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I have my Remote in my little hands and I have to tell you that it is pretty sweet! Set-up is a little time consuming but well worth it. It relatively easy for people who are not tech-shy to set up. The set-up wizard is point and click where the hardest part is trying to find the model numbers of all your devices.

I did have to do some tweaking–some functional and some just personal preferance. I had to lengthen the warm-up time of the TV before it can accept any commands (changing video inputs for example). And I reconfigured some buttons to be more intuitive for me.

The plethora of devices it can control and the finesse in which it does it, is absolutely amazing. The one touch buttons, like “Watch Movie” makes fiddling around with 3 remotes unnecessary. It even controls the Toshiba VCR/DVD controls without any problems.

This remote is one of those devices that, once you have it, you can’t go back. Thanks Lina.

PS: Are you sure you don’t want one Mr. GG?

As evidenced by the hoards and hoards of people and a parking lot packed with cars to the brim, people like to shop at Costco. Why not? It’s hard to find a better deal than them especially for food. My girlfriend (Lina) and I are part of that group. To be honest though, what I really like is having lunch there. I love grabbing a hotdog & drink and walking around to see what’s new in store.

Armed with said hotdog and drink in hand, the first area that I walk through—actually, it’s more like “forced to” because it’s smacks you in the face as you walk in the door—is the electronic section. Not only do I salivate over the food that they have there but also, the Harmony remote. It’s a $200 remote that will pretty much controls anything. You set up and download your remote setting from their website so it is almost future proof.

Seriously though, $200 for a remote is really hard to swallow. I walk by every time in hopes that the price has dropped. Alas, that has not yet occurred. As we push our cart back to the car, I always mention that we “forgot to buy the remote.” Maybe she was tired of hearing that phrase or maybe she was tired of wiping the drool off my chin as I stared at it, but more likely it’s because she is a really wonderful person that she has surprised me with a remote as a gift. How awesome is she? It’s not the same model but she got a heck of a deal from Dell. She always gets me very thoughtful gifts, especially when it comes to gadgets.

I can’t wait until this weekend when I get to try it out.