Side by Side Comparison of: Inteset Technologies vs BAFX Products vs Inteset

Easy to program "automatically" using device codes, but also with the ability to customize almost every button in all 4 device modes. It does macros. It does punch throughs. It can see the signal emitted by another remote control, copy it, and assign it to a button. All of these worked perfectly on the first try. It even has the ability to be programmed via USB connection to a computer, where you can really go nuts (requires a cable). The only reason to not buy this remote is if you have to control non-IR devices. Although there are only 4 device buttons (e.g. TV, Amp, DVD, etc.), realistically you could easily control twice that many devices by manually programming only the buttons you need. I can't control my internet video box because it is bluetooth only (thanks for that Amazon!) but I'm getting an IR to Bluetooth adapter that will probably work.

This thing is awesome. Was initially tempted to buy an IR cable and get a Microsoft remote, but this was way easier, cheaper, and one less tangled cord behind my Xbox. Bad move on Xbox forcing the Kinect. In the past I've had issues with the One's Kinect communicating with my cable box, so I don't trust spending any more money with their products at this point regarding remote controls. Thank god this remote covers Uverse, because Uverse's new remotes are pretty awful nowadays having removed the device selection buttons at the top. This remote covers all I need. TV, Xbox One, Audio Receiver, and Uverse cable box. I had everything programmed within 10 minutes. Might as well throw away your instructions since you need to go to their website to find the codes anyway. To be honest a 5th program slot would be useful, I sometimes use Apple TV for mirroring, but since the only reason I use Apple TV is to mirror my iPhone, I already use my iPhone as the remote.

This is an exceptionally (even ridiculously) good value. The buttons are, for the most part, well laid out and include important buttons (like Eject) that are often ommitted on inexpensive universal remotes. It's well-balanced, feels good in your hand and the backlighting works well. (Use the SET key to turn it on when needed.) The codebase for setting up a TV/cable box/Blu-ray/DVD player, etc. is excellent. Because every button (except SET) can be taught a button from another remote, this remote can actually be programmed to be activity-centric (watch TV, watch Netflix, listen to Pandora) rather than device-centric (control my TV, control my cable box, control my Blu-ray player). Every button (except SET) can be used for a macro. Want to make this incredibly inexpensive remote act like a custom-installer's remote costing several hundred dollars? All you need is access to one of URC's professional series remotes and you can use it to teach this remote discrete IR commands. (E.g. Power ON and power OFF as opposed to power toggle.) This will make your macros super reliable and repeatable. Getting access to those remotes may be tricky; your best bet is to contact local home theater companies and see if any of them would be willing to help you out. When all the programming is done, just stick on the little labels that Inteset has provided so that the ABCD and symbol keys all have labels and you've got an activity-centric remote with discrete-IR macros. Very cool!

I've been using a Radio Shack universal remote for years. It was tedious to program and was overly large but it was still better than needing 4 remotes.
This Inteset is a huge improvement. I'm currently using it with a Samsung smart TV, Samsung Bluray player, Onkyo home theater and DirecTV receiver. All 4 devices were available via the Inteset code list and it only took me a few minutes to find the correct codes. I did have to program a couple of TV functions, like activating the network menu, but this was easily done. Instructions were relatively well explained. I especially like the ability to lock the volume and mute controls to always control the Onkyo regardless of the mode the remote is in.
Physically the remote is great, very comfortable in the hand and with a logical key layout.
Right now my wife keeps the Inteset near her chair and I am relegated to using the old RS one but I plan to soon buy another of these for myself.

I have been using programmable/learning remote controls for over 15 years. I started with the Universal MX-500 (many happy years with that one!), then URC-R40, URC-R6, URC-200, and finally a Harmony 650 just to see what all the fuss was about. Other than the MX-500, whose button complement is really not ideal for newer devices such as DVR/Blu-Ray, I really have not been satisfied with any of them. This Inteset remote, which is cheaper by far than all but the URC-R6, is a vast improvement over all these others, for my use. Sure, like every remote I've ever used, it has a few quirks, and features I'd implement differently. But overall, it gets all the important features RIGHT. So let's start off with that:

1. ERGONOMICS. The body of the remote is nearly the perfect size and shape. It's not too chunky nor too thin, nor too long, nor weighted oddly. It's quite similar to the shape of a TiVo 'peanut' remote, a design for which I have never found an equal. The back side is covered in a material that's smooth but also grippy (very similar to the MX-500). You can adjust your hand position easily, but it's easy to grip and doesn't feel that it's going to slip out of your hand at any second like a wet fish. I'm looking at you, URC-R6 and Harmony 650!

2. BUTTON LAYOUT. The button layout is excellent, especially so if you're used to the aforementioned TiVo remotes (and very similar to most DVD/Blu-Ray/TV remotes). The buttons are plenty large enough for my big fingers, differentiated nicely by shape and size, spaced far enough apart that you never have to worry about hitting two at a time, and all raised enough to easily discern by feel alone. I'm looking at you, URC-R40!

3. BUTTON COMPLEMENT. The button complement is among the best I've ever seen on a programmable/learning remote. Not only are all the basic functions covered, but in addition to those, we have the four colored buttons, the six 'PIP' buttons (ON/OFF, FRS, +, SWAP, MOVE, -), plus the LIVE and ZOOM buttons. Also present are DISPLAY, INPUT, and back (circular arrow pointing counterclockwise). Of all these, only my TiVo DVR uses them, and that only about half, which leaves a LOT of room to program those buttons with extra functions from your original remotes. Though really, only my receiver has enough functions to even need all the buttons on this remote. In particular, having an INPUT button is invaluable. It means that in each remote mode (A, B, C, D), I can program the input button to change the receiver to the input for that device. Certainly, the more expensive remotes can change the input, but usually only in a macro or on the 'soft' buttons next to their LCD screen.

4. BACKLIGHTING. The backlighting on this remote is great. It's a nice orange color, which is far easier to see and read labels on than blue, yet a bit brighter than red. It's not super dim like some more expensive remotes - looking at you, Harmony 650! However, even without the backlight, the buttons are so well labeled with a fairly large font, that they are easily readable even if you just have a little bit of light in the room. But really, with the layout and size/shape differentiation, you could pretty easily operate this by touch alone given time.

5. PROGRAMMING. Programming of the remote could hardly be easier. The instructions are well written and easy to follow, and in just an hour or so I had it programmed and working my four devices (Receiver, Blu-ray, TiVo, TV), including learning functions not present in the pre-programmed code. The only quirks I found are in the learning mode. On step 5, where you press the button on the Inteset onto which you're going to learn a new function, it says the LED will stay lit for three seconds. It's actually flashing (at a very rapid rate), so I thought it was defective at first and wasn't going to learn anything. I discovered that is what they mean by 'lit', and you have to press your source remote while it's flashing rapidly. Also, it says if you don't press any button within 10 seconds it exits programming mode, which is fine - but it seemed more like 6-7 seconds to me. It seemed to time-out a lot faster than I would hope. But, the great part is that you don't have to repeat the entire process for each button. Once one button/function is learned and accepted (two LED blinks), just press your next button and go! That really speeds up the learning process and is excellent. I didn't run into any situations where it failed to learn a command from my original remotes - not something I can say for any of my URC products! I found programming macros to be equally straightforward and simple. As for the learning capacity, I haven't reached it yet. The manual says it's between 42 to 75 buttons depending on the original IR code. Along with the preprogrammed buttons, that seems to be enough for four devices, even learning almost all the buttons which normally aren't used by my devices.

6. GENERAL SETUP THOUGHTS. As I mentioned before, having an INPUT button allows me to program that button to switch the receiver's input to the current device. My TiVo is the only component for which I used the colored buttons, so I instead programmed the Red and Green buttons to be a discrete OFF and discrete ON, respectively, for my receiver and TV, and a power toggle for my Blu-Ray. This allows me to then use the power button at the top right to be used as a global (device independent) macro to turn everything on. I then created another global macro on the ON/OFF button near the bottom left, to turn everything off. I used the SWAP, FRS, and MOVE buttons to create three more global macros which will switch to either my computer, TiVo, or Blu-Ray, the only devices we really use - switching the receiver and TV inputs as needed. In that sense, they're like the 'Activity' buttons on a Harmony. I programmed the INFO button to operate the 'Display' button of my devices, for consistency with the TiVo, as essentially their Display function does the same thing as the TiVo INFO button. Then I programmed the DISPLAY button to operate my TV's 'Wide' function so that it's available in all modes. In any case, I really love how many buttons this remote has, which gives you ultimate flexibility to set it up in a way that's logical to YOU and your system. A final note about MACROS: I was pleased to learn that the macro will leave the remote in the device mode of the last command sent in the macro. So for example, if you have a macro which turns on every component, switches inputs, etc, and the last command sent was the power command for your Blu-Ray player, the remote will stay in the device for your Blu-Ray. Sweet. I have read that some remotes with macro capability do not do this, but it's such a common sense idea that it should be the standard for all remotes with macros.

7. DRAWBACKS. The downsides to this remote are few and relatively minor, but I'd be remiss to omit them.
a. Let's start with the backlight. There is no dedicated button to activate it, nor is there a motion sensor like on some more expensive units. I can't recall another backlit remote which didn't have at least one of these ways to activate the backlight. For this unit, you have to push one of the function buttons to activate the light. That's fine, really - you just need to try to remember to use a button which isn't going to adversely affect your viewing. I also find the backlight doesn't stay lit as long as I would like, nor is there a way to change the time. Also, I find it curious that it blinks out when you press a button, after it's been activated.

b. There are only four devices. For a large system with lots of components, that may make this remote control a non-starter. However, depending on what those components are, you may be able to get by. Realistically our viewing consists either of TiVo (which does OTA TV as well as Netflix/Amazon/YouTube streaming) or Blu-Ray/DVD. So that's four devices. Sure, I have a separate CD player and a VCR, but they get used so seldom that it's not a huge deal. I can just get out their original remotes, or get off my butt. Though really, since I have two devices (Receiver and TV) that don't use the transport functions, I could actually program the CD/VCR transport functions into those devices, if I were so inclined. Still, for the price, this does way more than I was expecting. I would rather purchase two or three of these units and program them all, vs most all of the 6-12 device units.

c. The button feel isn't great, it's a little mushy rather than solid. It doesn't compare to the TiVo remotes in that regard, but I haven't found a programmable remote which does, so can't say this issue is exclusive to the Inteset.

d. Honestly can't think of any other faults right now, but will update this review if I find any!

Overall it was easy to use. I followed the directions, and it was a pretty easy set up. However there is no way to enter a "." for the sub-channels (e.g.: 28.2) for OTA (over-the-air) viewing of local stations. Also, the volume button only works in "TV" mode. So if you''ve selected ROKU, for example, and are watching a program on that but need to increase the volume, you have to change back to "TV" to turn up the volume, but then back to ROKU to control your show (pause, fwd, etc.). Also the labeling is bit odd, in that they supply labels for you to name the ABCD buttons. So I put the ROKU label over the "D" button, but then it sits right below the POWER button, making it look like the power button is for Roku (may not make sense until you actually can see the unit).

Overall though it's pretty good for the price.

This remote is of great quality. The only thing I wish would be different is how yellow the button's back light is but that is a personal preference. The remote has pretty good reach. It does what they say it will do. The value isn't the best as I personally believe it could be a bit cheaper but there's great value in that you can pretty much use this remote for a vast majority of your electronics, for example, I use it for my kid's Xbox, our TV, our Roku and our Sony soundbar. That's much more versatility than the average universal remote. I was originally disappointed as non of the codes on their website worked with our TV which is odd considering it is an RCA, a very common brand. However, I contacted customer service and they got back to me before 12 hours clarifying how to program the remote even if a code wasn't available. And so I did. This remote has capability to learn keys from your existing ones. Had I lost the original remote that would have been an issue since no code work for my TV but that wasn't the case so I will not complain. Overall, I am happy with this remote and would possibly consider buying a second one for the hardware on in our bedroom.

I purchased this to replace a VIZIO VUR10 remote. At first, I was easily able to set the remote code which mapped about 98% of the functions to the new remote but I could not get the Inteset to learn any keys from from the VIZIO. With help from Inteset I learned that the VIZIO remote is a bluetooth remote with IR function. They led me to information on how to reset the VIZIO remote to program the Inteset prior to pairing the VIZIO remote with the TV. This worked like a charm. Please note however, that there is no phone number for customer support so it took a little longer to get to the solution via email but they did stick with me. Thus, the loss of one star. But I would definitely buy another one due to the great key layout and even illumination.

This is the best learning remote I've ever owned! (And, I once paid $80 looking for one that would run all of my devices and not lose buttons.) So, why wouldn't I give it 5 stars? Well...

Things I love:
1. Easy to program all devices on one remote. I've found that my home theater system is shorted of important sound adjustment buttons for my system, but this one does it all!

2. Offers extra color coded buttons, just in case there is a button you need it to program.

3. Doesn't offer too many buttons. It's about the same size and shape as my cable remote, so it's not a giant, heavy thing full of a thousand buttons that are only used on one device.

4. Easy to use learning feature. There were 2 buttons I had to program. A Netflix app. Button for my smart TV, and an input button, both placed on easy to recognize, buttons, color coded so I could put them on buttons that were the same color as the original remote, making it simple to remember which buttons were which.

The Problem:
Programming and instructions are reliant on using the website, which is really crappy! It's an Asian website, translated poorly, with features that do not display correctly, poorly laid out, with drop down menus that are necessary to find the programming codes, and do not function properly. I had to fight with the site for about 5 minutes to figure out how to trick one of the drop down menus to allow me to select the device I was trying to look up. Just have some patients and you can figure it out by playing with selecting and deselecting devices on the menu.

I would never purchase a different remote! This one is great where more expensive ones fail. But, sit down knowing you need just a hair full of patients to operate the site, or you'll start raging before you know how great it is! :)

You pretty much get what you pay for, and per previous reviews I expected more. I am among other things a retired Broadcast Engineer, and worked off and on in a couple of retail electronics stores, so UniRemotes are not foreign to me.Objectives:To turn on an operate reasonably fully four devices. A Panasonic TV, a Dish Joey Satellite Receiver, a Yamaha Sound Bar and a Samsung Blu Ray Player.The set up is fairly straigtforward, but you will need a laptop/tablet to obtain your device codes. The TV code was easy, first one. But upon poking around I discover it will turn on/off the unit, and control it's volume...that's it. No other codes worked. I had to manually program any other commands (input/apps/ etc). No biggie.Next is my Dish Joey. Nada...zip. No codes work at all. I try everything listed under dish as well as the receiver manufacter Echostar. So, I skip to the Sound Bar and BluRay player next...straighforward, but again minimal controls other than Power and a few others.Now comes the more interesting part. I figure I'll just "teach" the remote my Dish remote. Nope. Will NOT learn to even the power command. So right out of the box it's useless for my satellite receiver.Then on to Macros. I prefer if possible to have a "one button" kind of operation. The theory is you can, but after more than a reasonable amount of time trying...I have just given up.Conclusion:I have some nominal control over three out of the four devices I wish to operate. I will still need my "Joey" remote it I wish to watch my Satellite. Anything other than basic operations, I will have to go retrieve the OEM remote. I'm going to keep this as it's better than having 4 remotes on the table...but only slightly.Edit: I have made a mistake in not realizing that the "Joey" (and auxillary receiver to my main unit for DIsh Network) communicates with the "mother ship" by RF (radio frequency) which explains the remotes inability to function as the INT-422 is IR only. If Amazon would allow me to bump up my rating a 1/2 star more, I would on this unit, but since they won't I'll have to stay with three.

This remote is good for what its worth. But like the saying goes " you get what you pay for". This is cheap for a few reasons. I dont think the IR blaster inside this unit is very powerful. I wanted to like this remote, i really did. I bought it to replace 3 remotes i was using: 1 for a sony tv, 1 for a vizio soundbar, and 1 for a nvidia shield.Out of the box pairing this was a breeze, it wasnt difficult at all. I followed the included manual and was able to get this up and running pretty quickly. I was also able to get this to learn certain remote commands that were important and not on the prelabeled buttons. My biggest beef with the device is the poor IR blaster put in it. You have to line this thing up pretty well with the device you're using for it to respond. The buttons dont feel great and have a very soft rubber texture that at times don't even feel like you pressed them down when you did. I sometimes have to press the power button like 4 or 5 times just for my TV to turn on. This is a deal breaker for me. I get frustrated at technology like this and so it has just been sitting in my table drawer and I am back to using my 3 remotes :(

Its O.K. Great if you just want to control different devices with one remote. I bought it to be able to set up macros so you could push one button and the tv and other devices would come on. Tried many times could not get it to work. Started over including resetting the remote and still would not work. The key map that tells you what all the buttons are for is seriously lacking.

I tested this remote setup and had to return it back. Two issues1) In an age of youtube videos, this product did not have a good user guide. Setup was difficult. I had to write to their help desk (Great guy, extremely helpful..!) and their user forum2) Main problem - controlling multiple devices in sequence (like a Harmony remote). Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make it work. I think the remote is good for something basicI was happy with what remote has to offer - only it did not work for me. Hence 3 stars

Happy this worked with my not-so-but-still-dated LG equipment. Purchased for an LG Soundbar and LG 47" TV and found out it works with XBox 360, I'm pretty stoked.-1 star: the stickers weren't crap and if there was a place to put the stickers, they seem like an afterthought - but totally needed - so now my remote looks like garbage cause I can't cut stickers for crap.-1 star: Code base tool is straight from the '90s with multi-selects to find the code. These guys make remotes, not great websites. So finding the code isn't so easy (no search box).Should -1 for printing a FireTV sticker but not supporting it.Should also -1 for the backlight, each press turns it off/on - so it flashes a lot, it needs to just stay on for a short time then turn off.All this aside, the remote is good. Feels good, works great, fairly easy to program. I was excited to see it work for Xbox 360.

The remote is pretty good hardware-wise but has software issues/annoyances that need to be fixed. I'm using it with only a PC set up with a FLIRC USB receiver for Plex/Kodi/Netflix.Bad - needs fixing:- The backlighting turns off momentarily every time you press a button. This is obnoxious and not helpful if your using it in dark/dim places (probably most people).Solution: Install a micro vibrator in the unit for user feedback on presses and keep the lights on always (with obvious timeout from lack of activity).- Preset (C) is supposedly the Windows Media Center profile is messed up. Up and Down navigation buttons are mapped to the identical IR commands for Volume Up and Volume Down and as such could not be programmed independently. This could be fixed with manual reprogramming but it shouldn't be broken out of the gate. In addition, about half of the numerical digit buttons had overlapping IR commands. 6-9 were the same codes. Enter and the Back (Circle with an Arrow) buttons were also identical IR commands.Solution: Had to use Preset (B) which is the Xbox preset. Happens to have unique IR codes for every button and was a piece of cake to configure in the FLIR software.- There are seemingly no button repeats. Volume, etc gets sent once even when pressed and held.

I purchased this the other day because I wanted just one remote to control my television and Roku device. The instructions and product description say that Roku is already pre-programmed, but I did not find that to be the case with my Roku 3600R. Since the pre-programmed Roku button didn't work, I attempted to manually program it based on the instructions provided. Sadly, that too failed. Now, before you chalk this up to user error, let me say that I am an electronics gadget geek and love all things digital and battery powered. Clearly, the remote doesn't perform as indicated. Fortunately, the subsequent suicidal thoughts have waned and I'm able to pick myself up from this huge disappointment. Oh yeah, the manufacturer's network is down, because they have not responded to my email. Maybe they got hacked by some evil foreign government whose nefarious attempt is to control the world's supply of remotes - he who controls the remotes, controls the world.

This device is billed as Roku compatible, but is only for specific Roku boxes with IR. Apparently it only works with direct line of site boxes that have IR. Would not work on my stick or TCL with Roku integrated. Contacted the seller through Amazon and no response 2+ weeks later. Works great as a TV remote, if that is all you need.

Its a nice device and was quickly able to get it to work on my Samsung TV, however I bought this specifically because the site said it worked with the DLINK BOXEE. After getting it and going through a few dozen codes I got from various sites I was never able to get it to work. I ended up sending it back. I would have never bought it if it had not shown on the Inteset site it works with Boxee.Beware that even though the site says it will work, if you buy this for an older device (3+ years) it may not work.

I really wanted to like this remote however I had some issues with it, including not being able to learn from other remotes. I tried several times but kept getting a rapidly flashing led at the end of the sequence on the Inteset. I emailed support, and to their credit they got back to me right away. However the feedback I got was that this usually happens when memory is full and I should do a factory reset and try again. It was right out of the package that it didn't work, but I did the factory reset anyway. Unfortunately it didn't end up making any difference. Maybe I just got a defective unit. Another thing was that the Inteset can't learn certain types of commands - for instance on my Comcast cable box remote, the Inteset can't learn the 'page up' and 'page down' buttons for the guide due to the type of command the Comcast remote is sending. After seeing all the positive reviews, like everyone else, I was hoping to avoid spending a lot more money for another remote with this type of functionality, but for me it didn't work out.

Great remote. Easy to set up. The problem is that I've had it for 6 months and 4 of the buttons have stopped working. I only noticed today because a prominent one "OK" has stopped. It turns out the 4 button, skip ahead button, green button, OK button, and the SET button are all no longer working. They do not cause the controller to light up when pressed like the other buttons do. This unbelievably short lifespan is the reason for the low rating. Maybe other people are lucky. I guess I am not. I would get another if I weren't so frustrated by how quickly this went bad (the other functions aside from the "OK" button likely went bad even earlier, so I doubt it was fully functional even until 4 months old).

I opted for this vs the Logitech 650 since it was about half the price however in the end it just didn't work out. Certainly I can understand that the INT422 can't be expected to have all the features which the more expensive L650 has, however I was at least expecting the INT422 to be capable of doing what it was described to be able to do.Pro's:1) low price2) relatively easy to program for the basics (but I still had to look up all my codes online for Verizon Fios, Yamaha Receiver, and Samsung TV)Con's:1) The biggest issue (and the deal breaker for me) was that it would not LEARN buttons from my original remotes as it was claimed to be able to do. It was able to learn some but not most and the process was difficult to tell if/when a command had been learned.2) Even for the commands it appeared to learn, it was buggy (sometimes it would work, other times not).3) The macro for powering all items on/off at same time worked at first and then (after no additional changes by me) it started to turn off 2 items but leave one on...then vice versa.4) feels a bit light and cheapBottom line: it was able to do some of the basics as a UR, however it wasn't as good as my old URC (no longer available) and in the end is really just a case of you get what you pay for. I returned my since it did not meet my needs

Useless right out of the box. Doesn't work with Apple TV 4th gen (supposedly pre-programmed but even after setting for device code 02615), doesn't work with TCL TV (supposedly device code 10885) and doesn't work with Onkyo receiver (supposedly device code 32878). Since most people seem to love it so much, I can only assume that the IR on this one is kaput.

You cannot use this remote with digital TV channels such as all the broadcast channels in the United States. There is no hyphen or period button. So for example to go to channel 50-5, you must press 50, wait for it to register, then [up arrow], [up arrow], [up arrow], [up arrow]. Pretty disappointing as we went to digital channels several years ago. This must be an inventory liquidator for an out of date product. It is confirmed in the Q&A section for this product that the seller never actually tested the product for this feature.

Couldn't get codes to stick. They'd randomly stop working and I'd need to reset. Had to return.

Great remote until the "OK" button went out after less than 4 months of owning it. We use it with our Roku, so without the "OK" this remote is useless

if you have sonos do not buy, tried to set up now my sonos playbar wont work at all with any remote. sending back

Will not work with roku 3