[mythtv-users] Dish Network customers, any receiver better than another?

[John P Poet]

On 2/26/07, WJCarpenter <bill-mythtv at carpenter.org> wrote:
> > Most of the DirecTV receivers can be controlled by a serial port on them
> > instead of using an IR blaster.
>
> That used to be true, but all the DirecTV receivers I've looked at recently do not have the
> serial port.  It's a bummer.

I don't have Directv, but:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Controlling_DirecTV_STB_via_USB


John