Remote Controls News & Reviews

Logitech Harmony Ultimate Review

If you can get past the price tag, the Logitech Harmony Ultimate is the most powerful, simplest universal remote you can get. (4 out of 5) Editor’s Choice Pros Powerful Easy...
Logitech Harmony Touch Review

Logitech’s Harmony range of universal remote controls are decent attempts at uncluttering our living rooms by providing us with a single remote for all our devices, and the Logitech Harmony Touch...
Logitech’s New Harmony Universal Remotes Link Up to Your Smartphone

When is a TV remote more than a TV remote? When it’s a Logitech Harmony universal remote, which today got two new additions to its lineup: the Harmony Ultimate and Harmony...
Logitech Harmony Touch Review

While it’s pricey, the Logitech Harmony Touch is one of the easiest-to-use, most powerful universal remotes we’ve tested. (4 out of 5) Editor’s Choice Pros Extremely simple to set up and...
One For All Infinity Universal Remote Control

One For All introduced its new Infinity universal remote control range with ‘Smart Screen’ which shows you only the keys you need. Beautiful in either snowy white or jet black with...
ARCHOS TV Connect Brings Web and Apps to Any HDTV

Multi-gesture Touch Remote and HD Camera Combo Turns any HDTV into an Android powered Smart TV The new ARCHOS TV Connect offers a multi-touch Android on TV experience for apps, games, and Internet...
Nintendo’s TVii Launches Dec. 20 on Wii U

Nintendo will continue to meld the video game and television-watching experiences with tomorrow’s launch of the Nintendo TVii remote control. The free, integrated service for the new Wii U console combines...
Logitech Harmony Touch Review

The Logitech Harmony Touch has a stylish and comfortable design and features both a customizable touch-screen interface and gesture support. (3.5 out of 5) Logitech’s Harmony Touch picks up where its...
Remote Control Inventor Eugene Polley Dies at 96

The Zenith engineer’s wireless, ray gun-shaped Flash-Matic remote touched off a revolution in television viewing in 1955 and we haven’t looked back since. Eugene Polley, inventor of the wireless television remote...
Misc iPhone-base Remote Controls Review

This is a weird review. We are looking at an assortment of remote controls. Some may not even look like remote controls, but they are. So for this video, we’re not...
Pro Control Pro24.r and Pro24.z Remote Controls

Pro Control announced the handheld Pro24.r and Pro24.z touch-screen remote controllers and the ProLink.r and ProLink.z central control processors that deliver the power to address the unique demands of today's installations....
Samsung’s New HDTVs Destroy the Remote Control

Samsung unveiled its new HDTVs and home entertainment products today. Its high-end HDTVs forego the traditional remote control, instead using a touchpad, voice, and gesture recognition to control your home theater....
LG Magic Remote Powered by Nuance’s Dragon Technology Review

What if you talked to your TV? OK, so many of you do, particularly during political debates and football season… But what if you spoke to your TV and it did...
Griffin Beacon Universal Remote Control for iPhone or Android

Griffin Technology and Dijit Media have introduced the Beacon Universal Remote Control System for iPhone or iPad (iOS) and a new version for Android smartphones and tablets. The Wireless AV controller...
Logitech Harmony Link Universal Remote Control for iPad

Logitech announced the Logitech Harmony Link which turns your iPad or smartphone into a complete universal remote control. The Logitech Harmony Link connects to your existing home wireless network to receive...
Zero1.tv VooMote Zapper Universal Remote Control for iPhone/iPad

Zero1.tv announced the VooMote Zapper, a small adapter that turns your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch into a universal remote control with TV Guide functionality. It can control virtually all electronics...
Zero1.tv VooMote One Remote Control for iPhone

Zero1.tv announced the VooMote One accessory that transforms your iPhone and/or iPod touch into a fully functioning universal remote control when used with their free app. The infrared transmitter at the...
Sunfire Universal Wireless Subwoofer Kit Review

Information on the Sunfire Universal Subwoofer Wireless Kit is very thin right now. But at $80 each for the transmitter and receiver and the ability to pair two receivers with a...
ELAN Home Systems HR2 Remote and HC4 Home Controller Review

The problem with custom install products has, traditionally, been cost. But the ELAN “Killer Combo” of the HR2 remote and HC4 Media Controller is much more than that. It is a...
Peel iPhone, iPod, iPad Remote Control Review

I’ve presided over many advanced devices in the audio-video world. Peel, a new Silicon Valley company that hit the scene this year with the help for some well-placed venture capital, is...