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| User reviews for the Sony RM-VL900 from Sony Electronics. |
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Average: 4.51/5.00
Median: 4.67/5.00 | 102 | $59 |
The Sony RM-VL900 is an economical all-button universal remote that can control up to 8 devices. It has multiple macros, full learning capability on every key, plus a great ergonomic design.
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| Written by Tom Macy from Abilene, TX. The reviewer has used this remote control for 1-3 months. |
| Review 18 made on Friday January 5, 2001 at 11:36 AM. |
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| Review: | For the last year I have been using the One for All Cinema 7 and was very pleased with it. When I upgraded to a new Sony STR-DE845 Dolby Digital Receiver the Cinema 7 no longer met my needs. A universal remote comes with the receiver but it is really only works well if you have all Sony components. Plus, it is the most complicated remote I have ever seen.
I purchased the Sony RM-VL900 with hopes that it could do everything my Cinema 7 did plus make it easier to switch between components and allow me to program individual remote keys beyond the L1-4 keys on the C7. The RM-VL900 has done all of this and much more.
Within an hour I was able to have the remote operating all of my components including:
Sony STR-DE845 receiver
Hughes DirecTV receiver
Panasonic TV
Older Sony 5 disk CD player
Sony VCR
Toshiba DVD player
Within two hours, I had system macros programmed for one button off and on for the components I use most (TV, D-TV & receiver). In addition, I had programmed the component keys to allow for one-button changes between components. This includes changing the receiver input as well as the video selection on the TV. Beyond that I was also able to teach the RM-VL900 to perform functions that some of my other remotes did that it did not. So, I have now put every function that I regularly use on any of my other remotes into the RM-VL900 including:
DVD & CD disk change
All PIP functions for my TV
Access to on-screen menus for TV, VCR and DVD
�and the list goes on.
I am sure that I will discover other functions that I might be missing, but it is so easy to program that I will just add them as needed.
The programmability of this remote has made it such that my entire family can use this remote without a cheat sheet or any frustration.
There are really only two negative things I can say about this remote. The first is no backlight. The keys do glow in the dark and the component buttons light up, but this could be one easy improvement Sony could make in future models. Since my Cinema 7 did not have backlighting, I think I will probably be able to survive without it. The only other negative is a need for more transport buttons and perhaps just more buttons in general. In controlling the D-TV receiver and DVD I found that I was wishing for a button that I was used to. I have since programmed other buttons to take on these functions. I really don�t see either of these as big negatives compared to the other remotes I have looked at.
I would recommend the RM-VL900 to anyone. Unless you have more than 8 components you need to control, this remote can more than meet your needs. Plus, for $59 (or less) it is outstanding.
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| Written by HT from Los Angeles, CA. The reviewer has used this remote control for 1-3 months. |
| Review 17 made on Sunday December 31, 2000 at 11:51 PM. |
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| Review: | I have bought the Harmon/Kardon, the Sony with the big touch screen, the X-10/Radio Shack's various models plus a slew of new cheap remotes that keep coming out that all swear upside-down they work with all major brands and for all new technology.
"One For All" should have been called NONE FOR ANY since I have only the big name brands Sony, RCA, Magnavox, Sharp, Sanyo, Samsung & Quasar ..... but some how they never have the code for my particular model, or the one most crucial button or they don't have any codes for DVD's or whatever ....
The expensive TouchScreen remotes (Sony, Harmon, Palm etc..) SUCK! and are WAY TOO EXPENSIVE (especially if you've bought a couple of different ones, which you would return if you hadn't spent 40-60 hours of your life getting it 'just right' only to find out it will never even be close to what you need.
There has to be a joystick type of operation that you can use without having to always find it on the screen and then carefully push the correct button (which are usually too small and in odd positions and just lack certain vital buttons)
MY OPINION IN SUM: The new Sony VL900 is the best option based on it's: low price; ease to find in almost any electronic's store and even places like Sav-on; NO STUPID BACKLIT TOUCHSCREENS, relatively easy to learn just the codes you really need, fairly good and common layout with real buttons (though not enough and some are a bit too small - Also, for some reason, it's not weighted very well and I drop it more often than I usually do with remotes and I wish the buttons could be lit up before you press them down)
Why can't they make a wireless Learning Universal Remote Controls just like all the new Gameboy/PS2 etc... game controllers with a big joystick or two, egronomic and cool looking?
Probably for the same reason any new computer you buy is obsolete before you even get to unpack it. :-)
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TIP: Most people like to buy all one brand. But if you buy a different brand for each component, when your airhead old mother comes by to annoy you, you just tell her: "See the TV is a Sony ... so use the remote with the Sony name on it. The VCR is a Sharp so use the Sharp remote if you want to watch a tape and if you want to watch a DVD, guess what, you use the Toshiba remote control just like the way the DVD player has the name Toshiba printed right on the front of the machine.
Finally, don't forget to tell her that your cell phone just got cloned and you have a new number which you don't remember yet, so if she needs anything .... she will have to call someone else for help!
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| Written by Carl Farwell from Knoxville, TN, USA. The reviewer has used this remote control for 1-3 months. |
| Review 12 made on Thursday November 16, 2000 at 1:43 PM. |
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| Review: | Awsome! After purchasing a professionally installed high end system which came with a Pronto programmed by the installer on site, I returned to $500 pronto and began a search for something that better fit my needs, assuming that "simpler is better"! For the past year I used a Radio Shack 15-1994, which was a basic 6-in-one, and did a great job, but lacked macro functions, which are necessary to simplify my Tohsiba HDTV/AV/VCR/DVD/Satellite setup.
Other units failled my test because they didn't readily understand my system components, including the Sony AV2100, which was also too clumbsy and difficult to read and follow.
I had RM-VL900 set-up within the hour, doing some pretty awsome macros, and my wife just did the strat-up on her own for the first time in a year!
I love this thing! I originally passed this up on the comparrison because it was only $59, and I thought that it would be a waste of time, but boy was I wrong! |
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