- Convenience – Let's face it, having to pick up a different remote to control every appliance can be a real pain. This is especially true if your TV, stereo, and media player are all linked together, requiring multiple remotes just to turn the home entertainment center on and off. Universal remotes can be programed to control pretty much any modern entertainment appliance – just enter each product's remote code, and the device can be linked to the same remote as every other.
- Easy to find – The other problem with multiple remotes is that it can be easy to misplace one or the other, sending the family on a mad hunt to locate one device for one part of the home media center that's keeping them from enjoying it. With a universal remote, there's only one thing to keep track of, making it easy to find a place for it where everyone knows where to find it.
- Save money – When you use just one remote for all your appliances, you end up saving money and time on batteries, cleaning, and maintenance. The longer you use your universal remote, the more the investment eventually pays off in savings.
Benefits to Using a Universal Remote
If your home is like the typical American household, then it's full of several pieces of entertainment technology that come with their own specific remotes. While the level of settings and control available on modern TVs, Blu-ray/DVD players, stereos, etc. makes them far superior to the standard home entertainment products that were available even just ten or twenty years ago, keeping track of and taking care of all those separate remotes can be a real hassle. That's what makes universal remotes such a handy and worthwhile item to have around the house.
Some of the benefits of using a universal remote include: