[mythtv-users] totally confused about remotes.

[Matt Morgan]

OK, I know a lot about Linux but had never before two weeks ago given a 
moment's thought to my TV, cable box, or remotes. Just so you know where 
I'm coming from. Thanks to some helpful people I now understand what an 
IR Blaster and some other important prerequisite info for MythTV. But 
I'm confused about how many remotes I need, and which remotes I need, 
and whether I need to set up two instances of lirc, as in

http://members.cox.net/rwraithr/IRBlaster_Howto.txt.

Basically, I think my confusion is this: I can find instructions about 
how to do anything, but I can't find instructions telling me what, of 
all those options, is what I actually want to do. That is, I'm totally 
unclear on which sets of instructions I need to follow and why.

So here's the simplest way to phrase a question about this. I have a 
Scientific Atlanta Explorer 2200 cable box. I want a PVR basically for 
two important tasks: commercial skipping and recording shows when I'm 
away or in bed. I'll use other features (like weather) if they work, but 
not if it means having more devices. I'm likely to buy a Hauppauge 
PVR-250 with the remote it comes with, if that helps, and I want the 
simplest array of hardware with the fewest possible pieces (remotes, IR 
blasters, whatever). That is, I want one remote in my hand that does 
everything. How can I do that?

Thanks!