Best Remote Controls for Vista

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GP Batteries MediaGate GP-IR02BK

$32.00 Est. at Amazon

from Joe, www.newegg.com
it's a vista remote.
from www.amazon.com
remote was fine, but vista didn't recognize it.
from Jetlite11, www.newegg.com
seriously 20 secs from plugging it in to using it (vista).
from www.amazon.com
it works great with my vista home premium!
from www.amazon.com
i also have another system running vista media center which i've been using with the old "official" windows xp media center edition (mce) 2005 remote.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Attractive Design, Comfortable, Broadcasting Type: IR

2 RECOMMENDED by 22 people for VISTA

Vista HA-IR01SV

$26.00 Est. at Amazon

from Col. Klink, www.newegg.com
nothing extra special about it other than it looks great and works exactly as expected with vista.
from www.amazon.com
this remote works right out of the box with windows vista and with windows 7 beta.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: overall this is a great remote for vista media center.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i have vista, like your supposed to have (this is a vista remote) and worked right outta the box.
from KPheasey, www.newegg.com
the remote worked with powerdvd 8 and vista media center.

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Positives: Long Battery Life, Easy To Use, Excellent Affordability, Broadcasting Type: IR

3 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for VISTA

Microsoft A9N00009

$44.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.tigerdirect.com
i have owned this for 2yrs now still haven't had to change the batteries.i use it for windows vista media center.
from www.tigerdirect.com
vista recognized and installed drivers as soon as i plugged it in.
from www.amazon.com
i plugged it into my vista home premium system and it worked, can't ask for more than that.
from www.amazon.com
this is a great remote if you are using windows xp media center edition or vista.
from www.amazon.com
works on vista media center computers.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Compact, Excellent Programmability, Applicable Devices: TV, Computer Multimedia

4 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for VISTA

Logitech Harmony 890 LCD

$411.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.mwave.com
even though my os was new windows vista business , it went well .
from www.tigerdirect.com
i use it on an hp pavillon laptop running ms vista home premium and no problems what so ever.
from www.amazon.com
my only complaint is that it is not yet vista compatible and i had to load the software on a computer with xp.
from www.amazon.com
it controls all kinds of devices in my home, from roomba vacuum, to lighting, to dvd changer, to vista pc with media center on it.
from www.amazon.com
* no vista support yet :-(

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Positives: Easy To Use, Great Functionality, Excellent Affordability, LCD

5 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for VISTA

Gyration Motion Sensing

$107.00 Est. at Amazon

from Joshua Goldman, computershopper.com
if the center of your home entertainment system is a pc running windows xp media center edition, vista premium, or vista ultimate, seriously consider the gyration media center universal remote control
from www.mwave.com
summary: this is one of the best, if not the best, remotes out there for media center usage on xp or vista.
from www.amazon.com
i've built a home theater pc build on windows vista and have been looking for the perfect remote.
from www.amazon.com
i use this remote with vista mce all the time (in living room).
from www.newegg.com
runs vista media center on my htpc, operates my sammy hl-t6187s, my comcrooks hd dvr box, and my onkyo tx-sr505 (see below.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Good Functionality, Excellent Affordability, Applicable Devices: TV, Cable\Satellite Receiver, PC

Logitech Harmony 555 Universal LCD

Logitech Harmony 555 Universal Remote control LCD Remote Control

$91.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i am waiting for my vista remote & ir receiver , so i am not yet controlling my media center pc with this.
from www.amazon.com
i am even using vista and works ok.
from www.amazon.com
i installed the software (works on vista without a problem), entered my device information and went through the extensive but simple wizard.
from www.amazon.com
pros: easy programming, just download the latest app for vista if you need, has every item that can be programmed in the database

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Positives: Excellent Programmability, Easy To Use, Excellent Functionality, Applicable Devices: TV, DVD Player, Receiver, Lighting

Logitech Harmony® One

$275.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
set up was a snap with the logitech software (and that was using vista believe it or not).
from www.amazon.com
this remote took 15 minutes to set up 6 different components (including lighting) on windows vista.
from www.amazon.com
finally a cool remote that is compatible with windows vista - that was the reason why i was unable to get one before.
from www.amazon.com
oh, and it works perfectly on my vista pc.
from www.amazon.com
it worked on my vista home premium 64-bit, with no issues.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Comfortable, Nice Affordability, Any Device Controlled By Remote

Logitech H550

$113.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
also, the software out of the box is not vista compatible so i was not able to install the software using the cd.
from www.amazon.com
hook it up to your computer (windows vista)compatible.
from www.amazon.com
unlike what others said, it only took me 20 minutes to set up all my devices, plus it wasn't laggy at all on my vista pc.
from www.amazon.com
no linux support, but it does support mac os leporard, and of course windows 2000, xp, and vista (did not see 98 as supported).
from www.amazon.com
set up with windows vista was no problem and i was up and running in about 30 min.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Nice Affordability, Comfortable, Applicable Devices: TV, DVD Player, Receiver

Logitech Harmony 360 LCD

$96.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the software installed without problems on vista and once you register you get guideded through a wizard to setup the remote.
from www.amazon.com
now all it takes one button to turn on my home theater system to watch satellite tv and one button to turn on the xbox to play games, watch movies, see pics from my vista machine.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Great Programmability, Nice Functionality, Applicable Devices: TV, Receiver, Xbox

Logitech Harmony 880 Universal

$130.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the software installed without problems on vista and once you register you get guideded through a wizard to setup the remote.
from www.amazon.com
the software and drivers even worked fine on my domain policy oriented vista 64 bit laptop with norton internet security 2008 without special drivers, workarounds, or administrative logins (believe

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Positives: Easy To Use, Excellent Functionality, Good Affordability, LCD

Interlink ExpressCard Media Remote

$50.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
this remote control works fine with my dell inspiron 640m with windows vista.
from www.amazon.com
works extremely well on windows vista.
from www.amazon.com
works great with vista's media center software, with less functionality on windows media player.
from www.amazon.com
discovery was a snap and so far i've successfully used this with itunes, media player, media center and joost beta on a thinkpad t61p running vista ultimate.
from "Al", www.bhphotovideo.com
to me, that smells like cheap hardware and shoddy programming.note: i'm using a dell laptop running vista, others may have different experience with item.

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Positives: Long Battery Life, Great Durability, Applicable Devices: Computer Multimedia, Type: Basic

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Best Remote Controls for Vista

GP Batteries MediaGate GP-IR02BK

Vista HA-IR01SV

Microsoft A9N00009

Logitech Harmony 890 LCD

Gyration Motion Sensing

Logitech Harmony 555 Universal LCD

Logitech Harmony® One

Logitech H550

Logitech Harmony 360 LCD

Logitech Harmony 880 Universal

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