I guess I can consider myself lucky that the R2 currently does just enough so I can use it as my daily driver. Nonetheless I’m also left quite frustrated by this whole saga…
So basically you (Unfolded Circle) apparently fucked up the IR functionality on the hardware level. OK, I guess that’s always a risk with kickstarters. And I get it, you are a small company without excessive cashflow, so I’m not even expecting some kind of free amendments. As mentioned previously, all I hoped for was a revision two of the dock with better IR capabilites: Is the IR blast from Harmony Elite connectable at the dock? - #20 by leo
Then you introduce a revision 2 of the dock. But instead of positioning that as fully compatible hardware refresh, you decide to go all in and basically make it a new model (yes, I know it is software-compatible…). And your special redemption offer for R2 owners is a 20€ discount? Which, as icing on the cake, is apparently also offered to people from the waitlist who have thus far spent 0€ on Unfolded Circle Gear? Wow. Don’t let me even start about the notion of buying a new remote after less than one year of usage with the current model.
So no thanks, I’ll pass. Who knows, maybe Remote 4 is already around the corner. Maybe I’ll consider that again, if there’s some serious improvements to the software side until then…