SYDNEY FEBRUARY 4, 2009 \u2014Logitech has today announced it will begin shipping the Logitech\u00ae Harmony\u00ae 1100i advanced universal remote control to Australia in March 2009. Logitech\u2019s newest remote provides a 3.5 inch, full-colour touch-screen interface, that lets you put the commands you want, where you want them. The Harmony remote received the CES 2009 Design and Engineering Award: Best of Innovations in the Home-Entertainment Accessories category in the US \u2013 the second consecutive year a Logitech Harmony remote has been honoured with this award.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Harmony 1100i is a natural extension of the Harmony promise \u2013 to simplify today\u2019s complex home-entertainment systems,\u201d said Ashish Arora, vice president and general manager of Logitech\u2019s Harmony business unit. \u201cAs more and more people get the bulk of their entertainment at home, the Harmony 1100i will help people get more out of their home-entertainment experience \u2013 for a fraction of the price of traditional custom-installed remotes.\u201d<\/p>\n
With a single touch, the palm-sized Harmony 1100i remote puts the power to control your home-entertainment in your hands. With its fully redesigned software, the 3.5-inch touch-sensitive screen \u2013 which features QVGA resolution \u2013 gives you a brilliant base from which to control your system. Using the New Harmony software, you can select the commands you use most and put those features on the screen. If you love to watch movies, for example, and are always using the Play and Pause buttons, you can tell the Harmony 1100i to make those commands immediately available on the screen once you start your movie.<\/p>\n
In addition to the customisable touch screen, the Harmony 1100i offers simple details that also make it easy to use, such as tactile guides, which are located around the touch screen and help position your fingers so that you choose the right command. The brushed-black aluminum top case and soft-touch bottom case make it comfortable to hold \u2013 as well as a stylish complement to your living room. And the Harmony 1100i is rechargeable, so you never have to replace the batteries.<\/p>\n
One Touch to Your Entertainment<\/p>\n
The Harmony 1100i delivers the renowned benefits common to the Harmony family of universal remotes, including its exclusive one-touch activity-based control system powered by the world\u2019s largest A\/V-control database of entertainment equipment, as well as its convenient online setup process. The Harmony 1100i remote simplifies your entertainment with one-touch activity-based control. The whole family, your friends, and even the babysitter can simply select what they want to do by choosing the appropriate on-screen icon \u2013 such as \u201cWatch TV\u201d \u2013 and the Harmony 1100i remote does the rest. The remote will turn on the TV, the DVD player, the A\/V receiver and any other necessary devices. There is no need to control components individually \u2013 the Harmony 1100i remote manages everything.<\/p>\n
Guided Online Setup
\nLogitech\u2019s internet-based setup makes getting the Harmony 1100i up and running as easy as possible. With its intuitive setup wizard guiding the process, the Harmony 1100i online interface allows you to enter your components\u2019 make and model numbers. Then, this information is automatically matched to the characteristics, discrete codes and infrared commands of the more than 225,000 devices from more than 5,000 manufacturers contained in Logitech\u2019s online database. Any devices that are not in the database can be quickly added. When you want to add a device to your living room, you can be confident that the Harmony 1100i remote will work with the devices you own today, and the ones you will buy in the future.<\/p>\n
Pricing and Availability<\/p>\n
The Harmony 1100i is expected to be available in Australia in late March for a suggested retail price of $899.95 inc GST (AUD).<\/p>\n
About Logitech<\/p>\n
Logitech is a world leader in personal peripherals, driving innovation in PC navigation, internet communications, digital music, home-entertainment control, gaming and wireless devices. Founded in 1981, Logitech International is a Swiss public company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (LOGN) and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (LOGI).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SYDNEY FEBRUARY 4, 2009 \u2014Logitech has today announced it will begin shipping the Logitech\u00ae Harmony\u00ae 1100i advanced universal remote control to Australia in March 2009. Logitech\u2019s newest remote provides a 3.5 inch, full-colour touch-screen interface, that lets you put the commands you want, where you want them. The Harmony remote received the CES 2009 Design<\/p>\n