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User reviews for the Philips Pronto TS-1000 from Philips Electronics. |
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Average: 4.11/5.00 Median: 4.33/5.00 | 39 | $399 |
This Philips Pronto is one of the most popular LCD remote controls in the marketplace. It features a high-resolution backlit touchscreen display and the capability to control a nearly unlimited number of devices. Also applies to the European RU890.
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Written by Stuart from Southampton, UK. The reviewer has used this remote control for 1-2 years. |
Review 28 made on Monday February 26, 2001 at 5:29 PM. |
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Review: | I had a Pronto for a year. I just sold it because it was too slow. The problem is, the screen is not very big, so you can't fit all your commonly used functions on it. So you end up making a menu system and navigate your way to the device you want to control. With a bit of ingenuity, you can make a very slick interface that you can be very proud of, but it's still too slow. To give you an example, I could be watching a DVD, so my Pronto would be on the DVD screen. I may want to stop the VCR from recording, so I would have to switch to the VCR screen, "Stop", and navigate my way back. That would take at least 5 thoughtful steps (6 if you include the switch-on) - and each step has animated graphics to slow down your fingers. On my new remote which has lots of hard buttons, I can do the same thing in three quick key presses, without giving it much thought.
Furthermore, it takes weeks if not months to programme the thing properly, because you are forever tweaking it to get it to work they way you want it. You soon discover which regular tasks take you too long to complete, so your back at your computer screen again looking for new ways to make it even slicker.
If you want something that just gets the job done - try the Marantz RC2000mkII. It's not perfect, and I miss some of the Prontos flexibility, but at least it doesn't rule me anymore! |
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Written by Randall Hammill from Canton, CT. The reviewer has used this remote control for 1-3 months. |
Review 27 made on Monday February 19, 2001 at 4:53 PM. |
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Review: | This is great! I have had it for about a week. In 3 days I had a professional-looking design (thanks to this site) that controlled all of the functions on 6 remotes, plus a bunch that weren't on the remote.
I bought an open box Pronto at Tweeter (saved $25... big deal) for $225. No manual, so I downloaded the pdfs and the software and I looked at about 3 pages of the manual. This is so easy to program with prontoedit, especially if you use some of the ccf's here as examples. I was originally looking for the MX-1000, because I thought these were still $400.
My wife finds it very easy to use, and to me, the most valuable thing is the ability to catalog all of the channels by name. I have no idea what the channels are on our cable system, but I don't have to anymore (neither does anybody who visits).
Of course, Im' still tweaking, and I'm not quite finished enough to post it here, but I will be soon. I liked it so much I returned my tape deck and paid the extra $50 for the remote controllable model.
My only comlplaint is the price, it should be about $200. There is no reason the newer version should be $400 anymore, memory is not that expensive. I thought I wanted more hard buttons, but the ones here seem to be enough for us.
This replaced 6 1/2 remotes (the half being the tape deck - it doesn't come with the remote, but you can buy it seperately - I didn't need to I got the codes here).
This isn't for everybody, but it's about the best thing out there, because of the quality, ease of use, and now huge user base that is awesome about helping out! |
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