[WanderingMinstrel]

I've been happy with Novii Deluxe. It works at 10-12 feet just as well as the stock remote. Novii support was very helpful during my learning curve. They came up with what I needed to know to get my TV and my DVD/VHS player-recorder to respond -- all from the same codebase. And then a couple of days later, they emailed me an improved codebase that someone came up with on their own. (Just giving credit where it's due.)

Using the 6700 as a remote, to be honest, is not the most practical idea. But if simple things amuse you, as they do me, it's kind of fun.