Great upgrade from a custom remote – Simple Control Home Remote Review

I installed a home theater in 2008. It was controlled by a custom Philips Pronto based system. Philips left the market I was left with an orphaned system. I bought 3 blasters and replaced the old controller. Some equipment needed ir, one component serial and another needed a relay. Simple control recognized everything in my system despite some of the gear being quite old. It even upgraded one component from ir to ip control. The simple control requires some technical skills to install but it’s not too bad. The app itself is pretty good but it does have some bugs here and there. A few places I set defaults for a device and saved and the settings disappeared. Overall,I’m happy with the new remote. I talked with the company that originally installed the home theater and they wanted to use control4. I didn’t want to use a closed custom solution. Simple control seems to be the best for do it yourselfers.
Review by dschach on Simple Control Home Remote.