ESPN Ultimate Remote

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ESPN's unleashing The Ultimate Remote, developed by tvCompass, complete with 2.2-inch QVGA LCD screen and 802.11 b/g WiFi stuffed in a 6.5 oz package. It's certainly a serious contender with the Harmony One -- and priced like it, at $300. The marketing info claims no PC is required for setup, recharging via USB, an internet browser with real time access to scores, fantasy info and TV listings for broadcast, cable and satellite from click365's wireless partners. There's even a messaging feature for texting from remote to remote, email, or to a cellphone. We got a glimpse of it at Microsoft's booth during CES, and while it claims "Advanced Microsoft Windows operating software" it's not talking about SideShow. It reminds us a lot of the Ricavision VAVE100 MCE/SideShow remote, but with a slightly different feature set. Father's Day is coming up and suddenly walking over to the computer (or keeping a laptop or PDA/phone on the couch) is sounding like a lot of unnecessary work. Check after the break for a bigger pic with keypad breakdown, or head to Amazon to preorder.

ESPN unveils The Ultimate Remote, is WiFi worth $300? - Engadget





I have a Harmony remote and love it, but I'm drooling over this and feeling like a real dork.

I know I would never use half the features and I still want one.

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it can text to a cell phone but there's no mention of it also being a phone.... dumb. It should have also been a cordless phone.

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A few of my friends have had controllers like this, but they always seemed over complicated to me when all I wanted to do was change the channel or power up a device

Like right now, I have my tv, my dvr / time warner cable box thing, and my dvd player. What advantages would this thing (or the Harmony or whatever) have over the controller the cable company gave me for free?

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Originally Posted by motivez

A few of my friends have had controllers like this, but they always seemed over complicated to me when all I wanted to do was change the channel or power up a device

Like right now, I have my tv, my dvr / time warner cable box thing, and my dvd player. What advantages would this thing (or the Harmony or whatever) have over the controller the cable company gave me for free?

One thing I really like on my Harmony is that it can do multiple things with one key press.


If i'm watching Cable and decide I want to watch a DVD, all I have to do is press one button and it will turn off the cable box, switch the source on the TV and power up the DVD player.