Frank: Love the idea of the LED beside the device..... I was thinking I'd want an LCD for that, but no need with your idea!!! And yes, about 12 seconds would be good for the backlight!!!

Rob: IMHO, I love the additions you've thought of..... (checked out the URL). But, I would rather have taken the 1994 and just swapped the number buttons with the transport buttons and then incorporated all the rest of your additions. Then, to me, the cursor control, vol/channel, and transport buttons (the most used by me), would be perfectly placed on the remote. Just that positioning and everything else you've come up with is great in my books!!

- Greg