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- Controls everything from TVs to lighting
- Can control devices located in other rooms
- Large 3.7-inch color touch screen
- Very expensive
- Programming may require a pro
If price is no object, reviewers say the Philips Pronto TSU9600 is a luxury remote that can control music, entertainment and lighting equipment throughout your home. Its 3.7-inch color touch screen dwarfs that of the highly rated Logitech Harmony One (*Est. $200). It is both IR and RF capable, so it can control devices anywhere in the home. However, setup is so complicated that professional programming is recommended. As an alternative, the new Logitech Harmony 1100 (*Est. $350) has a big touch screen and earns excellent reviews, but it can't control as many different things (such as lighting) as the Pronto remote control.
Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity and Sound & Vision magazine have by far the best reviews of the Philips Pronto TSU9600 remote control, with expert testers evaluating all aspects of the universal remote and its complicated software. The New York Times and Gizmodo.com limit information about the Pronto to a few paragraphs, but both reviewers do compare the remote with others on the market. A small handful of user reports for the Philips Pronto TSU9600 remote control can be found at Amazon.com.
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1. Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity
This review of the Philips Pronto TSU9600 explores every aspect of the remote. The review does not test the Pronto directly against other remotes, although some comparisons are drawn with other units, including previous Pronto models.
Review: Philips Pronto TSU9600 Remote Control, Ofer LaOr, April 2007
2. Sound & Vision MagazineDetails/Subscribe
John Sciacca at Sound & Vision magazine is surprised how effortlessly the Philips Pronto TSU9600 integrates with Escient media servers and Lutron lighting systems. Overall, he says it offers "virtually everything you could want from a remote."
Review: Philips Pronto TSU9600 Touchscreen Control Panel, John Sciacca, June 2006
Reviewer Eric A. Taub benchmarks six less expensive options against the Philips Pronto TSU9600. Like the other remote controls discussed here, the Pronto gets only a few paragraphs dedicated to it.
Review: Tired of Juggling Remotes? Take Control With a Universal, Eric A. Taub, March 27, 2008
4. Gizmodo
Gizmodo's Travis Hudson examines the Philips Pronto TSU9600 at a trade show. Although his experience with the remote is limited, this review is well illustrated with photos and screen shots.
Review: CEDIA 2006: Hands-On With the Philips Pronto TSU9600, Travis Hudson, Sept. 15, 2006
5. Amazon.com
The pricey Philips Pronto TSU9600 doesn't attract as many user reviews as more affordable remote controls (just four when we checked) but the reviews here give some indication how well the Pronto performs in the real world, as well as how difficult it can be to program.
Review: Color Pronto Remote Control - TSU9600, Contributors to Amazon.com
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