Philips TSU500 LCD Touchscreen Remote Control

Pros: Customisability and size

Cons: Customisability and price

The Bottom Line: If you have many different Home Theatre components, all of a different brand, and have artistic design ability (or a lack of remote control asthete) then get this remote!

Review: DESIGN
The design of the ProntoNeo is effective. The remote is small enough that it can be used with one hand, but still maximises available LCD screen space. The backlighting is a nice blue, and the hard buttons are backlit aswell. Overall, the...

Pros: Flexible, nice size, hard buttons, programmable.

Cons: Must be programmed on PC to reach full potential.

The Bottom Line: Buy it, but be prepared to put some effort into programming it. It's worth it if your audio/video setup is complex.

Review: My problem was to consolidate the remotes for the components of our home theater system so that everyone could actually watch TV without a detailed user manual. The components to be controlled consisted of: Toshiba 42HDX82 TV; Denon 1803 Receiver; JVC...

Pros: Very Powerful, awesome price on refurbished models, lots of support on remotecentral.com

Cons: Needs firmware update, very technical and involved configuration, requires a PC

The Bottom Line: If you have the time and want to bring your home theater experience to another level this remote is the perfect piece for under $100 (refurbished model).

Review: I've been using this remote for a long time now and I have been totally satisfied with it. So much so that I have talked friends and family into getting it also. It is extremely functional and capable. It can reproduce the functionality of just ...

Pros: Nice size, fully configurable.

Cons: Mine has to be reset often.

The Bottom Line: I recommend this remote because it is a FULLY programmable universal remote that fits into one hand.

Review: This is a great little remote that you can operate with one hand. Almost everything about this remote is configurable with the included software and computer cable.

You can define your own buttons (size, label, color, style) and you can then...

Pros: Entry level price. Can control entire home theater systems. Nice design.

Cons: Must be programmed to make the most of it. No variables in the programming.

Review: I wanted a remote that I could program so that I only needed one. I wanted touchscreen and macros so I could push one button and have my TV turn on, my receiver turn on and set itself to the proper settings, turn on the DVD player, and presto, sit down ...

Pros: Looked like just the thing for me

Cons: Would not learn, must be defective unit

The Bottom Line: Be careful that you can return it!

Review: I got real excited to see BestBuy offering the TSU500 at $149. I had to travel to stores in three different cities to find one in stock. Got home, discovered the unit had been returned, (writing in the book said purchased three months ago.)
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Pros: Replace nearly every other remote with just one, Custom Buttons, Very flexible

Cons: Eats batteries, locks up every week, difficult to hold

Review: I have had this remote for about 4 years. Purchased this to remove the collection of remotes from the coffee table. Unfortunately although it can replace them all you need to keep the other remotes around cause this one will lock up very often and ...

Pros: Affordable, Configurable

Cons: Fragile, Un-reliable, Always needing reset!!!

Review: I bought this remote because it offered lots of the functionality of the Pronto with less of a cost, or so I thought. The first release of the editing software was plagued with problems and would overwrite and learning that you had done. The next release ...

Pros: Awesome when it works.

Cons: Too undependable for the high price.

Review: This is my second Pronto Neo. The first one was refurbished and lasted four months, while the second one lasted a little over a year. Would you like to know what Philips told me? They told me tough luck buddy, please buy another one of these thing so ...