On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuk...@genestate.com > wrote:
> On 28/02/2011 22:06, Hamilton Silva wrote: > >> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Matt Harrison< >> iwasinnamuk...@genestate.com >> >>> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I've recently started to set up a mythtv box for my parents. I've found a >>> USB DVB-T receiver which works perfectly and I've got the system up and >>> running on some old hardware. >>> >>> Now I've been tasked with finding something small that can sit by their >>> TV >>> and do it all. I've been looking at MiniITX machines with the nVidia ION >>> chipset that support 720/1080 HD playback and HDMI outputs. >>> >>> My questions are concerning the digital output and remote controls. I've >>> only ever used HDMI/digital output on windows and it confuses me then. Is >>> there some added complexity to getting the HDMI output working (including >>> audio) with a TV? Is there anything to look out for as far as >>> compatibiliy >>> goes? >>> >>> And remote controls, the USB DVB-T unit comes with its own remote and >>> pretty much works out of the box even on linux. At least it works for the >>> basic up/down/left/right/enter, I really don't know enough to get any >>> more >>> out of it. >>> >>> The MiniITX bundle I'm looking at comes with a remote designed for media >>> centres and looks to be a million times nicer than the one from the >>> receiver, but is there going to be a lot of trouble getting it working >>> with >>> Lirc? I only know a teeny tiny bit about Lirc, I don't know what driver >>> this >>> remote will use so I don't know if there's likely to be any compatibility >>> issue. >>> >>> As you can tell I'm not very hot on this stuff, so any >>> tips/help/suggestions would be much appreciated. I'd especially >>> appreciate >>> if anyone could point to some known-good hardware for this purpose. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> >>> For the remote i suggest the ps3 bd controller. It uses bluetooth so, >> it's >> omnidirectional and works with mythtv: >> >> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Sony_PS3_BD_Remote >> >> Hamilton >> >> > That looks interesting, thanks for the reply. I guess I'll have to find a > bluetooth receiver to go with it, maybe i can find one onboard something. > > Thanks > > You can find some bluetooth usb dongle for about $2-4 at dealextreme or ebay. Hamilton
