The remote for use as a multi-function remote makes me want to throw the remote into the wall.

It seems to me, unless you happen to have the exact device connected to the input described on the remote, like a SAT device, you can't program it for anything but a SAT device, there's no way to have any other device hooked to that input and still be programmable (like a 2nd VCR). I'm so perplexed by the inability to re-assign Device type for the device selection buttons on the top of the 950 remote.