On December 14, 2005 at 05:41, fdawg2k3 said...
very accurate review -I'm also a contest winner
that's had mixed feelings about the 9800i...now
i don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth,
but it seems silly that the buttons are hard-coded:
to use my TiVo I have to scroll through 4 pages
to get back to the PVR MENU button every time
I want to get to the NOW PLAYING list. And since
Page 4 is the TV Guide, which takes forever to
load, I typically just use my Tito remote instead.
While there are several nice features I think
Philips really dropped the ball on this one.
Adding a software config utility is a MUST (like
the tsu7000) -if customization was a possibility
I'd gladly pay $500 for this remote.
F*** that Sh** you guys are being way to nice about this unit. I paid $$$ for this peice of fashionware!! Your review is right ON, and it p***ed me off that you kept apologizing to Philips. My 1996 RC2000 is more useable than this piece. I hope Philips does read this forum. I want my $$$ back to put towards a real HT Controller. No one buy this product unless you have a Sony Trinitron, an RCA VCR, Quadrophonic Amp, Atari game console, and maybe even a CreativeMP3 player with a cassette adapter for ur car!
