[mythtv-users] [OT] Universal remote recommendations...?

[Dan Robinson]

I'm using the Sky Navigator with built-in keyboard and it works very
well.  It's quite useful to bind some of the less known features
(restart script etc.) to buttons on the built-in keyboard rather than
them being visible all the time.

I've yet to get all the keys firing and do away with the proper
keyboard, but that's the intention.  Note, if you've not bought one
yet, I don't think they work with the Hauppauge receiver of non
homebrew types like irman.

Let me know if you want my lirc configs.

Dan


On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:54:17 +0000, Stephen Tait <tait at digitallaw.co.uk> wrote:
> Gah! Well, I've finally had it with trying to configure my Philips SBC RU
> 865. It seems it's impossible to get *all* of the buttons working at the
> same time in any way, shape or form which makes it entirely useless for
> MythTV usage without continually switching in between different modes.
> Shame really, as this glaring error excepted it's an utterly stellar
> remote. If it's in TV mode, the pause, play, ff, rew etc. buttons are
> disabled... if it's in VCR mode the volume and mute buttons are disabled.
> Argh on a stick.
> 
> So, I'm in the market for a new remote to use with my PVR-250 and was
> wondering what opinions people here might offer. Firstly, I'm UK based,
> which probably cuts down an awful lot of stuff from the off (bah) and I
> don't really want to pay £120 for a remote, much to the annoyance of the
> short-back-and-smarm sales rep I clashed with on Tottenham Court Road
> yesterday, and nor did I want to buy a PVR setup (sigh). I knew walking
> into the Sony Centre was a bad idea...
> 
> Most promising so far (in that it's not butt ugly and doesn't cost a
> fortune) is the Sky+ remote as resold by Argos in this example
> http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=3151&productId=122374&clickfrom=name
> I think there may be another version of this same remote floating about
> with a flip-top keypad somewhere, but that's not much of an issue for me. I
> couldn't find an lircd.conf for it over at lirc.org, but that's probably
> due to the manufacturer not being Sky, which is just as well as I'm loathe
> to give Rupert Murdoch any more money... ;) Since it was designed for
> PVR's, I'd imagine it would fit the bill nicely, and is probably the nicest
> looking remote I've seen recently. Any Myth users out there using this
> thing successfully? Care to comment?
> 
> In terms of people I don't want to buy things from, Sony are right up there
> with Rupert Murdoch, but I've been told they make some good remotes. The
> selection I saw yesterday was far from inspiring (style over substance -
> lots of fiddly little buttons), but I know there's a few users on here who
> swear by Sony remotes.
> 
> Other than the fact I want all the buttons to work *all the time*, separate
> ff/rew and left/right buttons and it doesn't look like the back end of a
> bus, that's pretty much all the criteria I have. I'm not averse to rolling
> my own lirc.conf's if need be, but I'm just looking for stuff that
> definitely works (with PVR-250's and Nova-T's) and people are happy with.
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions!
> 
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