Blake wrote:
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:26:09 -0700, Michael T. Dean
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10383781&loc=101&sp=1
No remote (it's the MCE version), but $63 and no rebates and free
shipping.
Ooh. But buy it on a new buy.com VISA and get $30 off...that's nice.<s>
Yeah, but then you've got that new credit card showing as "potential"
credit liability on your credit report for 3 years (assuming you never
use it). Still might be worth it depending on how many cards you have...
IMHO, being forced to use an IR-based RC5 remote is too much
of a hassle, anyway. I have two PVR-x50 remotes I'm not using (one from
my PVR-350 and one from the PVR-250). So, really, the tuner is not the
only part of the card I paid for but am not using.
What do you use for for remote control?
I've got an ATI Remote Wonder. I like the RF, but am still working on
improving range/sensititivy (especially through walls).
I'm going to need an IR Blaster anyway (this guy sells 'em for $12+$3
S&H http://www.irblaster.info/), which says to me that if I do it
right, I can replace my cable box with some sort of MythTV remote.
All the better if whatever it is controls the TV--though, come to
think of it, I guess I won't need to control the TV much beyond the
volume if I'm watching everything (DVD, Cable, etc.) through the
MythTV Box.
Volume can be controlled by Myth. You set up your TV with the
appropriate volume and then have Myth increase/decrease volume using
your sound card's mixer. Or, if you're using an external A/V receiver,
Myth should output line-level audio and you can control the A/V
receiver's volume with the IR blaster.
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10385910&loc=101&sp=1
If you really want the remote, $85, no rebates, and free shipping. But,
you can build the serial IR receiver ( http://lirc.org/receivers.html )
for a lot less than $22.
I have too many remotes as it is. I hadn't considered it until you
mentioned this, but if my MythTV box allows me to replace the three
remotes I need currently that makes it worth the cost of entry itself.<s>
Yep. That's what I do. Believe me, it was liberating to finally remove
the batteries from my 5 remote controls!
I now have one remote--the ATI RW--which sends signals to the computer.
The computer then sends signals to the components (using an "improved IR
transmitter" - http://lirc.org/improved_transmitter.html ). And I don't
have to worry about "modes" (i.e. accidentally hit the "TV" button on
the remote and now the "Play" button doesn't work). Basically, I have
one remote mode, but Myth/LIRC/etc. provide the smarts to ensure it
knows what to do for each keystroke depending on where I'm at (recording
playback, MythMusic, xine for MythDVD or MythVideo, etc.).
The only thing I can't control with the remote is the TV. I have my
Myth box in a different room (the ultimate in silent PC) with a hole
through the wall for video and speaker cables. Since I'm using an A/V
receiver for audio, I control volume through it. So, I simply hit the
power button on the TV before sitting down for some Myth. Thought about
trying to mod the transmitter circuit to allow for another IR LED on a
cable without over-driving the serial port, but I'd have the IR LED
drawing power and the cable's resistance, so I decided it was easier to
just hit the power button. (Can't even do a separate simple transmitter
because I only have one serial port.)
Mike
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