[mythtv-users] Favorite Universal Remote? Buying Tips

[PAUL WILLIAMSON]

Funny you should say that.  I have one of the lite-on IR keyboards 
and love it.  I also have an MX-500 and a Radio shack 2116 (long 
story).  They all work through the keyboard IR receiver.  I find 
that I use the keyboard most of the time, but my wife uses the 
2116.  My kids use both, because when playing mythgame, some 
of the games can be two players simultaneously, and one will use 
the mx500, and the other one will use the keyboard.  I've even 
gotten my wife to use OpenOffice running on the family room front 
end.  Now if I could just figure out how to do PIP with two different 
display cards so that I can watch the news or a movie while I'm 
writing a paper or she's making up a test, I'd be extremely happy...

Paul

>>> tjohnson at prenova.com 1/26/2005 10:59:01 AM >>>
Heh... all these remotes.  My solution (after severely failing with
the
WinTV one) is to use a cordless keyboard (which has a mouse "eraser"
on
it).  A genuine 104-Key remote (but you have to remember what key does
what.  Still better than the WinTV one where I was trying to remember
that "Red" = Display and the like).

Added benefits:
  1 - Switch to an rxvt window and fire off the DVD transcoder, and
burn
DVD
  2 - Larger than most remotes (a plus for me-I keep losing the dang
things)

Drawbacks:
  1 - Gotta remember the keys (though I suppose keylabels would work)
  2 - Promotes lazyness (see #1.  I really should put a menu entry in)
  3 - Doesn't play well with other devices (except thru an IR Blaster)

Got it a computer show for $25 (cheap... the mouse doesn't work any
more), but when it dies, I think I'll move to a Logitech unit.


-Thor Johnson


-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of John Smith
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 2:36 PM
To: MythTV Users
Subject: [mythtv-users] Favorite Universal Remote? Buying Tips

I see that Jarod recommends the Radio Shack 15-2116:
http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/remotes.php 

Anybody else have a favorite universal remote? CNET
has a roundup here (updated 7/04):
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-7900_7-5114325.html 
The two editor's picks are quite a bit more than the
Radio Shack remote.

Any tips on selecting a universal remote? I'm just
getting started and have just looked at the $10 ones
at Circuit City (which looked like junk).

Thanks,
John


		
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