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I have owned this remote for about 9 months. VERY PLEASED...but PLEASE READ Use for :TV , DVR, Bluray(w/Netflix), soundbar so basically its 4 items, each with various advanced features. I had no issues with set-up. I did have to do a customized button function for the DVR 'recorded shows' button, and I had to manually sync my sound bar following the pretty easy directions...but, let me just say it was easy for *me* , maybe a little too complex for say, my parents who are not gadget savvy. Or even my wife (hope she doesnt read this) This remote CAN and WILL simplify your remote control experience, but it does require some level of geek savvy when it comes to programming and especially troubleshooting. It helps GREATLY to UNDERSTAND how the remote operates. example: when you press DVD ON, understand everything that goes on in order for you to switch from TV watch mode to DVD watch. The remote will, step by step, and in order, send a different signal to each component. Not simultaneously. Step by step. You need to keep the remote *aiming* at your component(s) through the entire process..as it will..power on dvd....set input...etc. It could be as many as 4 successive steps with just 1 button being pressed...So, it could take about 10 LONG seconds (I'm used to it now) You have to keep remote aiming properly during this time...So often I have seen people press the WATCH TV button and then put the remote down once the TV turn on...NOPE...thats asking for trouble...you SHOULD KEEP AIMING IT for about 10 long seconds....and hopefully all your components are roughly in the same direction of where u are aiming. For most people thats not an issue. But worth noting. If all of this makes sense to you, thats a BIG PLUS !!! The HELP menu on the remote is pretty handy if a component 'missed' a command. Logitech has done a super job making this remote ALMOST easy. A little patience and understanding go a LONG way. Here is my CONS: everything is backlit (love that) EXCEPT the top buttons above the lcd screen!!!...such as the Watch TV button and ALL OFF button. I don't understand why. CON #2 I tend to drop my remote...a LOT. No, it hasn't broken, despite some pretty bad falls onto a hard wood floor...Thats actually a good thing, its DURABLE....but what I can almost guarantee is with any JOLT to the remote, it will RESET out of whatever mode it was in. Here's what happens and the quickest solution : I'm watching TV (so I'm in the watch TV mode) I drop the remote. Remote then resets (due to the JOLT of hitting the floor) to the main screen (where I choose what I want to do) The remote will not function until I re-tell it to go to Watch TV mode...HOWEVER, since I am presently *actually watching TV* when I press the Watch TV button, its not smart enough to realize my tv is *already* ON...it assumes the TV is OFF, so it sends the power TV signal to the TV...thus turning it OFF. Solution: I hit the Watch TV button while I cup my hand and cover the front of the remote (blocking the signal) so that the "remote" goes into the correct mode, but the "signal" to power the TV doesn't reach the TV....thus I'm back in the correct watch TV mode without disrupting my TV viewing. If the above doesn't make sense, from a conceptional point of view, than "maybe" this remote isn't for you. Its not magical, but it CAN be a great convenience once you understand it. I LOVE it.