I have a lot of electrical items with remotes and have been on the lookout for a useable, affordable multi-remote control for a while. And I think i've found one that will suit me - the Cambridge Audio Multimedia Explorer M500. As far as I know, only Richer Sounds sell this, and they have it on sale at the moment at only 30 quid, which I think is a complete bargain, considering its features and the other remotes that are available at a similar price.
It is fully programmable and will control up to 10 different devices - DVD, VCR, CD, MD, LD, TV, SAT, AMP, TUNER and TAPE buttons are present on the control, but obviously, these do not have to be followed and you could use the LD button for a second video etc. It's fairly large, but uses its size to contain probably all the buttons that you will need from other remotes (41 programmable buttons and 5 'smart' buttons that each can hold up to 5 commands). It's got an intelligent backlight that only comes on when the light level is too low to read the LCD display, that also shows the time and date.
It's also got macro functions for up to 20 different steps, so you could come in, press one button and your remote-dimmer switch would come on, the amp, TV and DVD player would come on and start playing the film that you want. It's also got a sleep / timer function.