There are a number of excellent universal remotes on the market - Outlaw elected to go with a fairly basic universal to keep cost down, plus it lets folks invest their time and money in the universal remote that they prefer. The most popular choices are Universal Remote and Harmony (owned by Logitech these days). I've used both the Universal MX-500 and MX-700 and consider both to be excellent choices (the MX-500 could be had from bluedo.com for around $85 last time I checked), but both are apparently being discontinued so they may be a little hard to find. Universal also has a consumer line with three good universal remotes (the URC-100, URC-200, and URC-300). Harmony is the other prominent source for good universal remotes. I haven't used any of their remotes (Universal's remotes are a little better suited to my needs), but they are equally as popular as the Universals.