Entered CNET Catalog: 05/01/2003
SKU: TSU6000
Manufacturer: Philips Consumer Electronics
Manufacturer description
The ProntoPro, with its large 256-color touch-screen LCD brings near photo-quality images to interacting with your home entertainment environment. Add images of users and full-color network logos to the intuitive user interface. Pick up your ProntoPro and the screen light up straight away - even before you press it. Tilt sensor backlighting adds extra convenience to viewing in the dark. You can customize the user interface to meet your own specific wishes and personal requirements - and those of all other users in your home. Add new buttons, redesign the layout, and enhance the colors. It's as individual as you are. With the biggest database of control codes ever built-in to a universal remote, the ProntoPro can control any other IR remote controlled product - regardless of brand. It also includes a powerful self-learning capability to give absolute compatibility with every IR remote control on the market.User opinions
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User Rating: 
6/10
More trouble than its worth
Pros: When its working right, its great.
Cons: Too complicated to program yourself. Freezes up periodically.
Review:
This remote has a tremendous amount of capability. Unfortunately with that comes an equal amount of complexity. I bought it for $1000 thinking I would spend whatever it takes to avoid the 5 remote hassle and give my wife one remote she could easily use. Now I have one remote that nobody including me can use.
User Rating: 6/10
Pretty, but not the best functionality
Pros: When it works the interface is interesting
Cons: You CANNOT program this yourself, unless you're a geek
Review:
I have had two versions of the Pronto for 5 years. One had to go back to the factory for repairs...not repairable locally. So, it's still in the trunk of my car. A new one is almost $3000 plus a service call from a tech with a laptop and the appropriate software to get your system to do what you want/need it to do. Once it's set it is intuitive and my 12 year old can work it. The GUI is pleasant, and easy. Not having experience other remotes (other than the standard ones that come in the box) I can't compare, but this is definitely not worth the money, unless you have a ton. A high end dealer told me the best step would be a $10K unit that would run my whole house, including lighting, thermostat, etc....which is obviously the remote of the future. But today, this might be it, it might not. I am not a huge fan.
