twesterm on 14 November 2007
phil said:
Bluetooth > IR for remotes. You don't get annoying blocks of the signal, nor do you need to aim the remote directly at the unit. They're not trying to screw you, it's genuinely better. In any case, you don't need a remote. You can do everything with the controllers. |
- I can't remember the last time I needed my remote when I wasn't in the room. Also, as long as I'm facing my TV I've never had a problem with my remote. For every device I have programmed into my remote linked above, the remote can be completely turned around and still work fine and I'm not in a habit of playing things between my and my TV so I don't really care about blockage. So Blue Tooth is good, but it isn't genuinely better.
- You missed the point: I like having a single remote do everything. I know the controller can do everything but then that's still something else I have to fiddle with when I want to watch a movie or whatever. The point of having a spiffy universal remote is so that I don't have to keep 7 remote laying around, instead I can have just one do everything.