I love John Carmack and all, he is without a doubt a brilliant man, but....He reminds of the Silent Bob of the gaming commmunity. Everytime he has something to say everyone just flocks to it.
Jay: "He thinks just because he don't say anything, it'll have, like, this huge impact when he does open his fucking mouth."
-- Chasing Amy
I haven't had any problems with and am extremely happy with it for the price. It is a learning remote that can control up to 8 devices. Just about every button on the remote can be reprogrammed to preform a different function, including commands for components other than the component that you are currently controling. For example, I have the volume and sound mode switches from my reciever mapped to a couple of the buttons in DVD player mode. The only real down side to is that it can only hold 3 macros, but I find that is all I need. The LCD screen at the top makes it very easy to program the remote, but it isn't terribly useful during normal operation(only showing the component you are currently controling and the time). I don't think you can find one more powerful for the price.
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I love John Carmack and all, he is without a doubt a brilliant man, but....He reminds of the Silent Bob of the gaming commmunity. Everytime he has something to say everyone just flocks to it.
Jay: "He thinks just because he don't say anything, it'll have, like, this huge impact when he does open his fucking mouth."
-- Chasing Amy
I picked up this remote a few months ago for 50 bucks at circuit city.
RCA 8 Device Remote
I haven't had any problems with and am extremely happy with it for the price. It is a learning remote that can control up to 8 devices. Just about every button on the remote can be reprogrammed to preform a different function, including commands for components other than the component that you are currently controling. For example, I have the volume and sound mode switches from my reciever mapped to a couple of the buttons in DVD player mode. The only real down side to is that it can only hold 3 macros, but I find that is all I need. The LCD screen at the top makes it very easy to program the remote, but it isn't terribly useful during normal operation(only showing the component you are currently controling and the time). I don't think you can find one more powerful for the price.