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The bottom line is, "my wife won't touch the thing", and I bought it for her.]]>Dec 11th 2005 9:18PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/
The most impressive thing that I still can't figure out is when you tell it what Satellite/Cable service you use, you select which channels you get, and behond the freaking programming listings show up right on the remote! All you do is press teh harmony button, you can select favorites out of the hundreds of channels yuo do get and instead of fiddling with the slow satellite you can breeze through the listing on the remote.

Not bad for an entry level Harmony. I want the 850 now ;)]]>Oct 29th 2005 9:09PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/Oct 29th 2005 7:14PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/
Personally, I feel that the 680 has the best button layout for a DVR. The 659's FFWD/REW/Pause/play buttons are just too low on the remote to use as often as you do with a DVR.]]>Oct 29th 2005 11:10PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/
Im addicted to my harmony.. I think i like it better than my other much more expensive components...
Cheers.]]>Oct 30th 2005 12:13AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/
So Tim.. Start saving up now.. THat thing will be expensive but should be amazing!]]>Oct 30th 2005 12:30AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/Oct 30th 2005 5:00PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/Oct 31st 2005 10:14AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/Oct 31st 2005 10:43AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/Oct 31st 2005 10:53AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/Oct 31st 2005 11:52AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/
The newer remotes seem more durable. I noticed the just released the new 880: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/detailsharmony/US/EN,CRID=2084,CONTENTID=9933

that looks nice too...]]>Oct 31st 2005 5:02PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/
The best is not only being able to have it set up before you get it in the mail (if you order it) but that it works the best. And LCD buttons suck, because we surf by braile. LCD you have to look down at the remote and aim for the button location. The nice thing about the Harmony's LCD buttons is that the button is not LCD, but next to it.

And the last but never least is the WF (Wife Factor). My wife has been telling people to get this remote (the married women).

This is a true Universal Remote. No more pressing a button before using a volume, back to a button to change channels. This is the one remote (any one of the Harmony remotes) to rule them all.]]>Oct 31st 2005 11:08PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/http://hd.engadget.com/2005/10/29/hd-beat-review-harmony-659/Nov 1st 2005 1:13AM