[mythtv-users] IR transmitter help

[Mike Perkins]

On 03/07/11 04:25, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Doug Lytle<support at drdos.info>  wrote:
>> Eric Sharkey wrote:
>>> I presume it's
>>> sending IR as well
>>
>> You can confirm this by pointing the view finder of a digital camera at
>> the transmitter.  IR is be visible though that.
>
> For that to work I'd need a very special digital camera or filter.
> Given that there is a visible light flash at the same time, and I
> don't have any camera which isn't also sensitive to visible light, the
> flash on the camera screen wouldn't tell me anything I don't already
> know.
>
Nope. *Any* digital camera is capable of seeing the infra-red from a remote (or 
blaster), even the cheapo ones.

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Mike Perkins