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User reviews for the Sony RM-AV2100 from Sony Electronics. |
| Ratings | Reviews | MSRP (USD) |
Average: 3.86/5.00 Median: 4.17/5.00 | 58 | $179 |
Sony's RM-AV2100 LCD touchscreen remote is an upgrade of their previous model with twice the memory for learning, five times the macros, a better built-in code library, greater customization and many more improvements.
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Written by Jonathan Poon from Georgia, USA. The reviewer has used this remote control for 1-3 months. |
Review 5 made on Saturday October 14, 2000 at 11:51 AM. |
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Review: | Overall, this is a great remote. It has a decent library, but teaching it commands is a snap. The 3 macro buttons are a very convenient way to power up/down everything at once. The main thing potential buyers will have to think about is how they deal with the idea of looking at a screen instead of feeling for a button. That is a very important compromise for some people and has to be considered before plunking down $100+ for this otherwise very quality remote. On to the issues:
My main beef is with the backlight system. Although I've been eating my carrots, it is very difficult to glance down and read the commands w/o turning on the backlight. And that's a problem...you have to physcially turn on the light to use it, and worse, it automatically shuts off after a set time. It doesn't care if you're still setting a program on your VCR and need the light...after the time is up, it shuts off the light. I'm sure that it would not have been hard for Sony to program these features into it, but I guess it was just overlooked, and nobody caught it.
Another problem is with the "change" feature. I will state that that feature is COMPLETELY WORTHLESS. The logic is that you can reduce some of the clutter on the screen, which is good. However, it does so at the expense of the hardwired channel buttons, which is BAD. Being that they can control not only the channel, but programmed to fastfwd, etc, this is a horrible oversight. Sony would do best to either leave that option off or fix the problem with the channel. Which brings me to my last gripe...there aren't quite enough hard wired buttons. These is plenty of space on the remote, being as big as it is, but a couple more buttons would certainly help its functionality. They would be immmensely useful in doing jobs that you ALWAYS have to mess with without the tedious job of staring at the screen to do it.
I know that my review has sounded mostly negative, but that's because it does the things it's supposed to so well, there's no point in mentioning that. I've loved my remote, and it has certainly made my life easier (and more fun). But you can't have a critical review without mentioning the shortcomings. |
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