meh the ir works really well at 1-2 ft.. gets really precise at 2-4ft (oon full charge/charging) soo.. as long as your couch is less then 4 ft away from your tv its great... infact i use
some pocket remote app myself..
i want to use it to turn on my ps2
(i use WinCESoft's RemoteControl II)
its got a pretty cool quick learn fucntion..