Universal Remote Control MX-500 10-Device LCD Viewscreen Remote Control with Joystick Operation by Universal Remote Control, Inc.
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Digital camera reviews of Universal Remote Control MX-500 10-Device LCD Viewscreen Remote Control with Joystick Operation
Digital camera Review: Best remote yet
Summary: 5 Stars
I've owned one of these for about 4 yrs now. It works perfect, and will even control my odd-brand stuff with no problem. First, the learning capabilities are amazing. You program in any buttons and label them, so you can have buttons for anything. The macro function is really nice, just press one button to turn everything on that you want. One button I have for playing CDs, one for cable DVR, another for watching movies on my bluray & home theatre. Press one button & you are ready to go. I have since purchased another one, so my spouse can have her own. I was able to sync them together in a minute or so.Digital camera Review: Best remove ever
Summary: 5 Stars
I read about this remote on epinions and decided to give it a try. After purchasing one, we loved it so much we bought two more for our other TV's. It is simple to program and to use. Trust me, this is the best remote on the market.Digital camera Review: Better than any I've used
Summary: 5 Stars
Don't even think about it; go ahead and buy it! Controls all equipment; even my digital cable box with all functions available. May have to tweak a bit, but it works where others have failed. No problem: even with some items I relabeled and I had to use learn feature on others. You may have to finnagle a bit but wow it is the real deal!!Digital camera Review: Better than the Harmony, because it works...
Summary: 5 Stars
I had a Harmony 880 Univeraal remote for about a year and a half, and had a love-hate relationship with it. When it worked, it was magical. But it only worked "magically" about half the time. At least once per day I had to struggle through layers of help menues when it did not do what it was supposed to do. It was always a struggle to get it to recharge, and it eventually just gave up and died. A new battery from the factory would not revive the unit, forcing me to shop for another remote. When I received my MX-500 in the mail, I was put off by it's less than elegant form and daunting manual full of codes and such. After about half an hour, though, it was working perfectly. It had not malfunctioned once in a week of usage, and has won my wife over as well. While the Harmony was capable of deft, minute adjustments that could be easily programmed through the web, it often failed in its command string. I probably don't have the patience to plod through the macro functions of the MX-500 to go as deep as the Haromy did, but I don't mind, and it does the big stuff easily enough, and allows simple access to the deeper menues on the devices. It is not cool and flashy like the Harmony, but it is a superior product simply because it works.Digital camera Review: Blows away Harmonys
Summary: 5 Stars
I tried a Harmony 525 as everyone was raving about it, but found it to be quite dire. Half the database entries are wrong, you have to update it via PC (even for one button), which is very slow, the activities do not think outside the box and the build quality is no match for the MX-500.
The MX-500 is very functional is design and more device based, so you can achieve multiple tasks easily. Add in a few macros and you're off. It's very fast to learn codes (I suggest you always press and hold) in you armchair for quick re-test.
The buttons are superb. You can use spare buttons on any layout and link them via favourites to do complex macros if you like. The repeat send are actually smoother than my amp and cd remotes, so now I have very smooth volume and search control.
Recommended! This remote is still going strong after three years, which if real proof of this unit's quality.