{"id":32110,"date":"2021-04-12T17:01:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T21:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=32110"},"modified":"2021-04-12T17:01:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T21:01:12","slug":"logitech-harmony-remote-discontinued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/12\/logitech-harmony-remote-discontinued\/","title":{"rendered":"Logitech Harmony Remote Discontinued"},"content":{"rendered":"

Logitech<\/a>:<\/p>\n

While Harmony remotes are and continue to be available through various retailers, moving forward Logitech will no longer manufacture Harmony remotes.<\/p>\n

We expect no impact to our customers by this announcement. We plan to support our Harmony community and new Harmony customers, which includes access to our software and apps to set up and manage your remotes. We also plan to continue to update the platform and add devices to our Harmony database. Customer and warranty support will continue to be offered.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Jason Snell<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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This is real shame. I love my Logitech Harmony remote, and have bought them for my family in the past as well. This isn’t to say that the Harmony was awesome<\/em>, just that it was better than any other option I’d tried.<\/p>\n

But this demise has probably been a long time coming: a lot of people have fewer devices hooked up to their TVs now, many bundled remotes can control multiples devices, and technologies like HDMI-CEC have helped eliminate some needs for universal remotes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Nick Heer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

For one, there are many other companies that maintain databases of IR remote control codes, not just Logitech, so those codes are not disappearing off the face of the planet just because Harmony is going away. Some of those databases are also open to the public, like this one on GitHub<\/a>. There are also some other universal options<\/a> that, like those from Logitech, have those codes in a database and do not require individual programming — Logitech’s Harmony line seems to be the default pick among buyers’ guides, but Joanna Stern’s choice<\/a> was the Ray Super Remote and TechHive<\/em> likes a Caavo model<\/a>. Most importantly, the universal control problem is slowly fading as HDMI CEC<\/a> becomes more widely used and different remotes can be used with different equipment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n