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The Xsight Lite (URC 8610) supports six different a/v devices, six activities and 12 favourites, around £39.99, while the Xsight Plus (URC 8620, pictured) supports 12 devices, 12 activities and 24 favourites, around £49.99. From Currys, PC World and
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to rewind and pause the action if someone can’t wait for the ads to pop the kettle on or nip to the loo, and you can watch BBC iPlayer on your TV screen when you connect the HDR- FOX T2 to your home broadband network.
One in two UK households has five or more remote controls, and in 25 per cent of them only one user knows how to operate the audio visual equipment properly. Sounds familiar? One For All, market leader in universal remotes, wants to simplify all that with the launch of its Xsight Lite and
Xsight Plus – affordable and easy-to-use alternatives to the jumble of remotes on the coffee table. And because 27 per cent of UK homes still don’t have an internet connection, Xsight can be set up simply, straight out of the box. So even if you live in one of the 7 million+ homes without internet, you can still use the Xsights to consolidate all your remotes into one device. Setting it up on the remote itself takes just a few moments. Select language, device type and brand – then hit the power button. When the device turns off, it’s
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programmed! You can watch a DVD by pressing just one button – it’s easily programmed to turn on the TV, DVD player and amplifier: select the right inputs; switch the TV format to widescreen and play. Favourite channel lists can be compiled, which are then shown in the display as logos – so there’s no need to remember channel numbers. Personal profiles can then be created, giving instant access to favourite channels by family member or by genre such as movies, sport and news. Xsight supports virtually every audio-visual device available –
over 2,800 brands. A colour screen makes navigation quick and easy, and because so many control commands are needed these days per device and 100 keys won’t onto one remote, everything is done on screen. Of course, you need
somewhere to store and display all this new technology, and furniture is being designed specifically with this in mind. Ercol, for example, is adding new media units to its Artisan and Mantua ranges, with a greater choice of sizes to suit the size of your TV and employing infra red
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