The Channel Changing Champion
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007If you’ve got a home theater junky in your family and the majority of their coffee table is littered with remote controls, I’ve found the perfect gift. Not only will they love you for life for buying them such a fantastic present, they’ll probably name it after you.
This beauty is so incredible, just recommending it to them may get you your own personalized seat in their favorite room of the house. So what is this thing, you ask? It’s the TX-1000 Medius. Sure that may mean absolutely nothing to you, but check this badboy out. 
This is the Titanic of remote controls. Not just in size, but in features, as well. Not only does this thing take two hands to hold, it requires a computer to program, can be updated to work with new products for life, can control every room in the house from one location and has color changing screens. It’s the kind of remote your wife will NEVER be able to figure out and there’s a good chance no one will be playing with your media center ever again (especially if you have the foresight to destroy the instruction manual).
In addition to being able to control all your electronic IV’s in up to 15 rooms while lounging in your La-Z-Boy, it has nearly 5000 screen color combinations and you can actually store guest settings on your computer just in case you do want someone else to be able to use it. A USB cable is included with your purchase and like many remotes, it requires four AA batteries that reportedly will last an astounding 10-12 months.
On the negative side, this baby runs around $500 (not to mention an extra $50 per base station to control separate rooms) and requires a Cliffs Notes just to turn the volume down, but it’s definitely an eye grabbing, ice breaker your friends are sure to be envious of. The device also weighs two pounds, though that isn’t all bad. There’s very little chance this remote will ever get lost in your couch cushions.
For sheer audacity alone, this device gets three green envy buttons. 
