Disclosure: The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free.
How would you like to work your TV from your phone or search using a keyboard? We have streaming and there is nothing worse than looking for a movie and using that crazy keyboard on the search where you have to move the cursor one space at a time. I don’t have to do that now because thanks to Best Buy I have the Logitech Harmony!
The Harmony Smart Keyboard delivers the full Harmony control experience for TV-connected Internet and home entertainment devices. Which means when I want to search for Blechly Circle I can type in and not take an hour! I really love that I can use the keyboard via long or short presses and do everything from turning the channel to selecting a movie to watch. The specially designed keyboard simplifies text entry on internet-connected entertainment devices. Touch the “Movie” Activity button and the right devices switch to the right settings. Plus, it has integrated DVR and set-top box controls, playback and volume buttons, and a touchpad for cursor control on a PC or Mac.
Setting everything up was very easy all I had to do was plug everything into the television, download the app (I downloaded it to my iPod) and follow the instructions in the app. I set up my television and my Blu-Ray player. I didn’t set up my cable box because I didn’t want the entire family playing around. They would tear up a clock. The Harmony Hub (shown above) is great because I can put it inside my cabinet and it will still work.
I love the app because when the television is blaring and I am working or the twins are sleeping then I can use it to turn down the television from my desk or the doorway of the bedroom. I no longer have to yell “Turn it down!” There is a lot to love about the Logitech Harmony! Some of the other features are:
- 3 one-touch activity button
- PC, TV, Movies
- Short and long presses provide 6 total activities
- Integrate touchpad for cursor control on PC or Mac
- Media/Cable/DVR playback controls
- IR, RF, USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
- Simple smartphone setup
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The Logitech Harmony is launching Only at Best Buy (valid 3/5-6/21/2014) on March 23rd.
Harmony App turns iOS & Android smartphones into personal universal remote
I live in a small Georgia town that you most likely have never heard of and I LOVE it! My house is more than full as I am a single mother of four & caregiver to my aging mother and uncle. Lover of all things Outlander. Goes to the beat of her own drum woman.
Tammy S says
This is so sweet! I know my son is going to want it as soon as he see’s it. We have Logitech Remotes for our TV’s and they are awesome! Logitech is great quality products.
Jimmy Arcade says
I completely agree! Those search features on streaming media devices are frustrating. This seems like a great alternative. Normally, I just look it up on the vendor’s web site and if they have it, then I search for it through the search feature on the device.
ginette4 says
I love it and I know someone that would love this even more and he has a birthday coming up and he would flip out if I gifted him this..thanks for the info.
Denise Taylor-Dennis says
This is so awesome I have the hardest time searching on my TV. I wonder if it works with AT&T Uverse. I sounds universal like it would work with most cable boxes.