<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Neil Cooper <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:neilcoo@yahoo.co.uk">neilcoo@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font:inherit" valign="top"><br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 8/30/11, linux guy <i><<a href="mailto:linuxguy123@gmail.com" target="_blank">linuxguy123@gmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px"><br>From: linux guy <<a href="mailto:linuxguy123@gmail.com" target="_blank">linuxguy123@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: [mythtv-users] What is everyone using for IR Receivers ?<br>
To: "Discussion about MythTV" <<a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org" target="_blank">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a>><br>Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 5:43 PM<div class="im"><br><br><div>I need a bunch of IR receivers for my front end boxes. What is everyone using ?<br>
<br>Thanks !<br>
</div><br></div>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: <a href="http://www.snapstream.com/products/firefly/" target="_blank">http://www.snapstream.com/products/firefly/</a> 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>
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<br></blockquote></div><br>I would say cost would be the biggest reason for not going RF. The second might be lack available frequencies for this type of device. I have six frontends which would cost $300 and require six different RFs.<br>
<br>-Tom<br>