paulr

Something that can sit on my desk and i can control....

TV
NTL box
Amp
DVD player
CD player

Must look good and be simple to use (hopefully). I'd love something that sits at an angle so i can operate it without picking it up.

jowl

Edit : Ooops, didn't read the question!

DCI Gene Hunt

Try Philip's Pronto range, between 250 and 1000 pounds, 4 inch touch screen table standing...... the dogs dangler's

paulr

Anyone have a Pronto?

gotmashed

yep i have one fantasic bit of kit can set it up so one button turns tv and dvd player on opens the disc draw and turns tv over to right channel.

it can controle anything with a remote even my car alarm lol

paulr

Which model and whats the build quality like.

eBay.co.uk: Philips Pronto RU940 Remote Control & Docking Station (item 290050228000 end time 18-Nov-06 10:42:53 GMT)

You can get a Pronto 940 for around £80 on Ebay,are they well made. From the pic they look a bit "cheap".

gotmashed

thats the one ive got, ive had it 3 years ish cost me £250 its been droped sat on thrown across the room droped down the stairs by the kids and its still going strong, i will get another when this one gives up. it can be a bit complex to use untill you get the hang of it. but was money well spent.

NeilT

yep - got one of these Royal Philips Electronics - Pronto - spent some time custom designing the screens on my pc - now controls my cinema room - lights, amp, xbox360, projector, plus most of the other stuff in my house

Great bit of kit - well worth it if you can get use to the lack of tactile feel you get with a touchscreen.

By far the best learning remote I've ever used, plus you can set up macros - i.e. one i've built turns on the projector, dims the lights, fires up the xbox and switches the amp on and selects the correct input - all from one button push.

Neil

alistair

I use SOny AV3100's and love them. Tried a Pronto and it was a bit too much of a faff for me.

Be careful, some NTL boxes use IRDA instead of Infra Red - if it's one of those, then most learning remotes won't work with it.

paulr

NeilT. When its described as able to be customised how far can you go. Say for example could you have the opening screen with an icon for dvd-tv-cd-amp-ntlbox and then volume and on/off. If you want to change tv channel you then touch the tv icon and it brings up a second page with channels 1-40. Can you do this as well as alter icon size etc,etc.

paulr

Any more opinions?

Graz

There are ways round it though Red-Eye cable remote translator

DCI Gene Hunt

Or this little number from Marantz.............



Product spec here

WHEELSHOP0_0

Cant get the spec. DCi


Any idea on price it looks cool.

DCI Gene Hunt

I fecked up the link earlier try again now

Not cheap at around £800 though!

WHEELSHOP0_0

Cheers that was spot on

Looks great but £800, might need to speak to Santa