I've used an ATI remote wonder it's USB and works without too much fiddling.<br><br><a href="http://www.itx-warehouse.co.uk/Product.aspx?ProductID=159">http://www.itx-warehouse.co.uk/Product.aspx?ProductID=159</a><br>
<br>Only £22.<br><br>Only niggle is the large mouse pad in the middle that I don't use.<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/22/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mike Poublon</b> <<a href="mailto:poublon@geeksoft.dyndns.org">
poublon@geeksoft.dyndns.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Josh White wrote:<br>> I'm finally getting the living room portion of my myth system
<br>> together, and I'm now in the market for a remote. I'd prefer to have<br>> a USB interface, but I suppose serial or parallel port would work too<br>> (I have no IR receiver at this time, so I'd like something that
<br>> includes the whole shebang). I'd like some kind of programmable<br>> remote to control my TV (turn it on off, change channels, volume) as<br>> well as my surround sound receiver (I'd like to be able to switch
<br>> inputs, and the like), and of course, do all the myth stuff one would<br>> need. I'd like to have it look like a typical television remote, I'm<br>> not looking for a PDA to control everything (well, I think that would
<br>> be sweet, but my wife wouldn't). My living room front end is an old<br>> P4 IBM NetVista desktop PC, so I have all the normal inputs you would<br>> associate with that. I'm using an FX5200 graphics card, and the built
<br>> in sound. All my tuners are in the master back end, so I can't use my<br>> control that came with my PVR-250 or it's IR input (and I'd rather<br>> not, since I have the "early" remote that looks rather week).
<br>><br>> So my question is: what are you guys using? Any recommendations?<br>> What does everyone like about their setup in terms of their<br>> remotes/interface? Any specific regrets?<br>I'm using a Streamzap remote that I got for around $30 from
<br><a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com">www.thinkgeek.com</a>. The remote and USB IR receiver work well with LIRC.<br>An added bonus is that the receiver works with many if not all standard<br>IR remotes (from what I can tell). You could use this with any
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