[OT] Re: [mythtv-users] Remote?

[zaphod at comcast.net]

I don't recall using my VHS VCR since I got my Tivo.

Option #1 - TV with multiple inputs, I think my big RCA handles 3 plus component
video (Tivo, PS2, VCR, DVD)

Option #2 - Use a A/V Receiver to handle switching.

Option #3 - Daisy chain like you were discussing.  This is typically not very
good for quality.  If I could only hook up one input to the TV, it would have to
be a Myth box with a DVD player.  Hook the VCR up to the the input of the TV
card and encode everything to the harddrive or CD/DVD.

That said, you should be able to have as good a remote as you want working with
Myth, the ones that come with most of the tuner cards are a joke.  Look at the
Streamzap remote, build a LIRC serial receiver, or use a programmable remote
with the tuner card IR dongle . . .  If you want a button on your remote to do
something, ask if it can be added to Myth.  Who knows you might even get
involved in the User Interface part of the code, learn something and contribute
to this project.  ;-)
> (I apologize if this is old topic, please bare with us noobies)
> 
> If I understand MythTV correctly, it functions as the device I use to do 
> everything with the TV.  Currently the VCR and VCR remote services this 
> purpose (changing channel, volume, power on/off, etc), so if the mythtv 
> will be replacing the VCR for this I would like a good remote.  Any 
> suggestions?
> 
> Is this how everyone else has their system setup?  Currently have a PC 
> hooked to the TV for watching divx movies, which goes through the VCR input 
> and then the VCR to the TV.  If the mythtv doesn't offer a good remote I 
> suppose I could leave the system like it is and change to the VCR input 
> whenever I need to access the mythtv, but that seems to defeat the purpose 
> of onscreen channel guides, etc.  
> 
> 

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