On March 26, 2006 at 10:03, Ericjb said...
rgbyhkr, your pro list is right-on. As for there
only being 6 buttons per page, it really isn't
bad for 90% of the people out there. A real power
user may want more buttons per page, but a real
power user would probably want variables and other
advanced functions in the 950 and 3000.
Think about the functions you use on a daily basis,
you could probably get away with 6 in addition
to all of the hard buttons, maybe you'd need 12
but remember there is now a page + and page -
so you don't have to scroll through all the pages
to get back to the first one. Switching between
two adjacent pages is easy and you can still have
many other functions available on pages 3+
How much of a delay are you referring to on the
950? I really am not seeing a delay, as a matter
of fact when scrolling the cable guide it is impressively
quick. Were you using an MRF as I am? Which MRF?
Did it happen with IR directly from the remote?
I just tried my 950 against my 800 and if
there is a delay, it is barely perceptible.
Commands are issued as fast from the 900 as the
700/800/850 because again it is their own OS as
were the previous models.
I haven't heard for sure, but I doubt the advanced
"jump to" features will make it to the 900, after
all the 900 is still kind of an entry level PC
programmable remote.
The 900 is really going to be a geat addition
to the lineup.
I think I'll be able to live with the 6 buttons per page limit. As you say, scrolling between pages is easy with the page + and - buttons. As for the delay, it was using IR (even changed the 950 to output IR only) and no MRF. I even tried reprogramming the 950 by using commands from the IR library vs import from the 800 and separately re-learing the IR codes on the 950 from the original remote. All results were the same.
It was a very slight, but noticeable delay on the 950. We're talking fractions of a second, but enough to be noticeable by me after having used the 700 and 800 for years. It's most noticeable when navigating through a list where i might send a string of commands like up, up, up, etc. The response using the 700/800 is noticeably snappier then it was with the 950.
Jeff
