![]() ![]() Having to pull your phone out of your pocket and unlock it every time you want to turn off the lights while watching a movie can be a little annoying.Fortunately, the Logitech Harmony Home Control makes running a smart home a little easier. These technologies are great, but many components in a smart home are controlled by applications from a smart phone or tablet. The Nest Learning Thermostat, Phillips Hue, and Sonos sound systems are wonderful products that make life more convenient, automated, and beautiful. And you can hide the game controller under the ottoman when you're not using it. An elegant remote control for a more civilized living room. Sure, you control every aspect of the SHIELD with the bundled game controller, but the remote is just sleeker. Considering that the SHIELD was already an easy winner in the admittedly short field of Android TV hardware, this only sweetens the deal. But not anymore.Starting today, NVIDIA is running a promotion that bundles a free remote in with the SHIELD, so you get the Android TV box, the (excellent) Xbox-style controller, and the smaller remote all for $200. ![]() The only problem is that unlike the SHIELD controller, it doesn't come in the $200 package - you have to buy it separately for a hefty $50. It uses more or less the same mini-remote design as the Nexus Player, Fire TV, Roku, and any number of similar streaming boxes, but it's made out of metal, the buttons are backlit, it has a built-in headphone jack for private listening, and it recharges via a MicroUSB port. The official first-party remote control for NVIDIA's SHIELD Android TV set-top box is great. ![]()
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