Remotes Archive

  • Accessory turns iPhone into a universal remote

    Accessory turns iPhone into a universal remote

    A company called New Kinetix is unveiling an attachment that turns your iPhone or Touch into a Universal Remote. Useful? Nah, since most of us don't want to leave the iPhone lying around on the coffee table and then poke at it with Cheeto powdered hands while we watch Dr. Who. There a reason why standalone universal remotes exists. It's because remotes get beaten up and broken.

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  • CrunchDeals: Refurbished Logitech Harmony 890 remote for $100

    CrunchDeals: Refurbished Logitech Harmony 890 remote for $100

    Amazon has a pretty aggressive deal on a refurbished Logitech Harmony 890 universal remote control. It’s priced at $99.99, today only, down from just under $250 normally.

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  • Crunchdeals: Logitech Harmony 670 Remote

    Crunchdeals: Logitech Harmony 670 Remote

    Everyone knows that we here at CrunchGear love Logitech's Harmory remotes. Normally though, they are really expensive and perhaps out of the reach of the casual buyer. Good news though, Tiger Direct has one hell of a deal on the 670, a IR remote designed to work with pretty much everything out there.

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  • GlideTV: Thumb-friendly HTPC remote

    GlideTV: Thumb-friendly HTPC remote

    The GlideTV Navigator is a $150 wireless remote control for use with home theater PC setups. The large-ish center trackpad area is surrounded by various buttons while the outside of the remote features media, search, power, and volume controls.

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  • Cool $40 HTPC remote features trackpad, QWERTY keypad

    Cool $40 HTPC remote features trackpad, QWERTY keypad

    Here’s what you get when you take a BlackBerry and replace the screen with a trackpad – a nice remote control for an HTPC. It’s compatible with Windows, Linux, and Mac and uses wireless RF signals to communicate with an included USB receiver.

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  • Woot! Two-pack of giant remotes for $5

    Woot! Two-pack of giant remotes for $5

    remoteBoy, oh boy. Here's the best deal going on those jaw-droppingly large universal remotes that your grandpa used to switch between Matlock and Wheel of Fortune. Woot.com is selling not one, but two -- two! -- gigantic remotes for just $5, plus $5 shipping.

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  • Waterproof universal remotes for droolers, spillers, and pool owners

    Waterproof universal remotes for droolers, spillers, and pool owners

    remotesIf you think a waterproof remote control is a good idea, then you're either clumsy, have kids, or you own a pool and around the pool there's at least one TV and when people come over, they're like "Holy smokes, you have an outdoor TV? By your pool, no less?!!" Oh, and you should probably live in Japan because that's where these waterproof universal remotes from Sony will be available at first.

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