Customer Rating: 
Summary: Pretty good, but buttons small
Comment: The programmability is pretty easy, but the volume and channel buttons (the ones most people use the most) are small, and I think they should be much bigger and protrude more from the remote. The top menu buttons are a bit small as well.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Works great
Comment: I found the TC30 very easy to set up. Once in a while the components don't function as programed. The help function works well in correcting the problem.
Customer Rating:
Summary: What a pleasant surprise!
Comment: This is my first activity-based universal remote. Even after a bit of research, I didn't know what to expect. Any doubts that I had vanished within a day. The remote was easy to set up. Any of the AV equipment that wasn't in HK's database could be learned by the TC-30. The remote is incredibly intuitive, so that there is almost no learning curve. The layout is very natural, very well thought-out, almost anticipating your next move. The selection of the activities, like "Play DVD" or "Watch TV," is common-sense, building around typical activities in an average AV setup. Buttons are nicely mapped, so the most common functions are readily available. My kids figured it out right away, and the grownups are happy that now it only takes one button to have the TV come on complete with surround sound.
Customer Rating:
Summary: At Last, 1 Remote for all.
Comment: Wow, after decades of always having multiple remotes cluttering the table, this baby takes the cake! We have 5 pieces to our entertainment system including dish pvr 625 and Pioneer plasma with OTA HD.
This remote quickly switches your inputs, and correcty powers the correct components flawlessly. The color LCD is a great touch, and the ability to dock and charge over night is priceless.
The signal is way stronger than our pioneer 5070 remote which only worked when pointed directly at IR port. Now we can aim this halfway between our tv and other A/V equipment (about 10 feet) and still control equipment as needed.
Some of the buttons click a little when pushed, but you get used to it quickly. The software works well, but advanced programming is not for technology challenged.
I greatly look forward to installing some dimmer lights that can be paired with this remote, for the ultimate in home theater convenience!
This remote is worth every every penny and simplifies even our complicated and diverse A/V setup, get it now, you wont be disappointed.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Everything I Hoped For
Comment: I was an early Harmony 880 customer who loved the concept but was always frustrated by the ease of pushing the wrong button and the too-frequent instances where nothing happened after pushing the right button. The TC30 is a clearly superior device design that uses better button placement and spacing to operate all of my home theater equipment the way I want without requiring me to wear my glasses to see what command I'm implementing. The design of the software user interface could be refined a little, but it's still very intuitive, absolutely complete and vastly superior to programming software on other universal remotes. The TC30 also has a more forgiving IR sensitivity that executes commands with less-than-perfect line of sight alignment.
Summary: Pretty good, but buttons small
Comment: The programmability is pretty easy, but the volume and channel buttons (the ones most people use the most) are small, and I think they should be much bigger and protrude more from the remote. The top menu buttons are a bit small as well.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Works great
Comment: I found the TC30 very easy to set up. Once in a while the components don't function as programed. The help function works well in correcting the problem.
Customer Rating:
Summary: What a pleasant surprise!
Comment: This is my first activity-based universal remote. Even after a bit of research, I didn't know what to expect. Any doubts that I had vanished within a day. The remote was easy to set up. Any of the AV equipment that wasn't in HK's database could be learned by the TC-30. The remote is incredibly intuitive, so that there is almost no learning curve. The layout is very natural, very well thought-out, almost anticipating your next move. The selection of the activities, like "Play DVD" or "Watch TV," is common-sense, building around typical activities in an average AV setup. Buttons are nicely mapped, so the most common functions are readily available. My kids figured it out right away, and the grownups are happy that now it only takes one button to have the TV come on complete with surround sound.
Customer Rating:
Summary: At Last, 1 Remote for all.
Comment: Wow, after decades of always having multiple remotes cluttering the table, this baby takes the cake! We have 5 pieces to our entertainment system including dish pvr 625 and Pioneer plasma with OTA HD.
This remote quickly switches your inputs, and correcty powers the correct components flawlessly. The color LCD is a great touch, and the ability to dock and charge over night is priceless.
The signal is way stronger than our pioneer 5070 remote which only worked when pointed directly at IR port. Now we can aim this halfway between our tv and other A/V equipment (about 10 feet) and still control equipment as needed.
Some of the buttons click a little when pushed, but you get used to it quickly. The software works well, but advanced programming is not for technology challenged.
I greatly look forward to installing some dimmer lights that can be paired with this remote, for the ultimate in home theater convenience!
This remote is worth every every penny and simplifies even our complicated and diverse A/V setup, get it now, you wont be disappointed.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Everything I Hoped For
Comment: I was an early Harmony 880 customer who loved the concept but was always frustrated by the ease of pushing the wrong button and the too-frequent instances where nothing happened after pushing the right button. The TC30 is a clearly superior device design that uses better button placement and spacing to operate all of my home theater equipment the way I want without requiring me to wear my glasses to see what command I'm implementing. The design of the software user interface could be refined a little, but it's still very intuitive, absolutely complete and vastly superior to programming software on other universal remotes. The TC30 also has a more forgiving IR sensitivity that executes commands with less-than-perfect line of sight alignment.