[mythtv-users] HD PVR and IR transmitter for channel change (why)

[Dave Richardson]

 On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:42:08 -0600, Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com> 
 wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Dave Richardson <mythtv at derdev.com> 
> wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:33:57 -0800, Robert McNamara
>> <robert.mcnamara at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Dave Richardson 
>>> <mythtv at derdev.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>  Why is the HD PVR IR Transmitter favored over IR
>>>>
>>>> transmitting from the BE?
>>>
>>> They are one and the same.  the HD-PVR is just a capture device 
>>> with
>>> an IR Emitter.  The backend still controls it as it does any other 
>>> IR
>>> emitter.
>>>
>>> Robert
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>>
>> But physically, there's a difference between
>>
>> HDPVR --> [IR] --> STB
>> and
>> BE --> [IR] --> STB
>>
>> right?
>>
>> I'm confident that your explanation of functional equivalence is 
>> spot-on,
>> but I'm unclear why one got so much focus in the wiki.
>>
>> Basically, if I had a "spare" IR Transmitter on my BE waiting to be 
>> used or
>> could use the IR Transmitter from the HD PVR, which one do I choose 
>> and why?
>
> Basically, if you have read all of the past threads, then you are
> aware that enumeration of the normal
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