Wow, I've been contributing to this sight for almost a year and I didn't realize how uptight some people are. Take a deep breath guys, wipe off the war paint, and look at my post again...See the "LOL" at the end? That means "Laughing Out Loud" kind of like "HA HA HA". Should have I said "For all you uptight paople out there, I'm just being a little silly right now so please don't get upset"? If that's what I need to do then I'll start putting disclamers on my posts from now on. But, on the other had, I do believe that it is CRAP that Xantech wants you to buy their remote as well. How would you uptight guys like it if you bought a plasma screen and the manufacturer said "You can operate it by IR also, but only with our remote...and you have to buy it seperately"? It is poor marketing skills and due to that this guy will probably figure another way to do what he wants.