According to the last meeting we had with Philips they are not intending the RC9800 to be any sort of competition for the Pronto / iPronto family and if anything they are being positioned alongside the Philips Streamium range of products. The line we were given is that the Pronto and iPronto are to appeal to the enthusiast or installer - someone who is more technically aware and wishes to spend the time programming a remote for exactly what they want.

The RC9800 is supposed to be targetted at those people who want something more than a One-For-All Kameleon but don't want the hassle of programming up a remote.

I didn't intend to imply that they were separate products within Philips or that they had been developed by separate teams of engineers and programmers.

Phil