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One of the best remotes I have had.

I have many many remotes. A box full. Paid big money for some.

It worked on all brands I tried and even the new video converter boxes.

I went back and got 2 more. It was on sale for $12.

Plus easy to program.

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This thing has a list of supported devices that is about 2 years old. If you own a DirecTV DVR unit, don’t even THINK about purchasing this unless you want to spend hours programming your buttons manually.

Logitech is a better product and easier to use all around. I just sent this turd back and orderd a new 670 to replace mine.

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This Phillips Prestigo is pretty good. I shopped around and got it for a fraction of the price. It controls, my TV, Comcast DVR, Surround sound and I taught it to control my ps3 using the nyko usb dongle.

The setup is a little time consuming, but even a novice could get it done.

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I was able to use the learning function to have it control both my Roku box and an IMPACT audio 3 component selector box just fine.

The one thing that I don’t like about the remote is that there is no way to quickly get to your macros. You have to hit “home” then select “macros” then select the macro you want. I wish I could add macros to the favorites menu, (which can be accessed through the “user 1″ and “user 2″ buttons at the top of the remote) but the only thing the favorites menu can store are channels. Kind of a dumb design move in my opinion but my no means a game-breaker.

If you can pick one up for 30-60 bucks I would, however at this price look into a harmony, I’ve heard they are much easier to program with a larger database of devices.

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Pros: The only thing I’ve found so far is that it has learnt all the remotes I’ve tried to teach it.

Cons: I don’t know where to start but the whole hardware and design is very sub-standard in quality. the upper right and left keys being very close to each other may be difficult to press. the upper keys are not very sensitive and require pressing hard to use its function. In fact, I’ve had this remote only 30 hours and one of the key has stopped responding already. The overall response to other devices is very slow and there is a lag in response time. The manual/website says that this remote controller has capability to operate a PC but the PC operation or learning label doesn’t even appear on the menu screen. I would not recommend this remote to anyone looking for a multi function remote controller. I suggest to spend a little more time in research and more money on a more reliable product.

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Advantages

The LCD can learn up to 27 buttons for each component. I was able to learn all the PIP and other functions into that area that there weren’t dedicated buttons for. Also, I added buttons to my cable component that would control basic functions of the TV and AMP that I would use while watching cable, which is convenient since it takes a couple buttons to switch between components.

Can re-name the buttons on the LCD to whatever you want, which makes the remote very user friendly when others are using it.

Learning buttons from other remotes is very easy. Although it didn’t have my receiver or blu-ray player, it was quick and easy to learn all the buttons.

Quick access buttons to your favorite channels, which are easy to set up.

Any button on the remote can be learned to mimic any button on an existing remote (with exception to the HOME, MODE, FAVORITES, and USER buttons).

Button layout is pretty good. Puts the numbers at the bottom, which you don’t use much since you can program your favorite channels.

The learning sensor is on the bottom of the remote. This may seem minor, but it is less awkward than having to point the remotes at each other, and can make a difference when you have to learn a lot of buttons.

Disadvantages

The LCD side buttons are not the easiest to press.

Like the other review said, it takes hitting a few buttons to run a macro (almost defeats the purpose). Also, no way to edit a macro other than adding onto it (so, if you mess up, you have to delete and do it again).

Once you learn a button, you can only un-learn by deleting all learned buttons on a component (at least as far as I can tell).

If you are on a component, but hit the HOME, FAVORITES, or USER buttons, you have to re-select the component (which takes a couple buttons) in order to get back to the LCD buttons for that component. It would be nice if there was a dedicated button to get back to that screen.

Can’t get rid of the components from the LCD that you aren’t using (but it at least does highlight the ones that you have something programmed in).

Some of the buttons I learned said “success”, but upon using them, they didn’t work. So, I had to re-learn a few buttons, but it did learn them all. I had to go through all my learned buttons though, so that I could verify they actually worked.