Philips TSU9600 versus Nokia N810
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:41 pm
Hi all,
After remodelling our living room, I'm now looking for a remote to control a) all AV equipment and b) home automation devices. For HA I'm mainly using Homeseer.
On this forum, I've read some positive postings about both the Philips pronto TSU9600 and the Nokia N810 remotes (actually, only the first is a real remote; the other is "just" an internet tablet).
Now I'm wondering: which of these two should I opt for?
Some considerations:
- The Philips TSU9600 is EUR 1250,- (!) versus EUR 320,- for the N810 (not taking Marktplaats into account).
- The Philips TSU9600 has IR capabilities, which the N810 lacks. I do have an IRtrans device lying around, however, so this should not be a problem.
- Jon00 offers a Homeseer touchscreen plugin which works well on the N810, according to some forum members, and which seems to be easier to customize than the Javascript based TSU9600 interfaces.
- The Jon00 interface also works well on an Iphone/Ipod touch, which means one interface on several wireless remote devices.
In short, I think that I'm looking for a justification to spend > EUR 900,- extra on the Pronto, when the N810 seems to meet my goals . Is there a killer application that I'm missing here?
Maybe this is especially a question for Chak, as I have the idea, given his postings, that he has both of these devices (or the N800 that is) in his possession .
Thanks!
Lennart
After remodelling our living room, I'm now looking for a remote to control a) all AV equipment and b) home automation devices. For HA I'm mainly using Homeseer.
On this forum, I've read some positive postings about both the Philips pronto TSU9600 and the Nokia N810 remotes (actually, only the first is a real remote; the other is "just" an internet tablet).
Now I'm wondering: which of these two should I opt for?
Some considerations:
- The Philips TSU9600 is EUR 1250,- (!) versus EUR 320,- for the N810 (not taking Marktplaats into account).
- The Philips TSU9600 has IR capabilities, which the N810 lacks. I do have an IRtrans device lying around, however, so this should not be a problem.
- Jon00 offers a Homeseer touchscreen plugin which works well on the N810, according to some forum members, and which seems to be easier to customize than the Javascript based TSU9600 interfaces.
- The Jon00 interface also works well on an Iphone/Ipod touch, which means one interface on several wireless remote devices.
In short, I think that I'm looking for a justification to spend > EUR 900,- extra on the Pronto, when the N810 seems to meet my goals . Is there a killer application that I'm missing here?
Maybe this is especially a question for Chak, as I have the idea, given his postings, that he has both of these devices (or the N800 that is) in his possession .
Thanks!
Lennart