Another thing worth mentioning is that if you buy the IR extender from Pacific Neo-Tech you do not need to have one of the newer palm units. Guess what you can pick on eBay for < $50 (older used pilots). Suddenly you can get a very reasonable remote for < $90 ($40 for IR extender and software). I ended up doing this after playing with my pilot for a while as a remote, but I did not like using it as my remote as I did not trust my 2 yr old with it. Now my investment is lower and I have little fear.

btw you can fill up the rest of the pilot's memory with some nice games or even set it up so that a hot sync will have todays T.V. listings (btw can a Pronto do that :-)