RC: Sony RM-VL710 Universal Remote Control Review (1)

RC: Sony RM-VL710 Universal Remote Control Review (1):

Sony’s most economical learning remote gets upgraded with a daring new design, additional buttons and new macros.

There’s nothing written in stone that says an affordable remote control needs to be limited in capabilities. Case in point, the Sony RM-VL series. Although items bearing the Sony label are typically associated with commanding something of a price premium, for several years now Sony has actually had the least expensive fully capable universal remote control models available.

When the 8-device 11-macro Sony RM-VL900 (read our review) was introduced in early 2000 at a price of $59.99 USD MSRP, it didn’t particularly feel like a monumental event at that time. But the RM-VL900 would hold the crown as the most economical learning remote for nearly two years before being usurped – by yet another Sony model!