Re: Replacing a Pronto....

[Mark McCall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark

The Harmony 1100 comes pretty close on most of those points!  Just got one
on loan to review...

http://twitpic.com/photos/ottomate

M.




On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:46 PM, mark_harrison_uk2
<mph@xxxxxxx>wrote:

> Once upon a time, I bought a Pronto. The Pronto and I lived very
happily
> for many, many years. Then it broke.
>
> What should I get to replace it?
>
>
> At the simplest, I want something that controls a whole bunch of
devices
> with a single remote... [1]
>
> ... but ideally lets me set up a button called, say, DVD, which will
turn
> on several of them, and set them to the right inputs... and then flip
> automatically to a DVD control screen... [2]
>
> [Up to here, the original Pronto did exactly what I wanted, until it
broke]
>
> ... and, in a perfect world, would let me configure it from a bit of
> software that ran on a Mac (though a Windows PC would be OK, because I
do
> have one that the kids use...) [3]
>
> [OK, if you allow Windows, then the Pronto did this as well]
>
> ... oh, and in a really, really, completely, paradisical world, would
let
> me control a couple of RF devices (ByeBye Standby). [4]
>
> [It's possible the RF range of Prontos would have done this, honestly
no
> idea.]
>
> ... and, ho, ho, ho, we're just on a flight of fantasy now, would also
have
> the control features of the little Apple remote to control a Mac Mini
used
> as a Media centre [5]
>
>
> Does this beast exist?
>
> Ideally in a way that takes less than a lifetime to set up....
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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