As an audiovisual professional with 20 years of experience I would like to add my two cents. If you're a consumer looking forward to replacing your individual remotes with single remote, I have not seen anything that is easier to set up and use than the Harmony line. You can get the basic model for $99 dollars and use the web interface to get it up and running your home theater in about 20 minutes. It is unbeatable in comparison to the competing solutions.
If you either want to brag or need to control something that is too complicated for the basic Harmony, the three best options are: 1) the ultimate Harmony model which is currently the 1100 which sells for $499. 2) the ultimate URC which is currently the MX-5000 which sells for $1500 or 3) The entry level Crestron model called Prodigy, which sells for $700.
With all of these remotes you can control, AV, HVAC, Lighting, Shading, Security. The only difference with the URC is that it provides feedback from devices that are able to provide feedback and the ability to use some PC functionality. So here is my opinion, if you have a decent home theater, and you live in an apartment or small home the Logitech solution will control everything that you could possibly want to control for a very reasonable price. If you have a more advanced home theater and live in a larger home, I would recommend the Crestron system. There is no limit to its expandability and ability to control devices. The only reason to buy the URC would be for the feedback feature which will only appeal to a techie control freak who wants to be aware of the state of each device that they are controlling.
The Triumph proved to be one of the better looking and performing pre-paid handsets we'd had the pleasure of holding in our sweaty mitts, but we had one major hangup: the name.
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As an audiovisual professional with 20 years of experience I would like to add my two cents.
If you're a consumer looking forward to replacing your individual remotes with single remote, I have not seen anything that is easier to set up and use than the Harmony line. You can get the basic model for $99 dollars and use the web interface to get it up and running your home theater in about 20 minutes. It is unbeatable in comparison to the competing solutions.
If you either want to brag or need to control something that is too complicated for the basic Harmony, the three best options are: 1) the ultimate Harmony model which is currently the 1100 which sells for $499. 2) the ultimate URC which is currently the MX-5000 which sells for $1500 or 3) The entry level Crestron model called Prodigy, which sells for $700.
With all of these remotes you can control, AV, HVAC, Lighting, Shading, Security. The only difference with the URC is that it provides feedback from devices that are able to provide feedback and the ability to use some PC functionality. So here is my opinion, if you have a decent home theater, and you live in an apartment or small home the Logitech solution will control everything that you could possibly want to control for a very reasonable price. If you have a more advanced home theater and live in a larger home, I would recommend the Crestron system. There is no limit to its expandability and ability to control devices. The only reason to buy the URC would be for the feedback feature which will only appeal to a techie control freak who wants to be aware of the state of each device that they are controlling.