[mythtv-users] Time Warner Cable

[Brian Wood]

On Mar 30, 2006, at 9:09 AM, Kichigai Mentat wrote:

>
> It's pretty reliable, unless you plan on bombarding your cable box  
> with additional infrared light. In all fairness, it's not the  
> blaster that handles the protocol, it's the software. All that  
> blaster is is basically an IR light bulb, and all your computer  
> needs to do is turn it on and off. MythTV relies on LIRC, and so  
> far, I've never heard anyone complain about it. TiVo ­ MythTV.
>

That's true of the LIRC-based IR-blaster solutions. The MyBlaster and  
similar units have more of the "smarts" in the IR transmitter itself,  
like the protocol, device codes etc. This results in a simpler  
interface on the computer end, but a more complex (and thus more  
expensive) IR hardware unit.

Like anything else there are pros and cons to each method, and each  
has its ardent adherents.