[mythtv-users] Cheap Remote and receiver sale

Tom Lichti redpepperracing at gmail.com
Wed Aug 25 19:11:04 UTC 2010


On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Tom Lichti <redpepperracing at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>> On Wednesday, August 25, 2010 12:12:18 pm Tom Lichti wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Dan Wilga
>>>
>>> <mythtv-users2 at dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu> wrote:
>>> > On 8/25/10 1:02 PM, Tyler T wrote:
>>> >>> Pity it has that ugly Windows button right in the center.  Blech.
>>> >>
>>> >> I had the same feeling when I first got my MCE remote for my Myth FE.
>>> >> However, every time I press it now, I feel better knowing that I'm
>>> >> subverting the Windows logo for something that Microsoft hates... like
>>> >> throwing darts at a photo of someone you dislike. Thunk! :)
>>> >
>>> > I don't know about this specific remote, but I seem to recall that on
>>> > other media center remotes the logo is just a sticker, and can be
>>> > removed or replaced with something more appropriate. (I think somebody
>>> > was using the Tux logo.)
>>>
>>> This specific remote has it under a clear button. Probably not a huge
>>> deal to change it, but enough that I haven't done it yet... :)
>>
>> Better do something, Microsoft will probably go after you for unauthorized use of the logo with a non-MS product.
>
> I'm on it, stat!
>

You shamed me into it, I took it apart and the image is molded into a
clear button, so not so easy to change. Not impossible, but a lot more
work.

Tom


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