The ThinkFlood RedEye is designed to give you universal remote control capability with your iPhone or iPod Touch. The $188 system includes a charging cradle with attractive blue interior LED lighting, and a free iPod/iPhone app that you download from Apple’s App Store.

RedEye uses your Wi-Fi network to receive remote commands from your iPhone or iPod, and then its on-board infrared emitter transmits those commands to your home theater devices. How did it work? We connected the RedEye to our network and put it through its paces.