Re: Replacing a Pronto....

["noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Harmony does all of the above possibly with the exception of the rf
bit for bye bye standby,

I've been using my 885 for four years since they first came out and they're
great.

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "mark_harrison_uk2" <mph@...> 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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