[mythtv-users] Favorite Universal Remote? Buying Tips

[M S]

Definitely check out the Harmony line of remotes from Logitech!  
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/productlistharmony/US/EN,CRID=2080

You can get them for almost half the price as MSRP on newegg.com

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=283&manufactory=8060&DEPA=0


On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:21:28 -0500, PAUL WILLIAMSON
<pwilliamson at mandtbank.com> wrote:
> Funny you should say that.  I have one of the lite-on IR keyboards
> and love it.  I also have an MX-500 and a Radio shack 2116 (long
> story).  They all work through the keyboard IR receiver.  I find
> that I use the keyboard most of the time, but my wife uses the
> 2116.  My kids use both, because when playing mythgame, some
> of the games can be two players simultaneously, and one will use
> the mx500, and the other one will use the keyboard.  I've even
> gotten my wife to use OpenOffice running on the family room front
> end.  Now if I could just figure out how to do PIP with two different
> display cards so that I can watch the news or a movie while I'm
> writing a paper or she's making up a test, I'd be extremely happy...
> 
> Paul
> 
> >>> tjohnson at prenova.com 1/26/2005 10:59:01 AM >>>
> Heh... all these remotes.  My solution (after severely failing with
> the
> WinTV one) is to use a cordless keyboard (which has a mouse "eraser"
> on
> it).  A genuine 104-Key remote (but you have to remember what key does
> what.  Still better than the WinTV one where I was trying to remember
> that "Red" = Display and the like).
> 
> Added benefits:
>  1 - Switch to an rxvt window and fire off the DVD transcoder, and
> burn
> DVD
>  2 - Larger than most remotes (a plus for me-I keep losing the dang
> things)
> 
> Drawbacks:
>  1 - Gotta remember the keys (though I suppose keylabels would work)
>  2 - Promotes lazyness (see #1.  I really should put a menu entry in)
>  3 - Doesn't play well with other devices (except thru an IR Blaster)
> 
> Got it a computer show for $25 (cheap... the mouse doesn't work any
> more), but when it dies, I think I'll move to a Logitech unit.
> 
> -Thor Johnson
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of John Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 2:36 PM
> To: MythTV Users
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Favorite Universal Remote? Buying Tips
> 
> I see that Jarod recommends the Radio Shack 15-2116:
> http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/remotes.php
> 
> Anybody else have a favorite universal remote? CNET
> has a roundup here (updated 7/04):
> http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-7900_7-5114325.html
> The two editor's picks are quite a bit more than the
> Radio Shack remote.
> 
> Any tips on selecting a universal remote? I'm just
> getting started and have just looked at the $10 ones
> at Circuit City (which looked like junk).
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
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