[mythtv-users] HD PVR and IR transmitter for channel change (why)
Dave Richardson
mythtv at derdev.com
Wed Dec 15 15:38:42 UTC 2010
On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:33:57 -0800, Robert McNamara
<robert.mcnamara at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Dave Richardson <mythtv at derdev.com>
> wrote:
> Why is the HD PVR IR Transmitter favored over IR
>> transmitting from the BE?
>
> They are one and the same. the HD-PVR is just a capture device with
> an IR Emitter. The backend still controls it as it does any other IR
> emitter.
>
> Robert
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But physically, there's a difference between
HDPVR --> [IR] --> STB
and
BE --> [IR] --> STB
right?
I'm confident that your explanation of functional equivalence is
spot-on, but I'm unclear why one got so much focus in the wiki.
Basically, if I had a "spare" IR Transmitter on my BE waiting to be
used or could use the IR Transmitter from the HD PVR, which one do I
choose and why?
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