Here’s a great idea form the folks at Logitech. The Harmony 688 Universal Remote Control. USB interface for programming, and a simple interface for programming complex marcos to control your entire home entertainment system. There is even support for Tivos, and other DVR’s. Works with all flavors of Windows operating systems and Mac OSX with Safari 1.0 or greater. I never thought we would see the day when a remote control has 2Mb of memory!!

Logitech has it listed on their site for $249.00, but you can get it here for

Use the Blue link below, and then click on “New & Used” to find the lowest price (which should be $121.00, as of 6/25/2005 at 3:16pm PST)