS3s right now, eventually a PS4 or two) etc. Currently have a Harmony 900 on both rooms, ...

If I were to line up all of the remote controls for the components I use with my TV, there’d be four, not including the game system controllers and keyboard. So I’ve tried out a number of universal ...

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