[mythtv-users] Which remote?

[mythtv at sci.fi]

> --- Howard Cokl <hojoloco at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > --- mythtv at sci.fi wrote:
> > 
> > > I've been thinking about a PDA turned into a RC,
> > > since it can be used a 
> > > bit more diversly. Problem is that I don't know
> > how
> > > well "good" it is as 
> > > an RC, never tried, I mean how good the feel, etc
> > > is. The funny thing 
> > > about RC's is that an RC is a lot harder to make
> > > than it seems, it 
> > > really needs thought if you want it to be good,
> > and
> > > I'm annoyed by every 
> > > product giving their own RC, instead the price
> > could
> > > be dropped, and 
> > > with the saved money everybody could buy one good
> > > RC, instead of all 
> > > these crappy RC's I have my home full of ;-)
> > > 
> > > But does anybody have experience with PDA's as an
> > RC
> > > ?
> > 
> > I found something about this a while ago, even found
> > a
> > springboard module for a visor but ended up blowing
> > it
> > off since I have a wireless keyboard and a learning
> > remote.  I figured it would be cool but the WAF
> > would
> > be low and I'm still struggling with the WAF.  If I
> > find the links I was looking at I'll let you know.
> > 
> > Howard
> 
> Followup:
> 
> Here is the link to the springboard module
> 
> http://www.pacificneotek.com/
> 
> Howard
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Hmm, well with me part of the point for PDA would also be to use it on 
the road, all sort of useful info easily accessible. And now that I 
think of it, I could probably just use a web page as the RC software, 
and a WLAN as the information path, instead of IR, plus it would work 
anywhere in the apartment ;-) No pointing ever again... The link seems 
to be to a commercial RC product, I'd guess there would be opensource 
alternatives, since in most software categories opensource is better 
now-a-days.

Sorry about the WAF :-| but you should always make them see why it's 
good for them, make them ask for it ;-) Don't pitch it as your own idea, 
set the seed in their mind and steer them in the right direction, so 
they ask for a hyper-super-duper hometheater with all the good stuff...

Does anybody have actual experience using PDA's as an RC ? As an idea it 
sounds great, but how does it work in practice ?