Posted by fredman on 01/22/06 23:42

On 21 Jan 2006 09:47:59 -0800, eganders@yahoo.com wrote:

>What is the best universal remote out there at a reasonable price?
>
>There are many universal remotes out there, but outside of turning on,
>switching channels, playing & recording, most don't seem to control all
>functions so you still have to keep the original remote to set
>schedules for the VCR or the contrast, brightness, etc for TV's and so
>on. Even if some of these are controllable by the remote, good luck in
>finding where they are or remembering what button to push. If all the
>buttons were on the remote, it would be the size of the family car.
>Using the original remote to program the codes in the univeral remote
>would be long and tedious to get all the functions from the old remote.
>
>My idea of a perfect remote would be one that would allow you to select
>each device by a single button and have a touch screen that would be
>setup to emulate all the device's functions. It would probably have to
>be set up using a code like most do today, but I would think that
>downloading the functions from the internet or an included CD would be
>more practical since loading and maintaining all the functions you
>would need would be very hard in the remote itself. I would think
>doing the setup and generating the macros would best be done on a
>computer also.
>
>Is there any remote out there that does this that does not cost as much
>as a TV itself?
>
>I have seen products by a company called Universal Remote Control that
>are interesting. The MX-350 Osiris has some nice features and can
>control things by RF. The price at around $130 (street) and its
>associated MRF-250 RF receiver (about $60 street) are reasonable. My
>son just got this unit with his home theater. I am going to check it
>out, but I thought I would see what you-all thought.

You actually sound too lazy and stupid to handle a remote, but here
goes:

I use a S

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