While I haven't used the Sony remote, I own a Pronto and swear by the thing. Not sure what I did without it. I know my wife had to call me at work to figure how to watch something other than the Dish. Now she taps the screen and everything magically switches for her.

It takes a bit of patience initially (and the extra money, of course) but it was a fun project to set it up and customize it to look how I wanted it to look.

kugumby