Too many remotes was causing chaos in my living room. I ended up using Home Assistant to create my own universal remote after my Logitech Harmony remote died (and could no longer be replaced).

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's a scenario many of us have suffered through. You're watching TV and get the itch for a movie, but when you go to turn your DVD player on, ...

Universal remotes are a convenient way to control multiple devices without separate remote controls. If you own a Toshiba TV and want to program a universal remote to control it, this post will guide ...

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With technological advancements, managing multiple electronic devices can become quite cumbersome. However, Radio Shack comes to the rescue with its versatile universal remote. This handy device lets ...

The remote for [Dillan Stock]’s TV broke, so he built a remote. Not just as a replacement but as something new. For some of us, there was a glorious time in the early 2000s when a smart remote was ...

Universal remotes make our lives easier. After all, it seems like every device we buy comes with its own remote, making it next to impossible to know where they all are at any given time. Even if ...

I was born in the ’80s, so it goes without saying that remotes were my primary way of interacting with electronics for quite a while. I used to love the Logitech Harmony line of universal remotes and ...

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.