[mythtv-users] Cheap Remote and receiver sale

[Tom Lichti]

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Saturday, August 28, 2010 07:16:43 am David Williams wrote:
>> Can anyone recommend a blaster with an integrated mousepad that just works?
>> I found this one at Amazon and at ten bucks it looks too good to be true.
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Control-Infrared-Receiver-Ultimate/dp/B00224Z
>> DFY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1282999193&sr=8-1
>
> Doesn't look like a blaster to me, looks like a remote and a receiver.
>
> According to some of the comments, it appears to show up as a keyboard (HID), which might be either good or bad, depending
> on what you want to do with it.
>
> Does seem to be a good price.
>
> Not sure what you mean by "integrated mousepad".

I think he means a mouse control on the remote. The only ones I recall
with that are ATI TV Wonder remotes. Not sure how (if) they work in
Linux though.

Tom