We’re not sure if Harmony Elite is the absolute best remote we’ve ever used - getting that kind of comfort level generally takes more time, anyway - but it feels nice in the hand and is relatively intuitive. We had a few hiccups at times that required a bit more tinkering with the setup, just to make sure inputs were correct and so forth - we got things on track soon enough, but for $350, some may not even want to deal with such minor adjustments. For example, we set our TV, speaker system, and cable DVR to all turn on when we simply press the power button for the Watch TV activity, or the Apple TV instead of the cable DVR with our Watch Apple TV activity. Once you’ve got all your devices set up (and more can be added later), that’s when you’ll set up activities on the app, as well. In the past, we had problems with the Harmony Control app this time around, we found no such issues. Setting up game consoles may require using a Bluetooth connection, but we found that to be relatively painless. (A Mac or PC can still be used if need be.) The app connects to the Harmony Hub and still requires you to insert serial numbers (the Hub works with more than 270,000 compatible home entertainment devices, so it’s probably going to work with whatever you throw at it). Now, setup can all be done through the Harmony Control app, which makes the process at least 10x easier. With Ultimate, users had to download Microsoft Silverlight for Mac or PC and use a website for setup. Setup is one of the biggest differentiators between Harmony Elite and the past Ultimate.
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