On February 28, 2011 at 18:44, tranx said...
Yes agreed about the deficiencies of the label editor and that a button shuffling function would help. We have got used to having a uni remote each, so another R50 is on its way and cloning will be missed, but on the whole we have not been disappointed.
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Yes with more experience we have [been disappointed]...the overlaps and proximity of buttons around the thumbpad, and delay while lcd has to be lit up by pressing a button, are annoying. I have gone back to MX500 and my wife prefers Sony RM-VL610!
SIGH... I have an ancient MX-500 (one of the first generation ones, which no longer lights up and has several parts rattling around inside as well as tape holding the battery door on -- kids are SO hard on these things). I'm about to upgrade some components, and so I have to decide whether to re-program my MX-500 or start over with an R50 or MX-450. Why did they have to mess with what was clearly one of the best button arrangements ever (MX-500) especially for TiVo users? I really like the color screen (though I don't understand why we can't set the colors for each device) and macro editing, but it sounds like the goofy recessed button layout (for critical TiVo transport buttons) is a deal-breaker for many folks.
If anyone from URC ever reads this, PLEASE talk to Daniel before you put out another MX-500 or MX-450 replacement! I'm sure he'd tell you how to make a killer device, once and for all.
Personally, I'd like to see a remote with the features and screen of the 450, the hard-button layout of the 500, four AA batteries, USB connection to a PC (ideally for PC editing as well as backup, save/restore, and updating of the pre-programmed IR database). Better still, let us edit the pre-programmed device button/page layouts on the PC and then load everything back into the remote...
Edit... OK, so I just learned about the R40, which is evidently a newer and updated version of the R50. Goofy naming scheme. But is there an MX-440? Or would that be the MX-880? Or MX-780?
Also, where's Daniel's review of the R40 which I'd love to read before I buy one? I just want to know which model is "the 2011 remote for MX-500 fans". :-)
Last edited by lemketron on November 19, 2011 04:17.
