I have got an exercise for you. Go around your house and gather up all of the remote controls. I came up with about 15-20. I think that my family would fall apart without their remotes, so it is pretty bad for us to lose one. Also, we seem to have remotes for things that we no longer own. I mean, who uses a VCR anymore anyway? And how many of you have lost remotes? Did you check under those sofa pillows? Well, you might not need to worry about too many or missing remotes any more. Just pick up a Universal Remote Control R50.
I’m starting to put together a series of gadget blog posts that would be great gifts, especially for Father’s Day. The URC R50 would definitely be on that list. The R50 is a reasonably priced (MSRP is $149 but you can find it for less, around the $80-90 range), easy to use, extremely functional universal remote control.
Before I go down into my review of the URC R50, I did want to provide some framework around universal remote controllers. These can range from a controller that you get with from your cable or satellite company (which can control things like your TV, DVD and other components), to the “cheap-o” remotes that you can pick up at the supermarket or radio shack (which are, let’s face it, pretty darn ugly), to higher-end remotes like a Monster Central or Logitech Harmony remote.
The Universal Remote Control R50 competes with the likes of Monster and Logitech, but with some clear cut differences, (and especially against the lower end remotes): [click to continue…]
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