[mythtv-users] Best USB IR receiver

Larry K lunchtimelarry at gmail.com
Sun Feb 27 16:17:18 UTC 2011


On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Thomas Boehm <
mythtv-users at lists.boehmi.net> wrote:

> > Anyone have any experience with this:
> >
> http://www.amazon.com/Center-Remote-Control-Infrared-Receiver/dp/B001HBOJRQ
> >
> >
> > The price sure is right at $8.
>
> I think it's one of those remotes which will show up as HID devices. A bit
> tricky to get it working with lirc, but for this price it might be worth the
> hassle.
>
> I helped a friend to set it up a few month ago and it took some googling to
> get it working. I can't give you links at the moment though...
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I am interested in the best/cheapest turnkey option that will work with say
a Harmony remote.  If the $10 option is a nightmare, I'll pay the extra to
get pain-free installation/configuration.

I have a $30 MCE similar to this on one of my frontends:
http://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Dell-Microsoft-Center-Kit/dp/B003QQOHZ4

Just wondered if there are any cheaper options that work as well...
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