<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 20, 2021, at 1:18 PM, David Engel <<a href="mailto:david@istwok.net" class="">david@istwok.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 05:34:27PM +0100, Gavin Whitehead wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Sadly my logitech harmony remote is finally giving up; there are now too<br class="">many non-functioning keys to make it viable.<br class=""><br class="">That, plus the sad/annoying news that logitech have EOL'd Harmony means I<br class="">need an alternative. It just needs to drive a Panasonic TV and the MythTV<br class="">box (MCE, lirc).<br class=""><br class="">Does anyone use the SofaBaton U1?<br class=""><br class=""> <a href="http://www.sofabaton.com/u1.html" class="">http://www.sofabaton.com/u1.html</a><br class=""><br class="">Is it any good?<br class=""><br class="">Or does anyone have a suggestion for alternatives?<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">The Sofabaton is my expected fallback when/if my Harmony's quit<br class="">working. Sadly, I don't know of any other affordable, universal,<br class="">bluetooth remotes.<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>What about something like this….</div><div><br class=""></div><div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/AuviPal-G9F-Bluetooth-Rechargeable-Firestick/dp/B08T1B2FTF" class="">https://www.amazon.com/AuviPal-G9F-Bluetooth-Rechargeable-Firestick/dp/B08T1B2FTF</a></div><div><br class=""></div><div>Has qwerty keybd on one side and traditional remote keys on other side. It is both bluetooth and IR.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Amazon has several other items similar.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Regards</div><div><br class=""></div></div><br class=""></body></html>