I have a friend that has built a BUNCH of LIRC receivers. IIRC, he got the parts at kashing(???) - Jerusalem, King George street - near the bell-tower building (less than one block from Yaffo). Downstairs. They have EVERYTHING.
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 03:08:09PM +0300, Noam Rathaus wrote: > > > I don't have Cables or Satelite - who needs it actually ? > > > > LIRC is a good site, but it mentions components that need to be bought - no > > clue where to get them - anyone that has experience building one? > > I've built the transmitters. I was able to buy a premade remote control, > but it uses a serial port, which is now a rare item. > > On the other hand, Office Depot has a Microsoft Optical keyboard and > mouse for about 230 NIS. It plugs into a USB port and looks to the > computer like a keyboard and mouse, as opposed to the more expensive > wireless devices that look like a bluetooth dongle. > > For about the same price, you can get a cheap TV tuner with remote control > and sensor. > > It depends upon what you want to use a real remote control. > > If you decide to use KnoppMyth, which I think is really nice, be aware the > latest version has problems with some analog TV cards. > > Geoff. > > -- > Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM > > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
