Hello EveryBody,

Iam Totaly new in this stuff, so it would really Great, if some one help me..
and try to advice me and answer my qustions

1-Which one i have to buy, Philips rc9800i or Harmony 1000...?
2- Is ther are lot of diffrents between them?

Please Help me! i am realy confused..

This is my AV devices:

LG DVD
Kenwood Reciver 5.1
Sony 29" Trinitron
LG 42" Plasma
Philips DVD-WR
JVC DVD Player
Creative JuckBox
Nikia DVD
Nikia 21" TV
JVC 21" TV
Nesat chanel reciver
LG VHS Player
Soon, i will buy new 6.1 reciver + 42" HD LCD Screen

I realy like RC9800i remote, but iam afraid from the bad reviews, iam afraid that in the future if i buy new device will not work with the rc9800i..

I need the remote to control all my dvices, and i realy like the ONE TOUCH which make many dvices work together, in the rc9800i

My budget is around $300

which one is beter Philips rc9800i or Harmony 1000??
is ther are many diffrents in both models?

sorry for make it too long,,,

Thanks

Hi, iam sorry, i add this topic in this location by mistake.. sorry again.. thanks

$300 isn't gonna get you either one of those remotes bud.

WHY?? if fount the Philips rc9800i, in the AMAZON, below $300

I believe that Harmony is PC programmable. RC9800i is NOT. RC9800i is WiFi but I think the only thing you may gain is the ability to download TV Listings (you will need to research this). If you want a remote that you can change the images on the screen and supply your own graphics, then the 9800i is most likely not for you.

Dear Lyndel, thanks for your replay... can you please help me more to make my maind and take the decision about which one i will buy...

i dont care about the graphics change in the screen.. the main thing which i care about is that i want the remote to control all my current devices, and the future one. is the 9800i well do?

one more thing, how many devices i can manage to control with the 9800i??
last qustion please, do you advice me to spend some more $, and get the Harmony? or do you thing that the 9800, is more than enough for me, if you no that i need it only to control my devices and to be uptodate with the new devices.....??

Iam very sorry for make it too long... i will be appreciate if you advice me...

Thanks

Don't forget that the RC9800i supports UPnP and the Harmony doesn't. If you want to use the device to control content on a PC (which I'm guessing you do based on your listing of Creative Jukebox in your equipment list) this will be amazingly useful. While viewing pictures on the remote control may not be that useful, being able to browse and control your music collection from the remote is pretty nice. This is a pretty nice feature to get at the $500 price point.

If you don't care about being able to design the remote yourself and just want all of your equipment to work with one remote, I'd definitely go with the 9800i; it's also a lot sleeker looking. HTH.

Hi dear Davidsylvester,

Thank you very much, for your reply... now the picture clear to me..
I just have one more qustions which are:

Is the 9800i, capable to learn from other remote as the harmony 1000?
Is the 9800i, easy to update and control a new diveces?

Thanks very much for your help..

one more qustion.. please.

how many components (RC9800i) can hold?

THANKS

Dude, I don't want to start anything but go to the RC9800i forum and see what people are saying about it and you'll probably realize you don't want it.