Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-22 Thread Joseph A. Caputo
On Friday 19 August 2005 13:29, Tim Hamer wrote: Scott Minneman wrote: On 8/19/05, Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a good IR/RF universal remote? Bonus points if it's as sexy as the Harmony... every RF remote i've ever seen can only be used with its own

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-22 Thread Tim Hamer
Joseph A. Caputo wrote: On Friday 19 August 2005 13:29, Tim Hamer wrote: Scott Minneman wrote: On 8/19/05, Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a good IR/RF universal remote? Bonus points if it's as sexy as the Harmony... every RF remote i've ever seen can only

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-22 Thread Richard Bronosky
Joseph A. Caputo wrote: On Friday 19 August 2005 13:29, Tim Hamer wrote: Scott Minneman wrote: On 8/19/05, Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a good IR/RF universal remote? Bonus points if it's as sexy as the Harmony...

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-22 Thread Matthew Schumacher
On 8/19/05, Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a good IR/RF universal remote? Bonus points if it's as sexy as the Harmony... every RF remote i've ever seen can only be used with its own specific RF equipment, so you won't find one to control your keyboard i

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-22 Thread Tim Hamer
Matthew Schumacher wrote: On 8/19/05, Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a good IR/RF universal remote? Bonus points if it's as sexy as the Harmony... every RF remote i've ever seen can only be used with its own specific RF equipment, so you won't find one

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-22 Thread Richard Bronosky
Tim Hamer wrote: Matthew Schumacher wrote: On 8/19/05, Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a good IR/RF universal remote? Bonus points if it's as sexy as the Harmony... every RF remote i've ever seen can only be used with its own specific RF equipment,

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-22 Thread Tim Hamer
Richard Bronosky wrote: Tim Hamer wrote: Matthew Schumacher wrote: On 8/19/05, Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a good IR/RF universal remote? Bonus points if it's as sexy as the Harmony... every RF remote i've ever seen can only be used with its own

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-22 Thread Michael T. Dean
Tim Hamer wrote: Matthew Schumacher wrote: What do you figure the range is with this. I have an ATI remote wonder and I need to wave it around looking for a signal to control my mythtv server even in the same room. I'm looking for a better remote, but it has to be able to go 75 feet though

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-19 Thread Marius Schrecker
Matt wrote: On 8/18/05, Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People are always dissing the price of the harmony remotes, but I know tons of people who have them that I work with and I've never heard a single complaint from an owner. I just bought a harmony 655 (figured a good remote was central to

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-19 Thread Timothy McFadden
On 8/19/05, Marius Schrecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matt wrote: On 8/18/05, Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People are always dissing the price of the harmony remotes, but I know tons of people who have them that I work with and I've never heard a single complaint from an owner. I just

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-19 Thread Richard Bronosky
]] On Behalf Of Isaac Richards Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 9:11 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote On Saturday 13 August 2005 07:22 pm, Daniel Segel wrote: Loren H. Burlingame wrote: let me be the first to say that $250

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-19 Thread Jesse Guardiani
Richard Bronosky wrote: [...] I wish this thing was RF! Why don't they make high end remotes use high power RF? Well how is an RF device supposed to control an IR device? They'd have to include a base station that converts RF to IR, and it would need to either be in line of site of all

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-19 Thread Scott Minneman
On 8/19/05, Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard Bronosky wrote: [...] I wish this thing was RF! Why don't they make high end remotes use high power RF? Well how is an RF device supposed to control an IR device? They'd have to include a base station that converts RF

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-19 Thread Tim Hamer
Scott Minneman wrote: On 8/19/05, Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard Bronosky wrote: [...] I wish this thing was RF! Why don't they make high end remotes use high power RF? Well how is an RF device supposed to control an IR device? They'd have to include a base station

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-18 Thread Matt
I've acutally got a Harmony 676. I love it! I could live without it but wouldn't want to. Best of all, I don't even have to use LIRC! I've actually got an IR keyboard that plugs into the standard PS/2 ports. I taught the harmony the IR commands from the necessary keys and mapped them to the

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-18 Thread Donavan Stanley
On 8/18/05, Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People are always dissing the price of the harmony remotes, but I know tons of people who have them that I work with and I've never heard a single complaint from an owner. I have several... Enough that I don't use mine on a regular basis

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-14 Thread Jason Mcmillon
: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote On 8/13/05, David Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just get The Logitech Harmony 880 remote - and let me say this is AWESOME for MythTV. let me be the first to say that $250 for a remote control is.well

[mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-13 Thread David Ellis
I just get The Logitech Harmony 880 remote and let me say this is AWESOME for MythTV. Basically its a learning remote that you program via your Windows or OSX Desktop. Has a nice little color LCD that lets you define Activities (like watch TV, watch movie, etc). My MythTV box has never

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-13 Thread Loren H. Burlingame
On 8/13/05, David Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just get The Logitech Harmony 880 remote – and let me say this is AWESOME for MythTV. let me be the first to say that $250 for a remote control is.well.insane! does the thing do the dishes too? If not, it aint worth

RE: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-13 Thread David Ellis
, 2005 4:23 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote On 8/13/05, David Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just get The Logitech Harmony 880 remote - and let me say this is AWESOME for MythTV. let me be the first to say that $250 for a remote

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-13 Thread Jason Mcmillon
on EBay and they are even cheaper. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Loren H. Burlingame Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 4:23 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote On 8/13/05

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-13 Thread Daniel Segel
Loren H. Burlingame wrote: let me be the first to say that $250 for a remote control is.well.insane! The 880 can be found online for only $190. Still mighty expensive, but not as much so as if you paid retail for it. http://www.onsale.com/onsale/shop/detail~dpno~550571.asp Daniel

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-13 Thread Isaac Richards
On Saturday 13 August 2005 07:22 pm, Daniel Segel wrote: Loren H. Burlingame wrote: let me be the first to say that $250 for a remote control is.well.insane! The 880 can be found online for only $190. Still mighty expensive, but not as much so as if you paid retail for it. I

RE: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-13 Thread David Ellis
: Saturday, August 13, 2005 9:11 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote On Saturday 13 August 2005 07:22 pm, Daniel Segel wrote: Loren H. Burlingame wrote: let me be the first to say that $250 for a remote control is.well.insane! The 880 can

Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote

2005-08-13 Thread Jason Mcmillon
Of Loren H. Burlingame Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 4:23 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Found an Awesome Remote On 8/13/05, David Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just get The Logitech Harmony 880 remote - and let me say this is AWESOME