Okay, I've read all of the threads explaining how great the activities are--I understand. BUT, what if I just want to use the Harmony 550 as a normal remote---meaning it controls all of my components but I decide what turns on and when.

I want to be able to have the main screen be my actual components and not a bunch of activites. I'll probably TRY the activities at some point but--well, would the current owners of this remote tell me if I would actually have that choice?

My current remote controls all of my components and I just press a button to select a component, then the lcd screen shows all of the buttons I've programmed in (along with some hard buttons). Basically I'm in control.