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

[Dan Wilga]

On 2/6/14, 12:48 PM, jedi wrote:
> I think the key here is standardization. You can adjust to just about 
> any single configuration but it is nearly impossible to deal with 
> every room having it's own collection of completely different remotes.
I'll mention something I've suggested before, a URC RFS200:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FL9E6U

along with a separate remote of the same type (available separately) for 
each frontend in the house. These remotes communicate very quickly via 
RF with the base, which then blasts the IR signal to the receiver on my 
HDHomeRun. LIRC is running on the MBE, which decodes the signal. Each FE 
connects to LIRC on the MBE via Ethernet.

This has several big advantages over using IR receivers on each FE:

- It's much faster. I've had to add delays to keep my main FE from 
repeating too quickly.

- I don't have to point the remote directly at an IR receiver to control 
Myth. I still catch my wife purposely pointing the remote at the display 
though :-).

- I'm using a single remote configuration which is cloned to all of the 
others. This allows me to use any remote in any room, just by choosing a 
different "device" on the remote.

- I have the MBE turn the appropriate FE on via wake-on-LAN when a TV 
Power On signal is received from the remote.