[mythtv-users] Remote Controls

[Rich West]

Rod Smith wrote:
> On Thursday 10 May 2007 10:57, Fred Squires wrote:
>   
>> Try out the all-for-one remotes.  They're pretty good and are fairly
>> inexpensive.
>>     
>
> Just a small correction: The name is "One for All", not "all-for-one." Any 
> human would figure it out in a store, but you might miss them if you did 
> certain types of online searches. The company Web site is 
> http://www.ofausa.com. These remotes are actually made by Universal 
> Electronics (UEI; http://www.uei.com), and they're also available under 
> various other brand names, Radio Shack being the most common. Some remotes 
> sold with other equipment, distributed by cable companies, and so on are UEI 
> remotes. Most (maybe all) UEI remotes either have JP1 connectors or can be 
> modified to include them, enabling computer-based programming of the 
> remote -- but the tools for doing the programming are crude, so you shouldn't 
> count on doing this unless you're prepared to invest some time and effort.

Thanks for the clarification.  Checking them out now.

I think the main reason my wife has the love/hate relationship with the
Tivo remote is due to the differences between remotes throughout the
house.  I guess I could just look for Tivo remotes for the other two
frontend systems. :)

-Rich