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Win Vista Premium Ultimate Mce Remote Control By Mediagate Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Alright but problems with its own IR receiver
Comment: I've been using media center since XP's version debuted and using a regular home theater PC before it. I've had various flavors of Media Center remotes through the years, which ends up being a fortunate thing since the IR receiver on this unit is problematic, as evidenced by one of the other users getting double inputs on everything.

Since I already had an IR receiver from my other media center remote, I just pulled this remote out of the box, put the batteries in, and was off and running. Worked fine, every input worked perfectly. But the older IR receivers from the standard media center systems are larger and more obtrusive than the smaller profile unit that came with this, so I went ahead and disconnected my old one, and plugged this one in. Still let the IR blaster signals through fine, could change channels, but the green button no longer worked apparently, nor did the zoom feature. Every button input, as noted in another review, was doubled. So I pulled the receiver off that came with this, put the original back, and it worked like a champ again. That cost it one star.

The other star was lost due to the inability to learn anythign else. My searches turned up two versions of this remote, one with a "lower" number and this one, so I assumed this was the one that could learn things like the TV power so I could only use the one remote. Not true. No learning on this model, and no backlighting on the keys. Since this is a new layout for the keys, I would've appreciated backlighting until I learn where things are by feel. So those two cost it another star.

On the plus side, it's the only remote I've seen that has some of the media center specific features like Zoom. And, unlike the newer one that came with Media Center kits the last few years, this one still has direct buttons for radio, music, pictures, and videos, things that disappeared on the new iterations of remotes a few years ago. So that brought one of the stars back that I removed from the pitfalls.

Most used buttons are well placed and individual enough that inadvertant pressings are nonexistent. The transport controls are easy to find and all the buttons have good tactile response. You KNOW when you've pressed them.

Overall a great remote for such a cheap price. Unfortunately the lack of learning means it will only be in use here until I get a new remote, whenever the new remotes with windows sideshow functionality are more than just vaporware.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Does what it's supposed to do
Comment: As the description says, it will not work with XP, unless, maybe, you know how to re-program these things.
Other than that, does everything it is supposed to.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Was Fine
Comment: Remote was fine, but Vista didn't recognize it. At least not without drivers. Vista is just bad.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Lifesaver! Perfect Replacement
Comment: When the original remote stopped working for my Media Center PC, this remote came to my rescue! I actually like it much better too. Very easy to setup and use, looks good, and even survived a couple major drops with no damage or problems.
Highly recommend it!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Windows Vista Remote
Comment: The remote works great except there times when I push a button once and it clicks twice on my computer. Maybe mine has a small defect or something. Other than that I really like the remote.

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