Kevin g:

I myself just went through this very dilemma --- between the home theatre and my bedroom --- Paula and I had fourteen remotes total.

This was simply too damn much --- the battery expense alone was outrageous!

Here is what I ended up with --- I tried a bunch of solutions and the one that worked the best was the following:

HOME THEATRE MASTER MX-700

I bought two of these --- plus the mini MX-200 sidekick remote for Paula to use on her side of the bed.

These remotes are programmable through the Windows OS. However --- I had to pay to have them programmed because I am now working exclusively on a Mac OS X system (no viruses to worry about!!).

Before I spent any money --- I went to the Home Theatre Forums on the web and asked around. The above remote is what everyone raved about.

I love it as well. It was money well spent as it made the tops of surfaces in my living and bedrooms much more bearable.

Hope this helps!

KDB = Buffalo, NY USA