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(More customer reviews)Like another review on here, I purchased this remote for $30 through a one-deal-a-day site (probably not worth the $100). So far, the remote is just about everything I had hoped. I am happy with most of the layout and learning capability. I would purchase again in a heartbeat. I list a handful of disadvantages, but they are pretty minor, and the advantages of this remote definitely out weight the disadvantages.
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.
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