I have one of those really snazzy Logitech Harmony remotes to control my laundry list of electronics. This was the perfect solution for using a different brand TV, A/V Receiver, DVD player, and myriad of game consoles. With the new generation of systems came Sony’s assinine idea of using only blue tooth remotes for controlling the system. The result is a mess, and I own it since I use the PS3 as my main DVD/BR player.

I know it’s not the best idea to use a game system as anything but a backup video player since any extra use just means the system will fail faster, but I don’t really have an option if I want to watch BR videos since the players are cost prohibitive. (I also hardly play any disc-based games on the system since… there aren’t many, so it’s not like I’m killing the disc drive here.) Unfortunately that really nice Harmony Remote that could control my fireplace (if I had one with remote control) can’t control the PS3 at all. I bought the official PS3 remote with a gift card since it’s neigh impossible to control a movie with the PS3 controller, and have regretted it since (follow the above link to find out why).

Luckily I wasn’t the only person in lament. Logitech has known about this and working on a solution. The device is… functional, but all it does is interperate IR signals and convert them into PS3 blue tooth commands. And it’s $60. What a pain in the ass. I blame Sony.