<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 8/30/11, linux guy <i><linuxguy123@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: linux guy <linuxguy123@gmail.com><br>Subject: [mythtv-users] What is everyone using for IR Receivers ?<br>To: "Discussion about MythTV" <mythtv-users@mythtv.org><br>Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 5:43 PM<br><br><div id="yiv1194047444">I need a bunch of IR receivers for my front end boxes. What is everyone using ?<br><br>Thanks !<br>
</div><br>I have no idea why people automatically just think IR. Just a sugestion... Use radio frequency remotes instead.<br><br>
Its a massive advantage that you don't need the mythtv box in line-of-sight, (you can put it in a cupboard or entertainment center with a door or whatever).<br><br>
you also dont need to point your remote when you use it, and it can work from
anywhere in the house which is especially great if youre listening to mythmusic.<br><br>I used this for a long time: http://www.snapstream.com/products/firefly/ It was perfect as a mythtv remote.<br><br>Now I use an learning remote with X10 from X10.com just so I dont need multiple remotes. The PC end is a CM-19a (usb X10 tranceiver ). Cost of remote & tranceiver together was about $50. <br><br>I can control my mythTV, stereo, any anything else I want to setup with X10 such as home lights from 1 remote. Not that I have bothered to set it up, but as the CM-19a is actually an X10 transceiver my mythtv box technically could directly control stuff like lights, burglar alarms etc too.<br><br><br></blockquote></td></tr></table>