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Is it worth the $190?
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Post 1 made on Tuesday October 24, 2006 at 23:45
dbpaddler
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So buy.com has this for $200, $190 if you use google checkout. I just bought it thinking that I could use my SLA5500 as the UPnP it says it is on top of being a decent and nicer alternative to my Harmony remotes.

Now reading through the various forums on this, it seems Philips isn't really supporting this properly (a definite understatement?), and that the only UPnP devices it supports are discontinued.

I suppose I could ditch the SLA5500 in the LR and just use this in the cradle, and then use it just as a glorified Harmony, but would I be better off just taking the money and investing it in a Sonos type system?
Post 2 made on Tuesday October 24, 2006 at 23:59
Rambler358
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Well, just make sure you have a good return policy should you decide not to keep it. This is why I paid $250 for it at Costco. I have a local Costco very close to me, and they have a very liberal return policy.

It's a good remote, but not very customizable. If you can live with its limitations, you'll like it. The "Experiences and work-arounds" thread here gives some tips on how to do certain things, but it's a tedious and non-intuitive process.

I just picked up a Pronto TSU7000, and will be returning the RC9800i once it's setup. The remote's EPG is quite nice, but that's not enough to make me keep it. Set it up with your equipment and see if it works for you. You're correct on the media server issue though.
OP | Post 3 made on Wednesday October 25, 2006 at 00:30
dbpaddler
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being that I'm more concerned with the music server side of it, I think I'll live with the SLA5500 for now. I'm going to cancel my order. Nice thought while it lasted though.


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