ESPN Ultimate Remote gets reviewed, panned

by Darren Murph, posted Jun 19th 2008 at 8:01AM

Apparently we aren't the only ones miffed by the WiFi-enabled ESPN Ultimate Remote. After peeling this thing out of its dumbbell-esque packaging, critics over at PC Magazine were simply unimpressed from the get-go. For starters, this thing actually belts out the network's theme song when you turn it on. If that's not reason enough to hold tight to your three Benjamins, you should also know that it "didn't execute any of its fancy web tricks gracefully," and setup was anything but simple. It gets worse. Reviewers stated that it was uncomfortable to hold, the buttons were too tightly packed and you're not able to send / receive emails from just any email address. If you really need more convincing that this thing probably isn't a good buy (particularly with all those other alternatives out there), check out the full review in the read link.

[Via ZatzNotFunny]

Filed under: Reviews, Remotes, ESPN-HD

Tags: ESPN, remote, remote control, RemoteControl, review, reviewed, tvCompass, Ultimate Remote, UltimateRemote

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jjsevdt @ Jun 19th 2008 8:28AM

The ESPN song I didn't see coming, but I knew the button layout was going to be a gripe since everything is mashed together and doesn't lok very ergonomical.

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DrXym @ Jun 19th 2008 11:35AM

It looks like a phone, not a remote. You would have fierce trouble trying to use it by touch alone. My idea of a decent universal remote would be one with a large touchscreen display with at least 8 normal programmable buttons arranged for things like volume, channel switching etc.

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