I just got a Logitech Harmony 676 remote. It was up and running my multi-brand home theater system in about 25 minutes from opening the extra-difficult-to-open plastic package.

I especially like the activity buttons on this thing. Press the “Watch TV” button and it sets the TV to the right input, the reciever to the right input and turns everything I need to watch TV on while shutting everything off. Hit the “Watch a Movie” button and it switches the inputs for the DVD changer and turns the TiVo off.

Best part, no macros to program. The Harmony software does it all for you.

Very nice.