On 1/16/07, Ted Zlatanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 16 Jan 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> If only the N800 had IR support then it could be used to go after the
> high end remote control market. Maybe we'll get it in the next model.
>
> There were at least five devices like this at CES this year.
> http://www.rticorp.com/products/T4.html
>
> They are remote controls in the $1,000 to $1,500 range for high end AV
> installations.
>
> N800 has everything necessary except for the IR support. I could
> easily see these vendors OEMing the N800 instead of building their
> own.
Would it be possible to write a generic remote control for the
770/N800, which talked (over TCP/IP or Bluetooth) to a master
controller? The master controller would know that "turn TV on" really
means "send IR code xyz" but the generic remote control doesn't have
to. Are there any protocols to do this already? Also, UPnP seems to
be possible with the 770/N800 Media Streamer as a controller, IIRC.
There are several 11b/g to IR converter devices on the market but they
cost $600. You might as well install something like a Media Center PC.
But doing that makes the installation much more complicated than using
a simple IR transmitter. Designing IR into the N800 would add about $3
to its production cost.
--
Jon Smirl
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