I got the 890, and I have to say I love it. I've never noticed the issue with the narrow IR beam, as all my devices have an IR transmitter stuck to the front of them. I just hit a button, set the remote down and it just works. The only issue I have is that when I lose power, it has no idea where things are. Not a fault of the remote, but a fault of some of my equipment not having discreet codes. My only real gripe is that I can't map the huge power button on top to turn off all my equipment and then back on again.