[mythtv-users] Asus unveils dirt-cheap Chromebox desktops with Haswell chip

[Stephen P. Villano]

On 2/6/14, 12:21 AM, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Phill Edwards <philledwards at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> This could be interesting:
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/04/asus_chromebox/
>>
>> Yeah I also saw an article on Ausdroid -
>> http://ausdroid.net/2014/02/05/asus-unwraps-their-chromebox-plans-coming-in-march-in-three-versions/
>>
>> They don't have any infrared built in from what I can see so how would
>> people generally set up a remote control on these? Have a USB infrared
>> receiver? I actually tried that once and it turned into a nightmare so I
>> went back to a serial receiver which seemed a lot easier for some reason.
>> Perhaps it was just an awkward USB receiver I'd bought off eBay, but it's
>> made me wary.
> same as anyone else uses when their pc doesn't have a built in IR.
> Which is most pc's.
>
> Personally I prefer these:
>
> http://rtr.ca/sapphire_remote/
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Isn't that one of the ones that the default kernel drivers treat like a
mouse and keyboard?
Got two similar ones like that here, never got around to playing with
them to make them work more intuitively (did get them working, but with
additional key mode changing on the remote that I'd not want to suggest
my wife try, just to ensure continued domestic tranquility).