I agree with all of the comments about checking out remote central. Just a quick point as a happy owner of an MX-700 about programmable remotes.

It has been my observation that they are a pain in the you know what unless you have your pc in the same room as your home theater setup. You need to have a live connection between the remote and the pc to effectively test macros and button configurations. If you have a laptop then the problem disappears.

Having said that, I have setup my MX-700 so its all macro driven. Pushing one button turns on my 1050, toshiba hdtv, dvd player, switches both the 1050 and hdtv to the proper input and change the hdtv format to full screen. I then have a combination of hard and soft buttons to raise and lower volume, fast forward and reverse and the like. I have similar macros for watching regular tv, hdtv and my vcr, ditto for listening to CD's and the Radio.

Finally, the kids also love it because they have a simple 3 button remote that allows them to just setup the system to watch tv.
Best of all, my wife can even use it to watch a DVD without calling me down to turn it on!

[This message has been edited by 73Bruin (edited April 01, 2004).]