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They sell what your looking for at walmart. I bought one for about 15 or 20 bucks its a male usb on one end and the female serial on the other.

It didnt seem to work very well though...

Hmm. The ones I have at work work just fine, at least for talking to Cisco equipment. Don't remember the brand, and I don't think they make them any more, but there should be plenty of alterntives out there.

Harmony now has a local client app. A blt less dependent on the web interface.

Except it is the web interface. And it's slow as mud.

I want my damn discreet commands on my stupid DVD changer. Yamaha won't give them to me. Yes, I'm bitter.

Anybody have experience with a Harmony 659?? I'm just wondering what is the main difference between that and the 880. Other than one is rechargeable.

Can pickup a 659 pretty reasonably right now, but if it eats batteries often then I would rather consider the rechargable...but the 880 is a lot more.

I have the 676, which is pretty much the same as the 659, barring button moves. I prefer the 676's button position to just about any of the other remotes, including the 880. The 880s buttons are far too similar, especially if you're doing it by feel.
The 676 does just about everything I want it to, with a minimum of fuss. Like I was complaining about, I want discreet codes for disc selection and ff/rev on my DVD changer, but that's not really Harmony's fault.

http://www.universalremote.com/pro/products.php

the best all around remote i have ever seen is my mx-500. still going strong some 4 years later. the mx line is sturdy well built remote. the harmony may be bit more userfriendly, but it will not last as long.

later.

This new reciever of mine has more functions than my MX850 has buttons and screens. It looks as if I really do need a new remote now.

Anyone have the MX810 or 900? I do not like touch screens or those big fat square boxes like the Pronto or MX3000.

I have a MX900 and I *LOVE* it. I tried a lot of universal remotes and I always had to have the other remotes lying around for some reason or another. 900 totally removed every other remote.

It feels very nice when you hold it. The button layout is orders of magnitude better than Harmony series. I have the 800 series Harmony in my other place and I can't stand the small buttons.

all the important hard buttons are there. For example : menu, guide, info, exit, mute and prev channels. The skip- and skip+ is nice as well.

Thanks for the info. The MX900 looks like it will do everything that the Harmony's will, but I looked at a couple places online and its 3x the price of a 659 and twice the price of an 880 right now.

Unless its 2 or 3 times better than those, I'll probably be going Harmony.