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One For All Gesture-Control Remote ‘Works Kind of’
One for All SmartControl Motion universal remote control reviewed : Flick the wrist to adjust volume; tap to pause; but it‘s best to use the hard buttons over gesture control.
From the One For All SmartControl Motion handbook: Up then Down = Play
FAIL! That’s how DaniWeb.com sums up the new Gesture-enabled SmartControl Motion universal remote control from One For All.
Reviewer Davey Winder says the “traditional” functionality of the remote control – learning and macros, for example – works just fine, but there’s nothing too interesting about that.
The cool factor is the gesture control, in which flicking the remote, tapping it, and flipping it can trigger a variety of A/V commands. Cool, writes Winder, but not all that good:
Interestingly, what Davey likes most about the remote isn’t flicking the thing to fast-forward, or tapping the side of the device to mute and unmute …. No, he likes the fact that you can say GOODNIGHT to your A/V system simply by laying the remote face-down.
Winder concludes:
Despite so many issues with gesture control today, CE Pro did pick "alternative input technologies" such as gesture- and voice-control as one of our Top 5 Home Technology Opportunities for 2012. Catch it in the Jan. 2012 (CES) issue of the magazine.
Read the complete review at Daniweb.com
VIDEO: Gesture-enabled SmartControl Motion universal remote control from One For All
Reviewer Davey Winder says the “traditional” functionality of the remote control – learning and macros, for example – works just fine, but there’s nothing too interesting about that.
The cool factor is the gesture control, in which flicking the remote, tapping it, and flipping it can trigger a variety of A/V commands. Cool, writes Winder, but not all that good:
The thing is, the flicking thing works kind of. Sometimes it takes two or three or four 'flicks' to change channel whereas a single button press always does the job, which means that it doesn't take too long before you reach the conclusion, as we did, that the motion thing is more of a gimmick than a serious innovation in this instance.
Interestingly, what Davey likes most about the remote isn’t flicking the thing to fast-forward, or tapping the side of the device to mute and unmute …. No, he likes the fact that you can say GOODNIGHT to your A/V system simply by laying the remote face-down.
Winder concludes:
I'm simply not convinced that even if the device were tweaked to make it more responsive so that every flick resulted in a channel change it would make much difference to that conclusion. Don't get me wrong, and please do not label me as some kind of technophobe; not only do I love gadgetry for the sake of gadgetry, but I'm also a huge fan of the whole gesture interface stuff on my iPhone and iPad. I just think that something is lost in translation when applying it to a TV remote control when buttons work so much more reliably, efficiently and perhaps most importantly, intuitively.
Despite so many issues with gesture control today, CE Pro did pick "alternative input technologies" such as gesture- and voice-control as one of our Top 5 Home Technology Opportunities for 2012. Catch it in the Jan. 2012 (CES) issue of the magazine.
Read the complete review at Daniweb.com
VIDEO: Gesture-enabled SmartControl Motion universal remote control from One For All
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Julie Jacobson, Editor-at-large, CE Pro
Julie Jacobson is co-founder of EH Publishing and currently spends most of her time writing for CE Pro, mostly in the areas of home automation, networked A/V and the business of home systems integration. She majored in Economics at the University of Michigan, earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, and has never taken a journalism class in her life. Julie is a washed-up Ultimate Frisbee player with the scars to prove it. Follow her on Twitter @juliejacobson.
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