Philips Pronto TS1000 Infrared

the Pronto is ergonomically designed to be comfortably held in one hand, or with it's concave bottom sit on your leg without slipping off. It also appears to be quite sturdily built and should survive the occasional accidental drop onto a carpeted floor. A large dot matrix touchscreen is surrounded by physical volume and channel buttons on the right, and two buttons on the bottom that can be set to control any common commands. On the left side is a recessed contrast dial and below that a backlight button that switches on a pleasant, smooth blue-green light. At the bottom of the left side is a jack that allows for future connectivity to a PC. On the back is a tiny reset button and contacts for the optional recharging dock. The Pronto features a marvelous graphical operating system that also happens to be one of the quickest. It features four shades (white, light gray, dark gray and black) along with animation and scrolling. It's very easy to learn the intuitive controls. Philips appears to have left nothing out of this remote.