I think I'd rather have the 7000 over the 9500. I couldn't imagine losing 2 of my "below the screen" hard buttons. I love having the 4 on the 7000. The only thing I wish the 7000 had would be a "select" button in the center of the directional hard buttons. So many OEM remotes have an "enter" or "select" button in the center of their navigation buttons. I had to use the lower left button surrounding my nav buttons for the "select". Oh well. Nothing's perfect.
