[mythtv-users] Recommendation: Remote Control

[Dirk Aust]

Very interesting remote, 
what IR-Receiver do you use with it?

I currently use the receiver in the Hauppauge PVR-250 with the original 
remote.

Best Regards,
Dirk


Am Mittwoch, 4. Februar 2004 21:18 schrieb 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.