[mythtv-users] Recommendation: Remote Control

[steve at nexusuk.org]

Just thought I would post a recommendation for the remote control that 
I've now been using for a few weeks:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/products/module.asp?CartID=031126202127946&moduleno=35978&Products=1

It's absolutely perfect for Myth - It's a Sky+ remote, so designed for a 
PVR anyway, but the thing that really sets it apart from other remotes is 
the flip-open cover with a full QWERTY keyboard under it, so it has most 
of the advantages of a full size IR keyboard, but at a reasonable price 
and taking up far less space.

Like normal Sky remotes, it has mute, volume, text and power buttons which 
can be programmed to control the TV.  There are 2 IR emitters - one on the 
front like a normal remote, and one on the right side of it so you can use 
the keyboard in a normal orientation.  The buttons inside the flap produce 
different IR codes to the buttons on the outside, so if you want you could 
program them to do different things.  The keyboard is also nice and 
responsive so you can almost type on it as if it was a normal wired 
keyboard - no lost keypresses, etc.

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 - Steve                                             http://www.nexusuk.org/

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