It worked just as you said! You're a God among men. That remote seems to be not longer available locally (I think Best Buy just stopped carrying them) but I was able to get it from Amazon quickly. Now I can watch the Olympics without commercials!

BTW, what is the term for the type of remote where a button can be programmed with a particular code? I asked Radio Shack if they carry programmable remotes and they said "all our remotes are programmable".

Ben