Universal Remote Control SL-9000 LCD Remote Control

Pros: Very easy to learn commands, backlight, easy to use, great level of customization.
Cons: Somewhat large, may be costly to some.

PICTURE THIS: On our wedding night, while we were relaxing in the Presidential Suite at our hotel, my parents were at our home freaking out believing that they had damaged our new TV. The next morning when we returned home, my sister told me that my ...

Pros: Nice feel, Good display. Great IR range. Lots of flexibility. Learning.
Cons: Programming Macros needs patience/planning, standard templates usually need some reorganizing.

This remote has been reviewed a lot and the reviews are very good. So why am I making another review. Well, in spite of all these reviews, I was unable to find it available from a local merchant so I had to buy it on-line. This meant that I was making a ...

Pros: It works superbly.
Cons: Some button mapping anomalies. I secretly miss my bucketful of zappers :-)

My experience of universal remotes has been limited to the unit that came with my Harmon Kardon AVR-7200 receiver and is also included with other models from that brand. That sleek silver unit looks like it was designed in outer space. It works, after ...

Pros: Packed with features, very easy to configure and "teach", extremely powerful macros.
Cons: A little pricey, select button under joystick a bit hard to use, no auto-repeat configuration

Kudos!! Bravo!! Bravo!! What a wonderful product! The MX-500 is truly a testament to American engineering. Finally...a remote that I can hand to the babysitter, and with about 2 minutes of training, she can run my (rather complex) home ...

Pros: Amazing and complete flexibility! Durable build quality.
Cons: Initial complexity and learning curve

This review is for the MX-700 model, which is essentially the same as the MX-500, but allows you to use your computer to set up the controls, and then download them to the remote. Since epinions doesn't have an entry (yet?) for the MX-700, and since much ...

Pros: Durable with unbelievable IR strength, great ergonomics and tactile feel, highly customizable, powerful macros
Cons: Somewhat short, but not bad, battery life. No PC connection

I've actually had this remote for a couple years now, but two factors led me to come to and write about it. First, it's still available and it is inexpensive given the quality and usability of the remote. Second, we have a son that is now 2.5 years ...

Pros: Hard Buttons. Turbo charged emitters. Easy to program, super easy to use.
Cons: The joystick is a little too firm. Accidental drops can turn off your system.

After buying our first ever home theater sound system, we reached critical mass with eight remote controls on the coffee table. My wife and I were baffled over which remote was the correct one to use for each component and mode desired and in which ...

Pros: Works On A Wide Variety Of Home Electronics
Cons: High Price, All The Buttons Might Scare People Away Thinking It Is Too Complicated To Understand

After going through about 10 different universal remote controls trying to find one that worked with everything I owned, I finally bought this one and I can say it works for everything I have that is electronic. I shopped around for months trying out...

Pros: battery life, powerful range, easy to teach
Cons: price, no cursor keys

The Home Theater SL-9000 is the first programmable remote control I bought. There is an excellent *extremely* detailed analysis of its features on www.remotecentral.com so I will only summarize it here and offer my insights as a user who's owned several...

Pros: excellent preprogramming, with learning capability
Cons: none

With some oversimplification, there seem to be two basic types of universal remotes:

- lower end ($20-80) "preprogrammed" remotes where you type in codes for your equipment and get a subset of commands that the manufacturer thought...

Pros: It works!
Cons: Having patience to read through and understand the manual

This was the perfect answer to my multi-remote dilemma! I have 4 remotes to operate the A/V in our living room, and it was quite cumbersome to keep track of them all. I was hesitant to spend the money for a $300 remote, so, after a little research,...

Pros: Well designed, compact, feature rich. Easy to learn how to use/program.
Cons: DishPVR 501 didn't work with the Echostar codes.

I purchased this remote because I grew tired of having 4 remotes to control my equipment.

I didn't want to shell out $200 for the savvy Sony Remote Commander only to have my little one drop it on the floor and break it. That got me looking...

Pros: Easy to program, lots of flexibility, great range and power, lots of buttons.
Cons: Slightly confusing instructions, only four readily usable macro buttons.

The Home Theater Master SL9000 is a great remote. I have a number of components from a number of manufacturers. All of these were bought a various different times (Panasonic VCR, Toshiba TV, Denon Receiver, Philips DVD player). Yet the SL9000 was able...

Pros: Stylish, well laid out, macros, learning
Cons: fragile

After I got a DSS and a home theater receiver, things got too complicated for my wife to operate. I do not like the concept of touch screen remotes as I like the tactile feel of buttons in the dark. For those that defend the backlighting of touchscreens,...

Pros: The macro programs are perfect for people who can't figure out multiple remotes.
Cons: None so far.

I bought this for my dad, who refuses to touch computers and gets frustrated with the 6 remotes my mom has accumulated for her home theater system. The reviews here sold me on this one. It has been great! I had all of the devices PLUS a couple of ...