I'm fine with remote clutter. No problems.
Everything works flawlessly and not having to hassle through that programming manual is FREEEDOMMMMMMMMM.
We had a universal a coupla years ago. It was okay.
Some of those universals that have "large, easy-to-read buttons" are getting ridiculously large... I believe the last one I saw was about 8" wide x 18" tall. I wondered if it was for real... I guess it's for old farts.
I'm not
there yet.