@bigkid posted:My guess is that they didn't want to incorporate 900mhz circuitry into it, figuring that the DCS remote will likely play a tiny role going forward. Could be space issues on the board or cost,though I suspect 900mz connectivity these days is prob on one chip. Making it wired only serial in their eyes prob was a way to move ppl kicking and screaming to the new standard, wifi through an app. I doubt very much MTH will develop a new remote using wifi unless they see a lot of ppl not buying the WTIU. The last York I was at ( last October) I asked the guy at the MTH booth about a possible remote, and while he couched his language& didn't say no, he wasn't exactly enthusiastic. The fact that the WTIU is still not out makes me think there is no way they have the resources or desire to make a new remote.
In my opinion, any new remote will be based on the app. It becomes cost-prohibitive to continue to develop two separate remote products running on different communication technologies, different internal software and then offer ongoing support for both of them. It wouldn't be all that hard to add an API into the existing app to allow the end user to use one of 100's off-the-shelf gaming controllers of their liking with the app. They could set a default control button mapping and allow users to custom map the buttons to their liking, something that can't be done on any of the existing proprietary remotes from any manufacturer.
