[mythtv-users] Suggested Remote Control Setup for MCE Tuner Cards

[Mathew Mrosko]

On Thursday 31 March 2005 07:04 pm, brian mcgann wrote:
Somebody is selling some old Packard Bell sets on eBay that have a serial IR 
receiver... They work with SOME remotes other than the crappy packard bell 
one it comes with... It works with my TiVo remote, but not my RCA one.  Buy 
them at your own risk!  The IR/Remote combo is like $10-15 on eBay.

> I am putting together a Myth system and would like to use a low-profile
> Hauppauge 150 MCE l.p. or any other low-profile blackbird tuner card, but
> don't know what remote and IR receiver to use.  The Microsoft MCE
> remote/receiver package seems a natural, but I'm resisting using a
> Microsoft branded product in my Myth system.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions other than building my own IR receiver?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian McGann

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Mathew Mrosko