Arjen, ahhh...told ya so... :-)

I've actually been using your original method (the page jump to a "menu mode") and, as I had suspected, I too forget to go back to the "normal" mode sometimes. However, I'm getting better about it and I think this is going to be the best method for me.

Hard transport controls are very important to me because all my TV watching is either a DVD or TiVo. Especially for the TiVo, I need fast response from the transport commands so I'm sure the other methods would be much worse for my viewing.