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Out of thousands of reviews for 126 products, over 100 people recommended Remote Controls specifically for Dish. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.

No 1 Sony RM-VL600
Sony RM-VL600 Remote Control $17 - $30 Compare Prices
  • Any Device Controlled By Remote
  • Not LCD
  • Type: Learning
  • Released over 2 years ago
12 People Recommend
"i only had to view the first two pages of the manual to get my remote up and running allowing me to control my sony tv, dvd player, receiver and a scientific atlanta cable box and echo star sat dish.…"

- Amazon.com User

"the sony rm-vl600 remote also worked great with my dish network 301 satellite receiver using the echostar remote code of 3010.…"

- Amazon.com User

"i am using this remote for a toshiba tv, phillips dvd, yamaha home theater receiver, and dish network dvr.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 2 Logitech H-880NPS LCD
Logitech H-880NPS LCD Remote Control $74 - $286 Compare Prices
  • Easy To Use
  • Attractive Design
  • Long Battery Life
  • LCD
  • Released over 3 years ago
12 People Recommend
"it does an excellent job of keeping track of "activities" so switching from cds, to radio, to dvds, to watching the dish, is a snap.…"

- Amazon.com User

"my remote had a problem learning commands from my dish network remote but not other remotes.…"

- Amazon.com User

"on the plus side, it controls every device i have (tv, dish hd dvr, dvd, and denon receiver.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 3 Logitech Harmony 890 LCD
Logitech Harmony  890 LCD Remote Control $175 - $400 Compare Prices
  • Easy To Use
  • LCD
  • Type: Universal
  • Released over 2 years ago
11 People Recommend
"if you want to control dish network 811 hd receiver, it is the only remote i know that can operate it.…"

- Nextag.com User

"i like this remote, it can manage all my entertainment system which is composed by an lcd tv, directv pvr, dish network and over the air tv plus dvd system and home theater, however i just rate it 4…"

- Amazon.com User

"i'm still working on getting it to be a more smooth operation when switching from one component to another and from the sattelite dish to the dvr, and back to the volume, but at the end of the day, i…"

- Amazon.com User


No 4 Logitech H550
Logitech H550 Remote Control $55 - $99 Compare Prices
  • Easy To Use
  • Comfortable
  • Versatile
  • Applicable Devices: TV, DVD Player, Receiver
  • Released over 2 years ago
9 People Recommend
"was about time i had a universal remote to control all my various components: tv, sony home theater, jvc vcr (we still use it to watch old home videos of the kids), and dish network satellite box.…"

- RadRes from Rochester, NY at Circuitcity.com

"i was worried about the ergonomics and ease of using my dish network dvr remote since i'm so used to the button-layout and feel, but the 550 has dedicated buttons for so many of the functions that…"

- Tigerdirect.com User

"we have since moved to a house where we have dish network, we had to play with the settings a little bit, the dvr that we got the auto settings with the logitech settings forgot a dvr button, but…"

- Bestbuy.com User


No 5 Logitech Harmony 659 LCD
Logitech Harmony 659 LCD Remote Control $88 - $180 Compare Prices
  • Excellent Programmability
  • Easy To Use
  • Excellent Control
  • Any Device Controlled By Remote
  • Released over 3 years ago
9 People Recommend
"it will not copy the functions for a dishtv remote controller as that is done by radio frequency and not ir.…"

- Tigerdirect.com User

"he used the dish network remote for his hd satellite but his tv was too new to be supported so he had to keep its remote around for on/off and input switching.…"

- Amazon.com User

"i had been trying to get my hannspree lcd tv to work with my dish pvr and onkyo remote controls, but could never find the right codes (despite contacting everyone and doing a lot of on-line research).…"

- Amazon.com User


No 6 Logitech Harmony 880 Universal
Logitech Harmony 880 Universal Remote Control $75 - $80 Compare Prices
  • Excellent Control
  • Easy To Use
  • LCD
  • Type: Universal
  • Released 1 year ago
6 People Recommend
"my wife couldn't believe that i would spend this much on a remote and now she can't put it down because one button can get her watching/controlling everything on our dish dvr, antenna dvr, our hd dvd…"

- Amazon.com User

"my only complaint was an inability in assigning a special keypress for my dishtv receiver to a hard button on the logitech remote.…"

- Amazon.com User

"else in the house to figure out how to control our home entertainment system, which inlcudes a 42 inch panasonic plasma tv, a panasonic pt1050 home theatre system and a dishnetwork vip622 dvr.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 7 Logitech Harmony 688 LCD
Logitech Harmony 688 LCD Remote Control $60 - $159 Compare Prices
  • Easy To Use
  • Applicable Devices: TV, VCR, DVD Player, Cable\Satellite Receiver, Amplifiers, CD Player
  • LCD
  • Type: Multibrand
  • Released over 3 years ago
5 People Recommend
"i was pleasantly surprised to see that it created bottoms or screen choices for all the functions of my dish pvr.…"

- Amazon.com User

"i tell it to turn on dvd and it knowes to change my tv input to color stream,and change my onkyo to dvd.if i want to watch dvr it turns on the dish,changes onkyo input and changes tv input.…"

- Newegg.com User

"recognizes rare audio equipment.cons: took me almost five hours to get all the kinks out with my, somewhat unique (very high end [outlaw audio, dish 921), equipment.…"

- Newegg.com User


No 8 Logitech Harmony 360 LCD
Logitech Harmony 360 LCD Remote Control $75 - $100 Compare Prices
  • Functional
  • Easy To Use
  • Nice Control
  • Applicable Devices: TV, Receiver, Xbox
  • Released over 2 years ago
4 People Recommend
"i have it running my lcd, dish, xbox, and speaker system.…"

- Bestbuy.com User

"my wife couldn't believe that i would spend this much on a remote and now she can't put it down because one button can get her watching/controlling everything on our dish dvr, antenna dvr, our hd dvd…"

- Amazon.com User

"it controls everything in my system, xbox, av reciever, dish, dvr, dvd, vcr and tv.…"

- Bestbuy.com User


No 9 One
One For All URC8820 Remote Control $11 - $15 Compare Prices
  • Any Device Controlled By Remote
  • Not LCD
  • Type: Learning
  • Released over 3 years ago
3 People Recommend
"i needed a remote to control my toshiba hdtv, pioneer a/v receiver, toshiba dvd player and dish network dvr that was powerful enough to take care of all the basic functionality, yet was easy for the…"

- Amazon.com User

"i am using it for sony hdtv, sony av receiver, philips upconverting dvd player and dish network dvr.…"

- Amazon.com User

"great thing is that it works with dishnet as well as directv .…"

- Amazon.com User


No 10 Logitech Harmony
Logitech Harmony  Remote Control $38 - $254 Compare Prices
  • Easy To Use
  • Excellent Control
  • Comfortable
  • Applicable Devices: TV, DVD Player, Receiver, Lighting
  • Released over 3 years ago
2 People Recommend
"once it was charged and updated, this baby was synchronizing my onkyo receiver, dish hd dvr, olevia lcd, and ps3 for game play and blu-ray movies.…"

- NM Rugger at Newegg.com

"i can control my entirely home theatre (hd tv, receiver, ipod, tivo, hd dishnetwok, dvd/vcr combo, 5 disc cd player, hd dvd ).…"

- Compuplus.com User


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