[mythtv-users] MythTV on AppleTV

[Scott D. Davilla]

>On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 12:05:51PM -0400, Scott D. Davilla wrote:
>>  >On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 09:23:26AM -0500, Nick F wrote:
>>  >>  On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Sarah Katherine Hayes <
>>  >>  sarah at sarahhayes.is-a-geek.net> wrote:
>>  >>
>>  >>  > On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 09:08 -0500, jedi wrote:
>>  >>  > > On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 07:05:45PM -0700, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>>  >>  > > > On Jun 8, 2008, at 6:06 PM, robbinsck1 at gmail.com wrote:
>>  >>  > > >
>>  >>  > > > > So are the apple tv front end a good choice for a no 
>>noise simple to
>>  >>  > > > > use mythbuntu 8.04 frontend? And can you use a windows 
>>mce remote?
>>  >>  > > >
>>  >>  > > > Assuming you are connecting to a component or HDMI (or DVI with
>>  >>  > > > adaptor) display, yes. The only remote the hardware will 
>>recognize is
>>  >>  > > > the Apple remote. It has very few buttons on its own, 
>>but you can get
>>  >>  > >
>>  >>  > > ...what about USB remotes?
>>  >>  > >
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > That was something I was wondering as well.  My MCE remote 
>>has it's own
>>  >>  > USB dongle I'd have thought it'd work fine with the appropriate lirc
>>  >>  > stuff installed.
>>  >>  >
>>  >>
>>  >>  I use the MCE remote with my Apple TV.  Works great, but ruins 
>>the loverly
>>  >>  lines of the ATV with the ugly black USB receiver hanging off!  The more
>>  >>  elegant solution is to use a learning remote (say Harmony) to 
>>learn a bunch
>>  >
>>  >How much are these? Are they as much as the AppleTV is?
>>
>>  $25 or less. Includes the IR transmitter/receiver, IR remote and 
>>two IR bugs.
>
>A LEARNING remote? For only $25?
>
>...I suspect not.
>

Who said the MS mce IR remote was a learning remote? It does have an 
IR receiver AND IR transmitter.

If you want a learning remote, then google for the URC-8910, it's a 
learning remote with the JP1 interface -- about $30.