Ok, back home from PDC05 and I just swung out to best buy to pick up a new toy. It is a Logitech Harmony 880 remote and it is charging on the stand right now.
I'll let you know how it goes once its charged and I can setup some macros. The goal is here is to make it so my wife can just select Watch TV, Play Game or Watch Movie on the remote and it will automatically switch the plasma to the right setting, turn the cable box on and change the audio settings on my receiver.
I hope it works as well as the folks over at Remote Central say it does.
Initial impressions? The packaging is good (I didn't need a crowbar to get it out of the plastic) and the instructions are minimal. Just charge the unit, plug it into your PC and you program it using the software found on an enclosed CD.
I like the idea of no more AA batteries (it charges like a cordless phone) and hopefully I can train my family to always return the remote to the same spot. :-)
I'll let you know if the firmware needs updating, etc in further posts. I really wanted to get this a few weeks ago, but just could not have any distractions while we were in the final march to PDC. :-)
Postscript: I've posted my intial reactions to this remote here.
