Caavo Control Center review: This universal remote unifies not just your devices but your streaming services, too

A rectangular black box that sits in your entertainment center: It sure does look like another streaming box competitor, but it's important to understand that the Caavo Control Center isn't that at all. It's a universal remote control that takes a wholly different approach than those used by Logitech. This is actually Caavo's second run at this concept. The first was a wildly innovative (and pricy) crowd-funded system designed to be NORAD for your entertainment system; you plugged everything into the Caavo, then controlled it all with its custom remote. With eight HDMI ports, two USB ports, and more, the $400 device was clad in steel and decked out in fancy wood, built to be an eye-catching showstopper. The system, which launched in very limited quantities in early 2018, met mostly with resistance and confusion, which sent Caavo back to the drawing board to come up with a more approachable and affordable concept.