It is all about money, at least for a publicly held company. The corporate executives have a duty to do what's in the shareholders' interest.
Lots of room for argument there concerning valuation,..., but the basic principles are clear. If they want their own personal playground they can start their own privately held company.
My Marantz receiver came with a universal remote that I'm quite impressed with. It comes, of course, with Marantz codes pre-programmed, and since they're owned by Philips all of the PhilipsMagnavox codes are ready to go, too.
It cannot interface with a PC, but it can clone itself to another RC-18SR or RC-2000. Don't know about the RC-5000.
They're quite pricy by themselves, $250-300. Worth it? The rest of the family can operate this pretty well, which is actually an improvement over the collection of remotes that preceded it. Nice backlit buttons and LCD display (which isn't touch-sensitive -- it uses all real buttons). I doubt I would have bought one myself, but now that I've used it I would recommend it if you can afford it.
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It is all about money, at least for a publicly held company. The corporate executives have a duty to do what's in the shareholders' interest.
Lots of room for argument there concerning valuation,..., but the basic principles are clear. If they want their own personal playground they can start their own privately held company.
My Marantz receiver came with a universal remote that I'm quite impressed with. It comes, of course, with Marantz codes pre-programmed, and since they're owned by Philips all of the PhilipsMagnavox codes are ready to go, too.
It cannot interface with a PC, but it can clone itself to another RC-18SR or RC-2000. Don't know about the RC-5000.
They're quite pricy by themselves, $250-300. Worth it? The rest of the family can operate this pretty well, which is actually an improvement over the collection of remotes that preceded it. Nice backlit buttons and LCD display (which isn't touch-sensitive -- it uses all real buttons). I doubt I would have bought one myself, but now that I've used it I would recommend it if you can afford it.