First, let me point out that I live in Thailand.
I'm looking for a programmable universal remote that can control a SONY Sound Bar (no CEC, no ARC), an older Samsung TV and an Apple TV 4. I was previously using a Logitec Harmony 650 which worked perfectly until I dumped a cup of coffee on it.
I'd buy another, but it seems that model has been discontinued. The successor model (665) seems expensive and gets some poor reviews on Amazon.
I have looked at this thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-apple-tv-a-remote-that-can-be-found.2281936/
The Samsung remote can control the ATV, but it cannot turn the sound bar on (no CEC).
The ATV remote can turn the TV on and control the volume on the sound bar, but it can't change channels on the TV.
I bought a non-programmable remote, but it's pretty much a disaster. It's really not much better than using three dedicated remotes. The buttons and text are so tiny that I need reading glasses and a bright light to operate it. Every action requires two button presses (first select the device, then the action). Some require three: select the device, press the shift key, select the action. Sometimes the ATV does not respond to the remote. If you forget to select the device before you select the action, you may find yourself in a twisted, albeit hilarious, mess. (While watching TV I forget to select the TV mode and ended up doing all sorts of things to my ATV, which, of course, was not visible to me at the time.)
Price is not a huge object, but anything imported and costing over 1000 baht (about US$30) will incur customs duties and excise tax. Not huge but significant.
I'm looking for a programmable universal remote that can control a SONY Sound Bar (no CEC, no ARC), an older Samsung TV and an Apple TV 4. I was previously using a Logitec Harmony 650 which worked perfectly until I dumped a cup of coffee on it.
I'd buy another, but it seems that model has been discontinued. The successor model (665) seems expensive and gets some poor reviews on Amazon.
I have looked at this thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-apple-tv-a-remote-that-can-be-found.2281936/
The Samsung remote can control the ATV, but it cannot turn the sound bar on (no CEC).
The ATV remote can turn the TV on and control the volume on the sound bar, but it can't change channels on the TV.
I bought a non-programmable remote, but it's pretty much a disaster. It's really not much better than using three dedicated remotes. The buttons and text are so tiny that I need reading glasses and a bright light to operate it. Every action requires two button presses (first select the device, then the action). Some require three: select the device, press the shift key, select the action. Sometimes the ATV does not respond to the remote. If you forget to select the device before you select the action, you may find yourself in a twisted, albeit hilarious, mess. (While watching TV I forget to select the TV mode and ended up doing all sorts of things to my ATV, which, of course, was not visible to me at the time.)
Price is not a huge object, but anything imported and costing over 1000 baht (about US$30) will incur customs duties and excise tax. Not huge but significant.
