oh, one last thing - going back my mx900, I do wish that the mx1200 had retained the GUIDE and MENU buttons on the _left_ side of the remote. So where MENU is, should be GUIDE; and where INFO is, should be MENU.

reason? well when holding the remote, your thumb falls naturally to the left of the SEL surround, right over MENU. Yet since GUIDE & MENU are imo among the most frequently accessed functions on a remote (more than EXIT, and definitely more than INFO), it would've made more sense from a usability perspective to keep the GUIDE/MENU combination to the left, e.g. as is the case w/the MX900.

As it is, I find myself having to compress my thumb back somewhat awkwardly to access the GUIDE button :(