<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:44 PM, Brian Wood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>[...]<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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It's sad, for all the time I spent getting LIRC and my remote working, I<br>
never use it. I leave the small Gyration KB on the table next to my<br>
Laz-Z-Boy and wind up using it.<br>
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The remote is basically for guests, who seem more comfortable with it<br>
than with a keyboard, and the functions you need the KB for haven't been<br>
thought of by most of my guests :-)<br>
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But a lot of people like the remote interface, and a lot of people<br>
resist using a keyboard. Isn't it great that Myth gives you the choice?<br>
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beww<br>
<div></div></blockquote><div><br>I'm new to mythtv and the one thing I noticed was that using the user interface with a remote would seem to be... well ... what's the right word... tedious? For instance, when I'm scheduling a show from the program guide, the default setting is 'do not record this show' or something like that. To access the drop down, you need a key press followed by a multiple button presses to make a selection. On other products with similar functionality, the default is 'record this showing' with an added menu item for 'do nothing/don't record'. Essentially, it would be a lot less button presses to achieve a similar function. Don't take that as a complaint by any means - I had always intended to use a keyboard/mouse for my setup, so it's a non-issue for me at least.<br>
<br>For the OP: I would suggest anything that is Bluetooth compliant. Not only does that enable interoperability with anything else you might want to use it with in the future, but the distance specifications are well known. I use Bluetooth accessories with my cell phone and there are many times where I leave the phone in my kitchen and roam the house with a headset. It's fairly rare that I go out of range so long as I'm inside the house.<br>
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