The remote is great & my wife loves it. I have an 890 PRO which I bought from Crutchfield for $299 with a free wireless extender. I think the free extender offer might be gone now, but the 890 non-Pro is still available from Amazon with the extender included. The differences between the Pro & non-pro models are slight- Pro is black while non-Pro is silver and the pro adds picture & sound buttons. Even if you don't have concealed components, the rf extender is great because you don't have to aim the remote at all.

You can still get a free zwave lamp module if you get an 890. ([Link: zwaveproducts.com]). You just have to e-mail them for the current promo code & pay about $12 for shipping. They never asked me to prove my purchase. With this module my lights dim differently for different activities which my wife also digs. Z-wave is still supported by the 890's.

Setup is straight forward, but not quite perfect. I could not sync my remote at first & it took a lengthy call to logitech support & a software patch, but I have not had a problem with the remote since & I have tweaked it quite a bit in the month I have been using it. There are a few features here & there that could be improved by Logitech, but it beats juggling the dozen remotes cluttering up your viewing room any day of the week. You can even add two pages of favorite channel icons under the media button. Channel icons available at [Link: squareworld.com]

As for the price... I think it is totally worth it & I think your wife will agree.