On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 at 09:55 -0700, Ross Werner wrote: > On Sat, 29 Apr 2006, Hans Fugal wrote: > >I know some of you are into MythTV and probably have run this gauntlet > >before. > > > >I'm not afraid of a DIY kit, provided it's something I could handle (no > >experience in EE-like stuff whatsoever). I'm not afraid of a wireless > >keyboard provided it's A) compactish, and B) affordable (<= $30). > > I've gone both routes. I started out with a serial IR receiver from here: > http://www.home-electro.com/ira3.php (they have USB ones for twice the > price; those are $20 apiece). Setting it up is rather poorly documented, > (it uses LIRC) but not really very tricky, so let me know if you decide > to go that route.
This looks pretty good. > After a while, though, I eventually (a) wanted keyboard control and > (b) got annoyed by the line-of-sight requirements of IR. So recently I > bought this keyboard: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823126181 Cool, but too much. > thing). But at the end of the day, I think you're eventually going to be > annoyed at the line-of-sight requirements of infrared and go RF. My TV, DVD, and VCR all use line-of-sight IR. We once had dish and the PVR used RF and that was pretty cool, but I think I'll survive. > If the expense of the media wireless set (the one with the RF remote > control) is enough to be a dealbreaker for you, there's another RF > keyboard that I use on my own desktop machine: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823126168 What's the range of this one? Some of the newegg reviews are pretty down on the range of it. I think my couch is about 10 feet from the computer/tv. I didn't think about a learning remote learning keyboard functions. Will any IR keyboard receiver be compatible with any learning remote? -- Hans Fugal ; http://hans.fugal.net There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. -- Johann Sebastian Bach
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