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(More customer reviews)Some of what follows is no longer valid, including reference to the "very attractive" price. See my entry dated 10/1/10 in the comments below for the updated story. Here's what I wrote back in '08:
The price advertised here is very attractive, but anyone contemplating it should do some research on Universal Remotes' VERY aggressive limitations on support. URC has been focusing their business more and more on professional installers and high end dealers. If you buy this remote from anyone but an authorized dealer you will get one download of the programming software from URC. You will NOT be able to get updates for software improvements or codes for new equipment, which are available only through authorized dealers. You also won't get any warranty service from URC if anything goes wrong. (Neither Amazon nor the dealer they're representing here are authorized URC dealers.)
This policy is obviously pretty controversial among the Home Theater and enthusiast crowd. You can find lots of yelling about it in the various forums. So far, however, URC is hanging tough.
You can find the relatively short list of authorized online and B&M dealers on the URC website. They all charge around $400 for the MX-810.
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The Universal Remote MX-810 is a full featured remote control with a color screen. It is programmed via PC Wizard Softwareand can be used with the MRF 260 which makes it RF controlled. This means you do not have to aim the remote at the device to adjust the settings.
