Philips unveils Prestigo SRT9320 touchscreen universal remote

The last Philips Prestigo universal remote we saw was that gigantic SR-M80145 "tablet," but it looks like the company's toned it down with the sexy new Prestigo SRT9320. The company's new top-of-the-line IR-only clicker has a 2.8-inch color touchscreen and can be programmed to control up to 20 devices entirely from the remote itself without using a PC -- which can be a blessing or a curse, depending on your setup and macro situation. It's all yours for $249 sometime in the first quarter of twenty-oh-nine.

[Via Electronista]

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2008 9:14AM]

"Philips unveils touchscreen Prestigo SRT9320 touchscreen universal remote"

But my question is, does it have a touchscreen?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2008 11:12AM]

Why would you think it would have touchscreen?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2008 11:31AM]

Looks terrible. The number one feature that everyone looks for in a remote is properly placed Play, Pause, Rewind, Fast Forward, Record, Skip Fwd, Skip Bwd buttons. Everything else is butter.

This remote doesn't seem to have any. Which means it is either sharing them with the cross pad, or uses the touch screen which is a horrific idea.

Huge pass on this remote. Everyone, and I mean everyone, needs to look at the Tivo remotes and model their after that.

[Galley Posted Dec 18th 2008 1:32PM]

But it has "Red, Yellow, Green and Blue" buttons!

Seriously, no transport controls? What were they thinking?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2008 2:27PM]

yeah that thing is pretty ugly. the most important thing to remember for media center/high end AV equipment is style. this remote looks pretty beat.

also, $250? they locked themselves out of the mcpc market cuz theres no reason to get this over the logiteh dinovo edge mini ($120). to be competitive they gotta make this thing $100. otherwise, good luck philips.