This remote is probably one of the most popular and most sought-after for home theater crazies like me. This review draws a lot of comparisons and contrats to harmony’s older model, the 688.

In summary, I really enjoyed my time with the Harmony 880. It addresses all of the shortcomings I noted in my review of the model 688 without losing any of the benefits of that remote. The only trouble I had in this review was trying to find something not to like. Its lack of RF (radio frequency) capability is probably its only significant drawback, but you can get that (for double the price) in its otherwise strikingly similar big brother the Harmony 890 Pro. But RF capability is only necessary if you want to control your devices from another room, or from the other side of an opaque cabinet. If your home theater devices are in one room, you have a lot of them, and it’s getting harder and harder to explain to your wife and kids how to use them, then get yourself to a Harmony dealer to check out the 880.

The only thing I don’t like about these remotes, is you have to use a computer and internet connection to configure it. I know that shouldn’t be a problem, but I don’t like any component of my system tethered to something that is sometimes unreliable. Once you config the remote, this isn’t a problem, but old farts like me prefer independence anyway.
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