Logitech - Harmony 550 Review

I bought this off fleabay to use with some of my older electronics thinking that I need to consolidate all my devices to one remote.  I have a Dish receiver, dvd player, tv, AV receiver, and DVR.

The Harmony 550 is easy to program using the computer and the included disc although you have to download updates from Logitech for newer devices.  Unfortunately, I don't have any new devices except for the Dish 722 DVR receiver and a Samsung plasma TV.  The only device the Logitech Harmony 550 remote works with is the TV.  Although it says Dish receivers are supported, I couldn't get my remote to work with the Dish receiver.  It did not work with the JVC DVD player, the Philips DVR, or the Toshiba receiver.  Basically useless for my needs.  In fact, the radiofrequency UHF remote that came with the Dish receiver worked better and with more devices.

Needless to say, I have to o use for this.  Should have gone for a 920 model with UHF but I can't justify forking out a few hundred bucks for something that may be just as useless.