[mythtv-users] Remotes, IR Receivers and MCE remotes

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Dec 20, 2008, at 7:53 AM, Tom Lichti wrote:

> I have gone through hell and back to get a solid, working remote. For
> a long time I had excellent results with a Home-Electronics serial IR
> receiver, and any remote I cared to use. Then I upgraded my frontend
> and it didn't have a serial port, so I got an IguanaIR USB
> receiver/transmitter, but I never ever got that working very well. It
> was either too sensitive, or not sensitive enough, and really killed
> the WAF. Then I bought this:

You could have stuck with what you had and gotten a cheap USB->Serial  
converter. I've had about 4-5 different brands and they all work out  
of the box in linux for me.

-Brad