Re:Sony launches universal remote control with e-ink screen
by VLM on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @11:35AM
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Welcome to the world of high end remotes. I have a pair of fifteen year old MX500 that cost about that new. The current MX850 model lists at $400 MSRP but you can buy online for around $275, that's about one tier more expensive and fancy.
Full customization is expensive no matter the display technology. A lot of work goes into the software.
(edited to add, if you look at an ancient MX500 or a modern MX850, you can also see tactile vs display is a long solved problem ... just put rows of buttons along a column of displayed names. This has been solved so long, that any patents have probably run out by now. Basically hand held aircraft MFD.)
Full customization is expensive no matter the display technology. A lot of work goes into the software.
(edited to add, if you look at an ancient MX500 or a modern MX850, you can also see tactile vs display is a long solved problem ... just put rows of buttons along a column of displayed names. This has been solved so long, that any patents have probably run out by now. Basically hand held aircraft MFD.)