Quote Originally Posted by topspeed
I would venture to say the most popular UM here is the Harmony 880. I went from a Sony RM3000 to the 880 and it was a quantum leap in user friendliness. All functions are downloadable online and the user interface is as simple as they come. Highly recommended.

If you'd like a little more research, check out remotecentral.com. The forums there are also a good place to check out potential shortcomings with whatever you choose.

Hope this helps.
remotecentral.com, huh? I guess that makes sense. Yeah, it helps a lot, I appreciate it. I'll take a look and see if anything interesting comes up, but yeah, a lot of people have been talking about the Harmony Remotes. I think the 550 is closest to my price range. So is the iconRemote from x10. I don't know much about the Sony remotes, other than the RMAX4000, and it looks a little intimidating.