Yeah, I'm sure it comes with a remote, just not the HDTV/remote bundle. They had radio buttons. Whatever you selected was verbatim copied to the invoice. Except I'm fairly certain that I did NOT have the Blu-ray checked on mine. But hey, whatever...
Yeah, I used the remote on my old HP all the time! It's actually quite handy. Especially since I think I'll be using the blu-ray for a portable movie player, hooked up via HDMI to whatever TV in the house I need to hook it to.