We've always loved the ease of Logitech's Harmony line. They make remotes so easy, our parents can operate them. OK - maybe not our parents, but most parents.
However, getting so many devices under one controller and making it all pretty and pretty easy doesn't always come cheap. Well, it didn't used to come cheap. Logitech just announced the Harmony 600 and Harmony 650, two new integrated remote controls that cost under $100.
Just like other Harmony remotes, set up is easy through any computer. Just connect via a USB, go to Harmony's website, and download the software. From there, you just enter your various A/V devices. Once you have all of your favorite items input into the remote, you can control items individually or fire up the HDTV, Blu-ray player, receiver and other devices all at the touch of one button, which Logitech calls an "Activity." For example, a "Watch a Movie" activity might fire up your TV, A/V receiver and Blu-ray player, set the TV to the HDMI 1 input and set the remote so that play and pause buttons operate the Blu-ray player while "aspect" controls the TV and Volume up/down controls the receiver (all automatically through the use of the Harmony programming Wizrad).
