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One control to rule them all

The digital home has meant many living rooms are littered with too many controls for a vast array of consumer electronics equipment. The idea of universal remotes is not new but the choice is certainly improving with mainstream companies now entering the field with midrange and high-end offerings. Philips has just launched its new RU990 ProntoPro touch-screen remote with 48Mb of memory. It is designed to work with all AV equipment. Just point it at your other remotes – or download codes via the USB cable off the Net – to put all your devices under the control of one remote. Lord of the Rings eat your heart out. RF support means you can also control devices that are not in line-of-sight. Philips_pprontoproru990The bundled software even lets you build your own interface on a PC for the remote’s LCD display. At £599, this is certainly not at the budget end of the universal remote scale but if home cinema/hi-fi occupies a large chunk of your free time, then a serious control is worth considering.  

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