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Pronto vs Harmony vs ????
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Post 1 made on Thursday January 17, 2002 at 17:39
Raffi
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I would like to buy a URC. I hear that the Pronto, Neo, and Harmony all pass the "wife" and "non-tech family members" test.

I am comfortable with programming (I used to work for Crestron) these things, but easy of ultimate use is obviously important.

As posted earlier, the warranty period for the Harmony makes me nervous, but the product is intriguing.

Based on my profile will I be buying a Harmony and then getting a pronto anyway because I may the advanced programability of one or will the Harmony do fine.

Thanks.

Raffi
Post 2 made on Thursday January 17, 2002 at 19:10
edgrood
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My Harmony easily passed the wife test. I have not purchased a Pronto, but have downloaded and their software. While I like the mechanical button layout on the Proto Neo better, I really liked the activity approach of the Harmony and the Help button which allows users to easily resynchronize the remote and the gear by answering simple yes no questions. The macro approach used by most remotes requires the user to understand how the system is wired, to figure out which component is in the wrong state, and then know how to use the remote to get the component into the correct state. The Harmony takes care of the first and third and uses yes/no questions to figure out which setting is wrong. It is a major advancement in my mind. Prior to Harmony my wife would continually ask me to make the system work. The use of macros was just not reliable enough.

Ed
Post 3 made on Sunday January 20, 2002 at 11:26
kreck
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I had a Pronto, played with it for a good while but I found a few deficiendies that just killed it for my needs. I ended up buying a Harmony. edgrood's post echos a lot of my own sentiments.

The whole Pronto programming scheme and ProntoEdit are overly complex. That can be a good or bad thing depending on what you're trying to do. It was a bit too much for me and I'm an engineer. I also found the contrast and readability to be lousy even with a backlight. The processor is slow and takes a while to change to a new screen. Lastly the remote is clunky, huge, and not easy to operate by feel in a dark room.

On the other hand the Harmony was an excellent 'out of box experience'. I was able to set it up quickly and it by far the easiest remote I've ever used or setup. While it is not ultimately as flexible to the extent of the Prono, it should be able to accomplish 98% of what anyone would need to do for a LOT less hassle

Steve


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