[mythtv-users] Speaking of Remotes....

[E. Westbrook]

Overall, I'm delighted with the new Harmony 700.  I was prepared for the UI
to be too "helpful" to let me dive in and do exactly what I wanted, but
refreshingly enough, I haven't been thwarted (yet) in that regard.

However, I do have a beef with it.  The pulse delays are too long -- about
2.25 times as long as the originals, in fact.  To me it's impossible to
ignore, but I haven't heard anyone here mention it, so I'm a bit curious.

Whether I use the database settings, or learn the signals from the original
remote, or even use "learn raw", the pulses just aren't quick enough.  The
original remote's are snappy and great.  My mceusb receiver's syslog debug
(and red LED) confirms that the Harmony is sending more data.  The "raw"
learned pulses, on the other hand, appear to be the correct shorter
duration, but are then spaced too far apart -- yielding about the same user
latency.  Maddening!

It makes the whole UI of any navigatable device (e.g. MythTV, MCE, OnDemand)
feel more lethargic, particularly when the signals queue up as they fail to
keep up with the user's keypresses.  Particularly when traversing a long
list, one has to wait for keypresses to flush before being able to do
anything else.  That never happens with the original remote.

I've been planning to call "customer care" about it... I just haven't gotten
around to it yet.  (I'm not sure how optimistic to be about that anyway.)

Anyone else here experience this?

$0.02,
EW
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