Philips Pronto SRU9600 Remote Control with LCD Touchscreen

In the past, remote controls haven’t excited us much. Most of the ones out there are drab-looking, while the few ones that look and act cool tend to be very expensive. And who wants to spend your hard earned cash on a remote control when there are so much more exciting gadgets you can spend your money on? The upcoming Philips Pronto SRU9600 is so slick, it might just make us change our minds about remote controls. It has an LCD touchscreen, it can connect to up to eight different devices and it will only display the buttons that are relevant to the device you are controlling. It should be available this month for about $150. Meanwhile, you can check out a video of it from Cnet. (Source: T3 Magazine. March 2006)