The sift to the new remote hasn't been too bad. I was sure that I wouldn't adapt to it. I have both on the table next to my chair. Now I always reach for the new one.
How much smaller is the new remote? We have a 2 year old that likes to collect remotes!!!! Had a few times where the remote was buried at the bottom of a toy box or stuffed way down in the sofa and couldn't hear it with the remote locate function.