i love my 880 that i've had for a few years. it does take a while to get all set up working exactly how you want it, but once you do it's golden. the only issue i've had is it doesn't always sit on the dock, like scott said, and i had to replace the battery (but it was after 2 years or so i think).

about not changing channels, that's in the set up. same thing with the turning the cable box on and off. some with the cable box power. i have some things that stay on all the time, and you just set it up that way.