Brad, you're saying the big control companies haven't yet incorporated stupid voice control. Maybe they agree that it's stupid? (Then again, Kodak thought digital photography wasn't ever going to go anywhere.)

As stupid as this sounds, does URC sell the MX850 any more? It's crude and clunky but can do exactly what you need. They say form follows function, and this remote would function right so you'd have to put up with its form. But problem solved.