if you are technically minded, you can handle the hurdles this presents. If you are not technically minded, you will throw this Sony remote against the wall in the first night.I think I got this delivered for $25 bucks and I got what I paid for. It works, sort of. I knew ahead of time my SAT box and my Blu-ray would not get automatic programming. I figured I would just do the teaching of each button route for those two devices. Still this is no denying that its sort of a pain to do the learning process with your old remotes and this sony remote. It will do until I convince myself I should pay more than a 100 bucks for a logitech remote, which I have not yet accomplished. my head still says ANY remote is NOT worth a cnote or better.