Philips Prestigo is the kind of universal remote, which you could hardly imagine how sophisticated it is. The latest model, STR9320, which is yet to be released, is able to host up 300,000 devices in its memory, requiring only just a few tabs to program it to work with up to 20 devices.
This new Philips’ Prestigo universal remote allows you to group several devices in its “activity setting” function. You can assign individual buttons on the remote to control functions such as playback (DVD), sound (for home theater, TV etc.) and picture (for TV, projector, etc.). User can easily personalize their own configuration such as configuring an activity for “Listen to NPR” or “Watch Roku.”
And some more it’s intelligent enough to learn functions from AV equipments by simply pointing it at their original remote. So, you can then group other functions on other remotes onto this universal remote to control every AV equipment in your TV room.
The Philips Prestigo remote also allows you to create a list favorite channels with full-color icons for quick and direct access on its 2.8-inch touchscreen. Accessing and navigating functions and channels on the touchscreen is also fast and easy. This Philips’s Prestigo universal remote is rechargeable and can be hooked up to a computer via USB for adding more channel icons from a library that has thousands of them.
The little drawback of this remote is the virtual keyboard interface presented on the touchscreen needs at least two taps for each letter. But it should be tolerable as it needs only a few letters to find the right device. The Prestigo STR9320 remote is due to hit the market later this year but the price is still unknown.
via coolhunting
September 14th, 2009 at 4:57 am
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