[mythtv-users] Advice on media players

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Thu Dec 3 23:53:20 UTC 2009


On Thursday 03 December 2009 04:38:43 pm Michael Tiller wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> > On Thursday 03 December 2009 04:09:24 pm Michael Tiller wrote:
> > > Just to clarify.  When I talked about control, I was talking about
> > > playback control (e.g. Play, Pause, Stop), not controlling an external
> > > IR device (e.g. STB).
> >
> > OK, but both functions are required if using it as a B/E (slave or
> > otherwise)
> > and F/E.
> 
> I understand.  I have no plan to use this as a backend.
> 
> > So should I assume from comments that their is no IR sensor on these
> > Revos?
> >
> > Correct, but a USB IR receiver could be used.
> 
> I was hoping for something that was built-in and that MythBuntu would
> recognize out of the box.  At $199 it is already a bit pricey (when
>  compared to a WD HD-TV Live) and adding a USB IR device is only going 
to
>  make it worse.

Some Revos may show up on Fleabay as people discover that they are 
pretty limited as XP machines, this might make some available  for less than 
$199.

Some may eventually show up as refurbs on sites like geeks.com, no idea 
how long that might take. I'm already seeing Pundits there for under $150.


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