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Re:Sony launches universal remote control with e-ink screen by josu on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @01:12PM (#11111856)
Yes, this is an expensive product with a niche market, but you are missing the fact that:

"The Huis is part of Sony’s new business creation program, First Flight [1][2], a crowdfunding program for new products designed by Sony employees."

Google Translate is not working very well for the page, but it seems that the product has been crowdfunded, and therefore pre-sold. This is not a regular Sony product, and it may never make it out of Japan.

If you can forget about its price, this is a beautiful product, seems functional and I wouldn't hesitate to give it a try it to replace all of my remote controls (2) if it was given to me for free.

[1]https://first-flight.sony.com/

[2] http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/1/8874943/sony-crowdfunding-p...

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Re:Sony launches universal remote control with e-ink screen by Ezhik on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @02:32PM (#11112492)
It's nice that they have stuff like this going on, I miss 'Weird Sony'.
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Re:Sony launches universal remote control with e-ink screen by sirkneeland on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @03:56PM (#11113063)
I was wondering if I would be the only one to use the phrase "weird Sony" (first I ever heard it was from the Verge, describing...well, weird Sony)
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