Customer Rating: 
Summary: Worked with my dvd recorder,sort of.
Comment: I bought this remote as a replacement for the factory remote that came with my cheap wal-mart magnavox dvd recorder. The factory remote was very poorly made and broke within a few months of using it. I tried several other universal remotes that I own and purchased a few others, none seemed to work with this dvd recorder. So I searched amazon and found this one that states it is made for dvd and it is the same brand as my player. So after I got this and tried all of the codes for magnavox dvd recorders, none of them worked. I had to use a code for a standard magnavox dvd player and am not afforded the functionality of the specific dvd recording buttons. The remote works and learns functions easily. The enter button on the dvd directional pad is hard to push as it is sunken in too far. All in all not a bad remote for the price,but better if it supported all the dvd recorder function keys!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Does it's job
Comment: This remote easily programmed and runs my Phillips/Magnavox boom box, my Dishnetwork Satellite receiver, my Toshiba VCR, my Panasonic ES15 DVD player, and my Magnavox TV-vcr-dvd combo. There were some remote functions for the DVD player and boombox that I programmed in using the remote's learning function. That worked fine. The remote seems light, but fits my hand well and most of the buttons are spaced well enough to be easily pushed without accidentally pushing other buttons. Some seem a little small and hard to reach without repositioning my hand, but what can you expect for an inexpensive remote that does so many things? One small disappointment is that the buttons are not as easily responsive as I would like, especially when running the satellite, but I'm getting used to holding them down a bit longer and they work.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Does everything
Comment: This the second one of these remotes I have purchased at a shamefully low price compared at what you can get at the big box stores. I purchased the first one as I had a new Magnavox LCD TV that would not respond to any the programming codes on 3 different remotes that I tried. The PMDVD6 also would not work with the code library supplied. But not to worry, the learning ability of this device saved the day and now the remote works flawlessly. You should also note that the codes are not lost with battery replacement if it is done in reasonable amount of time. I bought the second remote for a different room when one of my originals from a JVC Tuner/Amplifer was smashed. I programmed this one with the available code library and now one remote controls my TV, Satellite Receiver, DVD player, VCR, and the aforementioned JVC product. This is one poweful remote for a small package at a great price.
Customer Rating:
Summary: No Code for Samsung DVD-R and Won't Learn
Comment: I had high hopes for this one. I have a cheaper Philips 3-device remote that I like but for ONE nagging point, no eject or open/close button. So I thought I'd give this one a try since it claimed to have dedicated DVD controls. But, darn it, there is no code for any SAMSUNG DVD recording device listed, and I even tried using the one that worked so well on my other one to no avail. I put the remotes end to end and followed the instructions to get it to learn from the Samsung's remote, but it just wouldn't take. So, I'm back to looking for one that will work my TV, VCR, and DVD recorder AND has an eject button for less than $20.
Now, the TV code works just fine, in fact it's the same code for both remotes, ditto for my VCR. But why in the world they left out Samsung, when they have other brands of DVD recorders listed is beyond me. The brands they do have codes for are as follows: Go Video, Hitachi, Magnavox, Panasonic, Philips, Philips-Magnavox, Polaroid(?), Sony, and Yamaha. DVRs listed are: AT&T, Panasonic, Philips, RCA, ReplayTV, Sonic Blue, Sony, TiVo, and Toshiba. It has codes for Combo units, Laser Disc, Home Theater in a Box, even a Home Automation unit. But, somehow, Samsung DVD recorders got left out of the loop!
The buttons could be bigger; I like the larger buttons on my 3-device remote, the one with no eject button, but I was willing to live with the shortcomings if it would operate what I wanted to. And it would be nice if the translucent buttons actually were backlit, but on the other hand, it never lists that as an option anywhere on the package.
Please bear in mind that the remote is not worthless in general; it's just worthless to me, because I apparently have a device that's too new to be controlled by it. I'll probably put this one up for sale since I was overconfident and threw away the receipt. Who knew two remotes made by the same company would be so different?
Customer Rating:
Summary: Pretty good & inexpensive
Comment: Fairly easy to program and I was able to get it to learn most of the commands from my various remotes, though not all of them.
Summary: Worked with my dvd recorder,sort of.
Comment: I bought this remote as a replacement for the factory remote that came with my cheap wal-mart magnavox dvd recorder. The factory remote was very poorly made and broke within a few months of using it. I tried several other universal remotes that I own and purchased a few others, none seemed to work with this dvd recorder. So I searched amazon and found this one that states it is made for dvd and it is the same brand as my player. So after I got this and tried all of the codes for magnavox dvd recorders, none of them worked. I had to use a code for a standard magnavox dvd player and am not afforded the functionality of the specific dvd recording buttons. The remote works and learns functions easily. The enter button on the dvd directional pad is hard to push as it is sunken in too far. All in all not a bad remote for the price,but better if it supported all the dvd recorder function keys!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Does it's job
Comment: This remote easily programmed and runs my Phillips/Magnavox boom box, my Dishnetwork Satellite receiver, my Toshiba VCR, my Panasonic ES15 DVD player, and my Magnavox TV-vcr-dvd combo. There were some remote functions for the DVD player and boombox that I programmed in using the remote's learning function. That worked fine. The remote seems light, but fits my hand well and most of the buttons are spaced well enough to be easily pushed without accidentally pushing other buttons. Some seem a little small and hard to reach without repositioning my hand, but what can you expect for an inexpensive remote that does so many things? One small disappointment is that the buttons are not as easily responsive as I would like, especially when running the satellite, but I'm getting used to holding them down a bit longer and they work.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Does everything
Comment: This the second one of these remotes I have purchased at a shamefully low price compared at what you can get at the big box stores. I purchased the first one as I had a new Magnavox LCD TV that would not respond to any the programming codes on 3 different remotes that I tried. The PMDVD6 also would not work with the code library supplied. But not to worry, the learning ability of this device saved the day and now the remote works flawlessly. You should also note that the codes are not lost with battery replacement if it is done in reasonable amount of time. I bought the second remote for a different room when one of my originals from a JVC Tuner/Amplifer was smashed. I programmed this one with the available code library and now one remote controls my TV, Satellite Receiver, DVD player, VCR, and the aforementioned JVC product. This is one poweful remote for a small package at a great price.
Customer Rating:
Summary: No Code for Samsung DVD-R and Won't Learn
Comment: I had high hopes for this one. I have a cheaper Philips 3-device remote that I like but for ONE nagging point, no eject or open/close button. So I thought I'd give this one a try since it claimed to have dedicated DVD controls. But, darn it, there is no code for any SAMSUNG DVD recording device listed, and I even tried using the one that worked so well on my other one to no avail. I put the remotes end to end and followed the instructions to get it to learn from the Samsung's remote, but it just wouldn't take. So, I'm back to looking for one that will work my TV, VCR, and DVD recorder AND has an eject button for less than $20.
Now, the TV code works just fine, in fact it's the same code for both remotes, ditto for my VCR. But why in the world they left out Samsung, when they have other brands of DVD recorders listed is beyond me. The brands they do have codes for are as follows: Go Video, Hitachi, Magnavox, Panasonic, Philips, Philips-Magnavox, Polaroid(?), Sony, and Yamaha. DVRs listed are: AT&T, Panasonic, Philips, RCA, ReplayTV, Sonic Blue, Sony, TiVo, and Toshiba. It has codes for Combo units, Laser Disc, Home Theater in a Box, even a Home Automation unit. But, somehow, Samsung DVD recorders got left out of the loop!
The buttons could be bigger; I like the larger buttons on my 3-device remote, the one with no eject button, but I was willing to live with the shortcomings if it would operate what I wanted to. And it would be nice if the translucent buttons actually were backlit, but on the other hand, it never lists that as an option anywhere on the package.
Please bear in mind that the remote is not worthless in general; it's just worthless to me, because I apparently have a device that's too new to be controlled by it. I'll probably put this one up for sale since I was overconfident and threw away the receipt. Who knew two remotes made by the same company would be so different?
Customer Rating:
Summary: Pretty good & inexpensive
Comment: Fairly easy to program and I was able to get it to learn most of the commands from my various remotes, though not all of them.