Hm, so do I just have to memorize which button maps up front since they aren't labeled the same from factory remote to the One? I am probably over thinking this for sure and tell me to shut up if i am haha. I am just worried that after I program it it will take me 10mins to navigate through detailed needs on my AVR like customizing scenes, etc. However, maybe I combo the customization with using on screen menus and only really need the arrow keys. Anyway, thanks for your help. I am trying to decide if I should get this or something like a roomie remote (Itach as well).
It will take you a while on the website (which you can browse without a device to get a feel for it) but you will have basic functions in no time. If you like to tinker, you can spend hours "fine-tuning," but, as has been said before, once you're set up, you (or a less tech-savvy other) will press "Watch TV," and everything will boot up and switch to the correct settings and work.
Magic.
Nothing for a skip function (which, along with the 1.3x play function were the features I missed most when I abandoned my EH85), at least not in my 8640 running TWC Navigator.
I ended up creating two sequences made up of four FF and four REW commands in succession, then assigned those sequences to the skip keys on the remote. This provides direct access to 4x FF/REW modes with a single keypress. Not a substitute for a true 30 second skip, but it does help.
I'm already headed well down that path.
I've built two WMC7 PCs so far and have an array of Silicon Dust HDHomerun network attached tuners (six cable card tuners + two OTA tuners + one ClearQam tuner). One PC in the main family room has been running flawlessly in parallel with the TWC DVR for a year now (the DVR is about to be returned). A second WMC7 PC has saved me from needing two additional STBs in the basement (it feeds both my office TV and the mancave... errrr, basement family room TV), and a third one is currently being built up from leftover/repurposed components to replace another TWC STB up in the bonus room.
As you noted, WMC7 provides many of the features missing from the TWC boxes such as commercial skip, 1.3x play with intelligible audio, two week guide, advanced search options, customizable channel lineups, etc, etc.
All the WMC setups are or will be used with Harmony remotes (Ones in the main family room and bonus room, and both a 650 and an 880 run the shared PC in the basement). The remote configurations are set up virtually identically for both PC and DVR/STB operation so that non-techie family members can move seamlessly between them without any operational confusion.
My son has also gone down the same path and currently has five(!) WMC7 setups in lieu of TWC boxes in his house. He is also experimenting with Silicon Dust's new beta software/firmware for the CableCard tuners which supports DLNA streaming of encrypted content to his PS3.
