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Philips SRU 8008 Reviews

Universal remote control - infrared More product details

$65.87

Good weight, excellent quality (with one exception), simple to set-up (pocket-lint.com)

Enkel programmering ; Pedagogiska makron ; Stöder många enheter (bildochljud.se)

alaTest Review Summary for Philips SRU 8008

We have collected and analyzed 3 expert reviews and 55 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 79/100 and users rate it 85/100. The average review date is June 11, 2009. We have compared these reviews to 18535 reviews from other Remote Controls. The alaScore™ for this product is 98/100 = Excellent. Last update: November 21, 2009.

alaSCORE 98

980100

58 reviews

November, 2009

79 / 100

3 Experts

Product Age

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85 / 100

55 Users

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from $65.87

Expert Reviews (3)

GB

Philips Prestigo SRU8008 remote

By Chris Hall (pocket-lint.com)

Will this put you in control?

Good weight, excellent quality (with one exception), simple to set-up

Control wheel is shocking

Overall this is an impressive controller that you?d want on your coffee table. The screen brings an advanced dimension to the controls allowing easy set-up. But the real disappointment was the circular control, which was really lacking

Philips want to bring simplicity into your living room with the Prestigo...

Rating

70100

Partner Source
pocket-lint.com
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Philips Prestigo SRU8008

By Jonas Ekelund (bildochljud.se)

US Note: This is an automatic translation. The text can differ from the original review.

A home theater with many appliances means too many remote controls. We test the multi-remote that promises to replace them all and make it easier to control everything .

Simple programming; Education macros; Supports many devices ;

ergonomics rather than on the top ;

Even if you have an eye on where you have the remote so it is important to keep track of which belonging to the apparatus. To say nothing of the confusion when you pick up the remote to the apparatus is not used as often - which button was that it would p...

Rating

83100

Partner Source
bildochljud.se

User Reviews (55)

US

very akward

By djo10 (bestbuy.com)

"bought this remote with the ease of mind knowing that i could return it if i did not like it...so i got it and took it home and started setting it up which was very easy, as i noted in the pros, you can hold your existing remote up to the sensors on this...

easy setup, never had to open the manual, able to use existing remote to program any key on the remote to do anything

very uncomfortable to hold, usable keys all over the remote and akward to move your hand around the remote just to use

US

Not impressed

By archychick (amazon.com)

Not impressed

I bought this remote to try and consolidate the 4 remotes I have for my 4 basic electronic items - TV, VCR, DVD, and TIVO. This is the first universal remote I tried, and I have been really disappointed so far. Here are my issues: 1. Despite this bein...

US

Better than I dreamed

By R. Cruickshank (amazon.com)

Better than I dreamed

I ordered this remote because I had 5 remotes cluttering up my living room. I opened the box, popped in the batteries, it then prompted me how to program it (took about 10 minutes), and I was off watching TV. I found that it had all the buttons a cable...

Manufacturer's Description

Icon design allows you to customize programming by user or by viewing category. 10 Device remote controls TV, DVD, Tivo, VCR, satellite, cable, audio, DVR and more. Offers advanced DVD, DVR and satellite functionality.

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