[mythtv-users] The best, coolest cases ... please weigh in ...

[Raymond Wagner]

Jim Stichnoth wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Allen Edwards 
> <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com <mailto:allen.p.edwards at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     5) Get a HDHR.  It will give you an IR Rx as well for your remote.
>     You can then use any old remote you have as a model and program it.
>     Then use a learning remote for your system, like the MX-500.
>
>
> The HDHR is great (I have 2 of them), but IMO it's a big obtrusive box 
> that's better off hidden out of sight, which would obviously limit its 
> usefulness as an IR receiver...
>
> Along those lines, I wonder if anyone knows of an IR blaster or 
> receiver that can be attractively mounted in my case's 
> otherwise-unused floppy drive bay.
>
> Jim
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Just take the plastic panel usually covering the bay, drill a hole, and 
hot glue your LED/photodiode in place.  Note that the blasters (LEDs) 
really need a line-of-sight to be able to function well.  You need a 
pretty powerful light and a properly shaped room to be able to reflect 
it off a wall.