I'm loving MCE, but not not loving the remote I bought to control it. I picked up an Emprex RF remote, thinking that RF might be quite nice in a not really having to care where I point it sort of way.

I have a HTPC running Vista 32bit, Antec Fusion v2 430 with built in IR receiver, and I want an MCE remote than can turn my TV and sound system on/off and control the volume on my sound system as well ...

You know what probably would have been a no-brainer for Microsoft? Building a Windows Media Center remote control app into Windows Phone 7, allowing you to use your phone to control audio and video ...