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Actually, since I got into this HT thing, I haven't been able to afford to dress nice. I'm down to my last leather thong.

Geez....I have an MX-500....you guys with the 700 are making me jealous!

Dude.

Seriously.

Dude.

We don't need to know that $#!*. C'mon, man!

Curtis - let me help you open your wallet a bit more. . I had the MX-500 for about a year (IRclone and I didn't get along very well, but I'm sure that was due more to operator error) and upgraded to the MX-700. As good as the 500 is, the 700 is much better. Kinda of like going from a mini-van to a Corvette. Spend the bucks - you will not regret it for a minute. Plus, you'll have a very nice spare MX-500 for your second setup in the den.

On a more serious note, the new MX-850 Orion has just been introduced and it replaces the MX-700 / MX-800. The supply of 700s should start to dry up shortly.

Crap! And the MX-850 is WAY more expensive.

Curtis, Do you have and use the IR Clone software for the MX-500? That's the big difference between the 500 and 700.

Ray makes a good point. There should be some reduced price MX-700s around when the 850 gets going.

Yes...I use IR Clone.....I do not like it very much either.

Maybe I will wait for the 850 so you guys can be jealous of me....bwahahahahaa....

What am I? Nuts? I don't need the 850!

You guys are bad influences!

I think you need the 850 though Ray. (then you can sell the 700 to me for cheap )

I expect it wll be awhile before the MX-700 dries up. Also, when the 850 hits it's stride, there will be "open box" specials for it as well. The 700 retails for $350 with open box pricing right around &190 (and as Jack points out, the price may drop towards the end of its life). The 850 retails at $399, so the open box on those will probably come in at around $210-$220. Not a whole lot more considering the daily use you'd get out of it.

Incidentally, I dropped a note to Mike at SurfRemoteControl and told him of the recent discussions for the 700. There are some questions that have popped up that he could provide input and expertise on (including some of the discussion on Harmony remotes) and I invited him to drop by.

Jack/Curtis, the IRClone software is a big difference, that's true. However, the 700 also has double the number of available devices and has better macro capability (which I can't really quantify for you). The other major difference is the ability of the 700 to take advantage of the 7,000+ Pronto files that are available. Since the IRClone SW runs around $75, it might be worthwhile to out that money towards the 700 as the MX-Editor SW is much more elegant.

You know, I should mention that I have absolutely nothing to gain if someone buys one of these things. I'm just trying to make everyone aware of what a great piece of equipment it is for HT.