New Philips Pronto Professional

I wonder if they will support it

you are right.

Does anyone have any additional information yet ? Prior to CEDIA........

remotecentral has two teasers on it. Don't know if they are the same two that remoteshoppe mentioned

For your viewing pleasure ... teaser 3

http://www.pronto.philips.com/

some more info on RC

think this is interesting



look at icons 2,3 and 9

Looks a lot like a T4.

CJ

When and how much

a lot more info on it http://www.remotecentral.com/cedia06/show01.htm

but no price yet. two (I would guess optional) WI-FI bases

USD MSRP

TSU9600 $1299

RFX9600 $599 (RS232)

RFX9400 $299 (WiFi)

This thing is too awesome. The screen is gorgeous and the response is instantaneous. The fit and finish and the weight distribution are just right. The extenders are very powerful control units. You can make a nice robust system with these components.

I like the live state feedback. I hate crossing my fingers when I hit the remote button.

The only downside I see is weak battery life. Of course not a problem if you keep it in the cradle most of the time.

Ken

Ken, what is the battery life like?

Well, I don't know for sure he said 1-2 days off of the charger. I said that wouldn't work well for people that like to lose the remote in the couch cushions.

Then he added, "Well, it has auto shutdown so the battery won't drain once it goes to sleep". So I don't know exactly what that means. If it was 1-2 days of continuous use then that would translate into 4-6 months.

I took it all to mean that wifi does draw its share of power.

BTW, I went back to the Harmony booth to ask more questions about the 1000. It doesn't do two-way like the Pronto Pro.

Ken

when and where available? Does anybody know at this stage?

Can't remember if he said October or November....

Ken

cool that is all that is needed for a remote with a charger. Enough for an evening of TV/movie watching

I used to be like that and still am with the other remotes. But my Pronto TS-1000 just tends to stay on the charger when I don't use it. I find that when a remote has a home it is much more likely to be put there then when it does not. My Pronto is in my HT and I am never looking for it. ON the other hand the Harmony 768 in my bedroom is always lost

PS with a touchscreen you also don't want to sit on it by mistake

Is this going to be an installer only remote or will it be for sale direct to the public?

Please correct me if I'm wrong but I understand that the Harmony 1000 is not fully customizable like the TSU-9600.

For example, buttons may be nice on the Harmony 1000 but you cannot make one with a picture of your kid (or dog) as you can with the Philips Pronto.

I understand that the TSU-9600 (much like the TSU-7500 or Marantz RC-9500 for that matter) is fully customizable and would allow you to have a single button as large as the entire screen (if you wanted to). With the Harmony, I believe you are stuck with the standard config.

Now I am not sure though about the conditional programmability that is apparently available on the URC MX-3000.

you are right


the 880 had a pic slideshow screen saver. So there might be upload pics for a slide show like the 880. But if you wanted a button with a personal icon for something

I need a remote with RF capability. I did not see anything about RF with this remote. How does the Pronto handle RF?

Sharp looking piece of equipment .

Ditto, I would also like to know this.

Does anybody have a date for the UK on the device yet?

AnthonyP, I see you are in Montréal. Are there any TSU-9600 out there?

dSly: no idea. Back in the day (6000/7000/3000) Philips stopped shipping to Canada (from what I heard it was an RF issue (i.e. they did not bother getting it certified in Canada). Hopefully that has changed.

PS you might want to try asking Daniel Tonks. I have seen his name here once or twice, but he is a fellow Canadian and the owner of remotecentral. He has contacts in Philip and might know more.


I guess this opens up an answer to the otyher two questions.

jacket_fan, Waza04: it uses standard wifi and not propriatery RF like many remotes. Even with RF remotes (like the 3000,6000,3500,7000,7500 and European counterparts) RF is built to talk to a base that then transmits IR, some times you can luck out (Like the Prontots and X10) but there is never a guarantee that it will work in RF with an RF device, RF is propriatery and the only reason it worked on the Pronto was that they bought the RF from X10)

the nice thing about wifi is that it might work with other networked devices. They already added support for RadioRa and Escient
http://www.remotecentral.com/cedia06/show01.htm

I know I need to do some more research, but the quote below does not completely clear up what hardware is required if I want to control components that are in a cabinet somewhere.


So you buy one of the RFX9400 extenders, then run IR to your components? If you have more than 4 components you have to get multiple RFX9400s?