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That would be me, but not suddenly, I noticed a deterioration in my sight when I was 38(?). I will be 43 this year and I suspect by 45 I will have to get some glasses .

lets see, we all look at these forums, hmmm, maybe we need to get out more.

I now know it was gradual - at 40 I was laying with my head inside a cabinet and was going to tighten a screw. I saw that it was defective because there were no slots for the Philips head. When pulled out and looked at it, the slots were there. After puzzling for a minute, I realized my close up vision must be going. Then at 45, I would look at something like a distant vulture against the blue sky and I would see it double. That is when I thought I had a tumor. The contacts cleared that up - so moral of the story - before you sell the farm, see an Opthomologist....

I just bought reading glasses yesterday!

At least they were the weakest available!

Just 2 1/2 yrs ago when I worked in the M/C shop, I was the go-to guy when someone caught a splinter or metal shaving in the eye because my eyesight was the best in the shop(30 guys). Here we are now(I'm 45) and my eyesight has gone downhill rapidly...I blamed this mostly to increased computer useage, but I guess by the mid 40s, people seem to start noticing poorer vision.

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No, really!! DUCK!

I agree with everyone above, the Harmony 1100 looks really nice.


What is this, an old folks home, pep up gents. You can't let a decent post get hijacked by gout and the damn kids down the hall before anyone even mentions the remote question. Jeez. Come back to the light guys...

In other words, I like my H 890 pretty good. But for a step up to a table remote, I'd want the customization options the H's rob you of. Plus, RF should be included.

I really like the looks of this and the previous Harmony 1000, but I really think I'd miss the hard buttons on my current remote.

I can operate it strictly be feel, and with that one, I'd have to keep looking at it to find my way around.

Wait.

I'm still talking remotes, right???

My Opthamologist also told me that increased computer usage will be a contributor to poor vision. She mentioned that when staring at a computer monitor our eyes do not blink enough to keep them lubricated, causing eye strain. Also, 45 is the magic number for reading glasses

About 43 or 44 was the magic number for me. In the past I had always prided myself with exceptional eyesight but noticed whenever I was traveling a lot the road signs were getting more and more difficult to read at night and it has progressively gone down hill since ... I don't have a clue how Jack and Ray do it.
Having the proper glasses makes a world of difference also, during my week tenure of complete loss of eyewear I resorted to an old pair of prescription sunglasses that I never wore because they just funked up my vision in a weird way but I decided to try them out last Friday at work and the first pass on the first load I went to dive into a field of snap beans to spray and I hit the ground with my wheels and ran through the beans for about 50-75' while the entire time I would have sworn I was at least three feet off the crop. Those happen to be the very same sunglasses that are in the shop as we speak getting the new lenses.

Remotes ... oh yea.

Just an hour or so ago I stopped by the A/V place where we bought our TV a few years back to take a look at the Elan wireless 8" screen remote, the salesman said "The Elan remotes are a little on the pricy side ... here let me show you this little gem", he showed me a Philips TSU9400 touch screen remote that was very nice and I really started checking out the capabilities of the remote. I really liked this remote 'How much?', "1800", 'Dollars??' "Yep" ... 'I'll get back with you'. I got back to the house and see they go from $529 online, amazing.

Philips TSU9400

I also stopped by BB and checked out the Harmony 1100 again, for a few bucks more (online) I believe the Philips is a much better remote