I don't know what you do with your remotes...and don't believe I want to know, but my remotes stay nice and clean.
I'll probably just hang on to this one. The next one up is a dramatic price increase and about all I gain is the possible use of it for my Bose surround system. Not really worth it for the extra 100 bucks and the pain in the ass of shipping this one to you. I have been wanting to upgrade to better surround sound for awhile anyway. This might just give me the excuse I needed.