Though I suspect many of the answers you receive will be somewhat subjective, here's my $.02

This is the most responsive, powerful remote I've ever seen -- it responds better than ALL seven of the remotes it replaced. I can bounce it off my head, the back wall. I can aim it at the ceiling, the floor. The only thing that seems to stop it is aimimg it directly at the couch. Granted, my room isn't very large (35' from seating position to TV and 50' side to side), I find this remote to be very powerful.

Really, no joke, I'm wondering if I should wear a lead vest while operating it :-)