I talked myself out of the MX980 based on the 890 looking a little more refined and having some familiar hard buttons like record. Im not the only one using it.

Is there any major feature on the 980 that I can't do with the 890?

Ive started reading the manuals and playing with the software. The software isnt bad, but the manuals are pretty poor, so itll take some tinkering to figure it out. To start, if I want to do something simple as 'Watching TV', it will require turning on the TV, DVR and AVR. I assume that will require a macro, yes? Also, it will be possible to use all of the buttons on the remote for the tv, except the volume buttons, which will be required to control the AVR volume. Doable?