I've used one for almost five years now and still love it. I don't find it very difficult to program, maybe just a bit time consuming when starting from scratch. The buttons and controls show no sign of sticking or losing their snap. My remote still looks brand new because I always place it display side down when not in use. Nothing grosser than going to a friends house and grabbing a remote gunked up with dirt and dust between the buttons because they left it face up.
The negative is that the RC2000 eats batteries, so I use two sets of rechargeables that I alternate and as a result have almost zero waste. The Marantz AV550 I'm using is old and sonically challenged, but the RC2000mkII that came with it marches on.
The negative is that the RC2000 eats batteries, so I use two sets of rechargeables that I alternate and as a result have almost zero waste. The Marantz AV550 I'm using is old and sonically challenged, but the RC2000mkII that came with it marches on.