Randy,

first let's get the cheap joke out of the way by saying I have no idea why you would want to add more shortcomings in the coming years to the TV.

Now to get serious. you guys sell product, it is our job to integrate them and make them work. So it is worth listening to us. If we are talking about a TV (or any other device) aimed directly at customers used with the stock remote discrete codes are not that big of a deal (TV is off and you want to watch press power button, TV is on and you don't want top watch press power button, TV is on wrong input press input until the right thing shows up..).

But, from what you said,that is not the market you are targeting. So let's assume the TVs are installed in a bar, and some are on and some are off. Sending a power signal will turn off the ones that are on and on the ones that are off so that won't help. Maybe the solution is for someone to climb over furniture, appliances or patrons to reach the power button (assuming there is one) on the TV? maybe having an other controller that only controls one TV at a time and sending someone close enough to the ones in the wrong state, but then that secondary remote can then be lost/broken/stolen or used to mess things up even further? maybe to go with a more expensive controller add extra sensors and take longer to program it to counter the shortcomings of the equipment but then that would add a lot to the cost of the install which would defeat the purpose of using these TVs for the customer that is "shopping on price".