A Remote to Rule Them All (Maybe)
William Grimes in the NYT [free reg req'd] on
the ProntoPro NG, a $1,000 uber-programmable remote.
The price was breathtaking. At $1,000, the ProntoPro costs more than a lot of the equipment it talks to. But factor in the lost hours spent hunting for the DVD remote that someone kicked under a chair or the television remote wedged deep in the sofa, and the ProntoPro might pay for itself in, say, a quarter-century or so.
Usability took a backseat, apparently, in the design of the ProntoPro. Grimes isn't impressed.
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Posted by johndan at September 2, 2004 02:13 PM
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