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SavannahLion:

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--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on January 11, 2008, 03:36:00 am ---I'm not looking for a perfect solution, because I know that no such thing exists, I'm just hoping for something better than what we have now.  (Which consists of watching my mother and people like her with horror as they quickly press a button that turns on mutiple things only to immediately point the remote away instead of LEAVING THE FRIKKIN THING POINTED AT THE TV UNTIL EVERYTHING IS ON, WHICH I'VE LECTURED EVERYONE ABOUT FOR 10 YEARS!!!)  My guess is, if the macros are on the lcd buttons, it'll force them to stare at the remote for a while, meaning that it'll stay pointed at the tv until it's done doing it's magic.  If not, the logitech remotes, in particular, have a help mode, in which you tell them which device didn't turn on/off and it fixes the situation for you.

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For that, what you want is an RF remote like the MX-600 that has a separate "IR Blaster" that is always pointed at the devices.  You can then point the remote anywhere (and even adjust things from the other room).

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They finally figured out what to do about that? Jesus, I've been banging my head on that annoying problem for years, until I moved out of my family's home and radically simplified my home entertainment system (moving to a tiny cottage on a college budget will do that). Now if only all the home entertainment manufacturers will wise up and reintroduce a universal method of control without IR and we would be gold. Hint: USB is ubiquitous enough.

ahofle:
Yeah, the 600 even comes with a bunch of tiny IR emitters that stick right on the IR receivers of your components, so there is no chance of blocking the signal (and you even can put your components inside a cabinet if you wanted).  If it supported discrete codes, it would be the absolute pinnacle of remotes.

xar256:

--- Quote from: 2600 on January 11, 2008, 02:12:15 pm ---How are the JP1 remotes these days?

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Harder to come by.  JP1.2 (I think that's it) is out, and isn't hackable that I've found...At least at this point.

lcddream:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on January 11, 2008, 05:37:35 pm ---
--- Quote from: lcddream on January 11, 2008, 01:24:41 pm ---as mentioned above the MX series of remotes works well

http://www.universalremote.com/product_detail.php?model=39

newegg

newegg used to have a better selection....but their prices on these remotes are usually the best around.



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Yeah I was actually looking at the MX remotes this morning.  I really like the layout.  I'm kind of concerned about the software though.  The logitech/harmony remotes are task oriented while these appear to be device oriented.  I'm trying to get away from having to know which mode to put the remote in to do stuff.

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well it has a "punch through" mode for the main area so for instance if you want your volume to always control your receiver on the main area, it will "punch through" to your amp volume.... instead of having to switch to your receiver device....same for all buttons.

it is fairly customizable

shmokes:
HC,

If you see a Harmony remote with a layout you like, but without enough buttons, consider that you can also reprogram buttons.  For example, if you need a button for your Xbox 360 that doesn't exist on the remote, just reprogram some useless button, like the number keys to act as the button(s) you need.  My Harmony remote's buttons are individually programmable.  I have a model a little bit above that one, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if they're the same.

Boykster, Harmony makes a touchscreen remote now and it also has a fair number of hard buttons on it, including arrow/select keys.  Maybe you should check it out.  I actually don't have any idea, though, how many hard buttons the Pronto remotes have.  I haven't even seen a picture of one of those in at least a couple years.  BTW, something tells me that a pronto remote can't be had under $100 (the Harmony one is $500), which disqualifies it for HC's purposes.

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