Hello everyone, I recently installed Home Assistant via docker on my QNAP NAS. I have been wanting to upgrade my home theater remote for some time, and now would like to get one that plays nicely with HASS. My home theater consists of an Onkyo receiver (running 7.1 speakers), an LG OLED TV and a Wi…

First, I LOVE my Harmony hub/elite(s) and you can have them when you pry them from my cold, dead hands. I have no preference HOW I control gear as long as it’s local, responsive, and reliable. Harmony has done that for years for me with literally any AV equipment I’ve thrown at it. It is the gold…

I did this [image] My Lounge Setup mite give other user Ideas Share your Projects! Just want to show off 1 room of my house that home assistant has Control of… TV panasonic 65" [image] 1= broadlink 2= IR repeater (going into cabinet [image] kick board slides out hi…

[image] NathanCu: but are they PROUD of it And rightly so. Can’t wait for mine.

Thanks for the replies, guys! I have been thinking about the Sofabaton but it does seem buggy, so getting a Harmony Elite would have my preference, even with it being discontinued (I share your sentiment that ‘support’ will probably be very limited). The YIO looks awesome but such a high price for s…

[image] firstmouse56: but such a high price for self-assembly That was the V1. The V2 comes fully factory assembled. You’ve missed the Kickstarter now anyway. Though if you do want one later there are usually a few left over after the deliveries have been made.

Good to know the YIO 2 is not DIY. Seems I just missed the kickstarter campaign. The YIO 2 seems like a cool remote, and it seems to work nicely with Home Assistant. Connecting directly to Wi-Fi is cool if Home Assistant is the center of the smart home anyway. But the reason I never purchased a Harm…

[image] firstmouse56: So 350 euros for a remote that has not proven itself… IDK. The exact reason i did not do the Kickstarter. Proven its still $100 USD more than I am willing to pay. Unproven its a nonstarter. The Harmony was (is, even discontinued) well worth the money and on average $20…

[image] NathanCu: so I’m currently searching for a valid Harmony replacement as Logitech sadly announced earlier this year that they would no longer be producing Harmony remotes. Just to be clear, Harmony (those with a Hub) would still work as for today, yes? And is it all local? Does the i…

Yes Harmony still works. You MUST use thier app (either mobile app or theres a version for a Windows PC) for setup. The apps require logitech’s cloud at setup time. (has to pull codes, etc.) Once setup it works locally and there’s a local integration for HA (requires putting the Harmony hub in deve…

Same story here - I have the Harmony Hub with Companion Remote (cheapest option) and have backed Sofabaton on Kickstarter as “insurance”. The other options just seem way too expensive. I’m not looking forward to reprogramming a new remote for the TV, and STB, and XBox One, and Apple TV, and Wii U, a…

Suggest me a home theater remote

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myle (StePhan McKillen (Other kiwi Here)) November 2, 2021, 3:38am 3

I did this

even with the dum remote I fast forward my Kodi box