by flashman » Feb 12th, '10, 00:35
I use a Logitech Harmony 555 Universal Remote Control (about £40). It controls my tv, amp, dvd, sattelite box, cd player. You program it through your pc and once it's set up a single button press will turn on tv/amp/sat box, another button turns dvd on/changes source on amp and tv, etc... I haven't tried it on my projector but I don't see any barriers to it working with that either.
The only downside is that for everything to change over nicely - all your equipment has to be on standby.... which isn't always preferable in this green age.
Logitech has a whole range of universal remotes, but this one got a good review in the whathifi/tv mags. Philips also do some great ones (with lovely colour touch screens - ooooh!) and amazon sells the lot. Richer Sounds also usually have a good selection.