<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I personally like the Tivo remote.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">What I like about it:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ I'm already familiar with it as I've
had a Tivo for a while</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ It has keys for most major MythTV
functions</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ Can purchase additional remotes if
I want multiple remotes</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ Can be programmed to turn on/off my
TV (as well as vol and mute but those are fairly useless with Myth)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ Can be used obviously with my Tivo
as well as with MythTV</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ Seems to have decent range.....I can
use it without pointing it in the appropriate direction</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ Has specially shaped buttons to ease
in tactile key recognition in darkness</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ Pause button is large and round and
in center...this is the key I use most, so works well.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">What I would change about the Tivo remote
if I could:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ Give it the ability to learn (other
than the basic learn of TV power. vol, and mute) so I could use it with
other AV equipment</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ Make buttons illuminated to ease its
use in darkness</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ Provide a few more keys to provide
better coverage of the variety of MythTV Functions</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ Make it JP-1 compatible so I could
program it with a PC</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ Make it work with the hauppauge ir
receiver that comes with the very popular PVR-350 so I wouldn't need to
buy/make an IR receiver</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ Perhaps make it RF vs. IR so that
it work like a ATI Wonder Remote II</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I use the Snapstream ($40) IR Receiver
and love it because:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ USB makes it easy-breezy to attach</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ Has a good range (or is that the remote?)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ Is reasonably priced (I don't want
to build my own)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ Works with my Tivo remote (and many
others I imagine)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ Is shaped so that it can be placed
atop my monitor or TV</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I'd love it if:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">+ it didn't require applying a diff
patch to CVS LIRC (not supported without this)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">While this wasn't difficult, it was
a few added steps to my setup.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">More on Tivo remote (including lircrc,
lircd.conf, mapping document, etc.) and how to apply lirc patch here: http://home.comcast.net/~johnfdeluca/#tivo</font>