I am in the process of buying a new remote and am having a tough time deciding on which one would be best for me. Right now all of my components are in a tv stand under my tv so RF is not necessary right now but when I decide to do a dedicated theater room I would like to be able hide the components and use RF. I would also like to use the remote for both the theater room and just a plasma/cable box in the room outside of the theater room for normal tv viewing.
I have talked to an online authorized dealer some have suggested on here and the three remotes I'm considering (URC 810, 880 and 980) are all close in price so ignoring price, I need some advice.
I know the differences between the 810 vs. 880 is the use of the wizard software vs. the MX editor and that the MX editor is supposed to be programmed by a professional but paying $250 for programming is out of the question. I have experience programming Harmony remotes which are pretty easy so I think I would be ok with the 810. However, from doing a search here, it appears that the wizard software is kind of buggy and does not let you customize a lot of things. I am ok with programming stuff but not great so I was wondering how difficult it is to use the MX editor software of the 880 or 980 compared to the 810/harmony type programming and whether I would be totally confused and waste my money. I looked at remotecentral.com's programming screens for the 880 and it seems very confusing but in doing a search, it looks like a lot of people here can program these remotes themselves.
As for the differences between the 980 and the 880, besides the charging dock, is there any other major differences that make the 980 $100 better?
I have talked to an online authorized dealer some have suggested on here and the three remotes I'm considering (URC 810, 880 and 980) are all close in price so ignoring price, I need some advice.
I know the differences between the 810 vs. 880 is the use of the wizard software vs. the MX editor and that the MX editor is supposed to be programmed by a professional but paying $250 for programming is out of the question. I have experience programming Harmony remotes which are pretty easy so I think I would be ok with the 810. However, from doing a search here, it appears that the wizard software is kind of buggy and does not let you customize a lot of things. I am ok with programming stuff but not great so I was wondering how difficult it is to use the MX editor software of the 880 or 980 compared to the 810/harmony type programming and whether I would be totally confused and waste my money. I looked at remotecentral.com's programming screens for the 880 and it seems very confusing but in doing a search, it looks like a lot of people here can program these remotes themselves.
As for the differences between the 980 and the 880, besides the charging dock, is there any other major differences that make the 980 $100 better?