{"id":27,"date":"2014-07-18T03:57:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T03:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hometheatrelife.com\/wp\/?p=27"},"modified":"2015-08-09T23:17:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T13:17:10","slug":"which-remote-is-best-for-my-home-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometheatrelife.com\/which-remote-is-best-for-my-home-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Remote Is Best For My Home Theatre?"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Logitech’s first colour screen remote, the Harmony 650 is ideal for a home theatre at a reasonable price and the backbone of my home theatre. Only offering support for 5 devices when it was first released,\u00a0 Logitech recently upgraded the device to sort 8 devices when setting it up via\u00a0MyHarmony<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Logitech Harmony 650\u00a0can be purchased here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/a> The Logitech Harmony Touch can be purchased here<\/a><\/p>\n For those of you lucky enough to have delved into the world of HTPC’s, the following remotes will be perfect to complete your setup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n To further improve its usability, you can add it as a device into a Harmony remote and only have to use a single remote to control all of your appliances. Purchase this remote here<\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n What about using any remote you have lying around the house? FLIRC allows you to program the device to interpret the IR signals from any remote and have them interpreted as key presses. A simple PC-based configuration tool ensures that all settings are written to the device and can be carried with you – so no need to reconfigure everytime you want to move it to<\/p>\n You can get the FLIRC from here<\/a><\/p>\n A lot of people have asked me which remote control is best when setting up a home theatre system. Whilst the type of system you … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":36,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"acf":[],"qubely_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/hometheatrelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/power-button-on-tv-remote.jpg",1280,853,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/hometheatrelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/power-button-on-tv-remote.jpg",1125,750,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/hometheatrelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/power-button-on-tv-remote.jpg",480,320,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/hometheatrelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/power-button-on-tv-remote-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/hometheatrelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/power-button-on-tv-remote-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/hometheatrelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/power-button-on-tv-remote-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/hometheatrelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/power-button-on-tv-remote-1024x682.jpg",1024,682,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/hometheatrelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/power-button-on-tv-remote.jpg",1280,853,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/hometheatrelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/power-button-on-tv-remote.jpg",1280,853,false],"lets-review-360-240":["https:\/\/hometheatrelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/power-button-on-tv-remote.jpg",360,240,false],"qubely_landscape":["https:\/\/hometheatrelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/power-button-on-tv-remote.jpg",1125,750,false],"qubely_portrait":["https:\/\/hometheatrelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/power-button-on-tv-remote.jpg",480,320,false],"qubely_thumbnail":["https:\/\/hometheatrelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/power-button-on-tv-remote.jpg",140,93,false]},"qubely_author":{"display_name":"Michael","author_link":"https:\/\/hometheatrelife.com\/author\/michaelhtl\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"Gadgets<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"A lot of people have asked me which remote control is best when setting up a home theatre system. Whilst the type of system you ... Read more","yoast_head":"\nLogitech Touch<\/h4>\n
\nSimilar to the Harmony 650, but offering a higher quality 2.4″ capacitive touch-screen capable of gestures, support for 15 devices and a rechargeable battery.<\/p>\nHTPC Only<\/h2>\n
Generic USB Remote<\/h3>\n
\nCheap and cheerful, this basic remote has been a solid staple of my media centre for the last 7 years and has never missed a beat. Plug and play without needing drivers, it is recognised as a keyboard.<\/p>\nFLIRC USB Dongle<\/h3>\n
So what do you recommend?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n