It’s taken a few months, but the Australian arm of Logitech has finally announced the Australian availability of their 700 and 900 Harmony universal remotes. And they’ve been a little heavy handed on the Australian gadget tax as well…
The 700, which we first heard about in September, costs $US150 overseas. Here, it’s $300. The 900, which Jason reviewed back in August, sells for $US400 in the States. Here, it’ll set you back $900.
I’m not going to spend time ranting about copping the short end of the stick on international gadget pricing again. I’ll just suggest you shop around online – there’s no reason why the US version wouldn’t work in Australia…
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Howie
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 10:28 AMExplains why they’ve been ignoring the Harmony PS3 Adapter compatibility/recall.. they’re too busy launching new Harmony products to bother fixing problems in the ones they’ve already sold.
Brett
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 10:38 AMha ha, what a Joke. I purchased my Logitech Harmony One for $200.
I don’t know why anybody would pay this much for the 900. What a joke.
matt
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 11:00 AMI’ts always the worst on any even remotely home theater related stuff. good news is that this is neither heavy nor bound by the a country’s electrical or other standards.. so import ftw!
but I think you will be able to get a decent discount here. (just don’t got to HN!)
DAWOOKIE
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 11:46 AMTry priceusa.com.au this is how I got my Astro headphones into the country!
Sam
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 12:25 PMLol, double (well almost for the 900) when the dollar is up around 90 cents
Viddy
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 4:21 PMBought a Harmony One about 14 months ago from good old eBay for AU$168 …thanks for coming. Anyone that buys stuff retail without checking on-line first is a douche.