Most decent home theater stuff tends to be on the high-side of the price curve, especially when you get into speciality stuff like this. For what is most likel

Most decent home theater stuff tends to be on the high-side of the price curve, especially when you get into speciality stuff like this. For what is most likely a $20BOM, yes it's expensive. Compared to other multi-function remotes, and especially when compared to other IR devices that enable you to interact with them programmatically, it's cheap.