[mythtv-users] IR Blaster / Comcast DTAs

[John Drescher]

Hi all,
In a month I will loose most/all of my analog channels on Comcast. I
have had my 2 free DTAs for a couple of months now but I have not
connected them to MythTV yet because I do not have an IR blaster. On
either of my backends I do not have serial ports so I would prefer a
USB solution. I see on the wiki there are a couple of options:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Using_an_IR_Blaster_with_MythTV

I was thinking about the MCE remote combo but it appears this is no
longer a product in production (deactivated from newegg, others ..)

The lirc site has a USB IR blaster for sale but that is $24 which was
more than the newegg price for MCE remote + IR blaster from microsoft
that I could probably still get on eBay or somewhere else.

What's the best choice now? Is there any thing cheaper for dual IR blasters?

Thanks,
John M. Drescher