That is a workaround for sure, but that also means that if the DVD player is OFF, then you turn it back ON just so you can turn it OFF again. In the case of my A1, the macro would have to be very long because it takes the A1 a long time from coming on to be able to accept new commands.

As for the A1, I had to be an early adopter with this one. And with the long wait time for it, it is easier to have its OFF command just turn it off and return to the main menu. That way a novice user will just think they didn't press the OFF button hard enbough and press it again which then turns off the system.

OEX, This is exactly how I do it as well and How it thing the remote was designed.

OEX,

This is exactly how I do it as well. It works flawlessly. My wife will occationally pick up the remote and press "ON", so having that be the same as the "watch/cable" is perfect.
As for the A1, Bubby could always create pages like "please", "wait", "remote", "is", "working", and place them in the middle of a long macro for powering the A1 down. That way, a novice user would know they pressed the button and things are happening.

Just my $.02