In addition to the TiVo, which I already mentioned in this thread, I recently got a Yamaha receiver which is network capable, although I still have yet to put it on the network. In researching different receivers, I also noted that Onkyo, Denon and Pioneer had network capable models. Note this is not an exhaustive list, but these were the brands I was looking at. All of these brands have free iPhone apps, and they all have a demo mode, so you can check out their accessibility before purchasing a receiver. I found they were all accessible to some degree or another.
On 01/02/13 10:32, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > Ramy, > > There are multiple apps that can be used as a universal remote (FlipR, > RE Universal Remote, RedEye), but unfortunately all of these devices > require either an IR Dongle/emitter which plugs into your iPhone or, in > the case of RedEye, they use a rather expensive bridge which is > connected to your home network and which then has to sit near your > equipment so it can relay the IR signals it generates.At least some of > the IR emiters/dongles plug into the headphone jack which means they > disable Voiceover. I found one that plugs into the 30-Pin connector, but > the app while somewhat accessible is really to complicated to be useful. > > Having said all this even these solutions would not allow you to use > advanced features of your TV or receiver as they cannot access, for > example, the receiver’s or TV’s on-screen display and menues. > > The only solutionthat would give you full access would be to find a > receiver which is designed to connect to your network and which comes > with its own app and even then of course there is still the issue as to > whether the app would be accessible. I believe Sony, Denon, Yahama, > Pioneer and maybe others do make receivers for which you can get a free > app, butI haven’t tried any since unfortunately I bought my receiver the > year before Sony released one that has that feature.The example > ofaccessible apps for some of the cable providers shows receivers shows > that it certainly is possible to make this accessible. > > I think in the future more and more receivers, tV’s and so onwill have > this capability and we can just hope that manufacturers willmake the > apps accessible although I also think that accessibility will be > considered more and more asAndroid accessibility improves and developers > realize that even though it maybe not ahuge market, there is a market. > For the time being > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
