[mythtv-users] USB IR Blaster: close but no cigar

[Brad Fuller]

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 20:26, Yeechang Lee <ylee at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Greg Woods <greg at gregandeva.net> wrote:
>> I do know one way: rent another "real" STB from Comcast and get
>> another HD-PVR (then I get the deal with the fun of trying to keep
>> multiple firewire devices straight for channel changing).
>
> Despite the up-front and monthly cost this is indeed your best
> bet:
>
> * It is 100% future-proof, no matter what cable or satellite provider
>  you switch to in the future
> * You're already familiar with the HD-PVR
> * FireWire channel switching is 100% reliable unlike IR blasters, and
>  uses GUID so the two boxes would always be distinct

I messed with a standard STB for a month. The channels didn't always
switch right. There were some other problems too so I abandoned the
work. I have threads on here to detail my problems. I certainly don't
think it is 100% reliable



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