harmony, pronto, any decent remote these days has macros, which automate several different functions, perfect for a lazy bugger such as yourself.
My vizio fer instance, has a buton for componet, one for hdmi/dtv, and one for analog inputs
When I select my recorder my receiver switches to the source, and my componet
button is pushed twice, setting my input and source with one button
Of course you have to program em, I HAD BUTTONS for music channels, push "smooth jaz and buttons 4, 2, and 9 are pushed, setting my cablebox to smooth jazz,
And then the blasted cable company put all of the music channels in the 800's!!!