Stuff like this makes absolutely no sense, as almost all remotes provided with A/V equipment these days are "universal" remotes. It always boggles my mind to see someone with four or five of these programmable remotes sitting on their coffee table all at once, cycling through each remote to operate each component.
When I was over my mom's house the other day I took ten minutes and configured one of her remotes to handle her DVD player, tuner, cable box and TV. Her and her boyfriend were amazed how much easier it was to operate everything from that single remote.
Why don't more people take the initiative to do this? I guess it goes back to that whole "VCR flashing 12:00" thing. What a waste.
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When I was over my mom's house the other day I took ten minutes and configured one of her remotes to handle her DVD player, tuner, cable box and TV. Her and her boyfriend were amazed how much easier it was to operate everything from that single remote.
Why don't more people take the initiative to do this? I guess it goes back to that whole "VCR flashing 12:00" thing. What a waste.