Re: [mythtv-users] Serial infrared sensor

2005-06-02 Thread Phill Edwards
> I have seen a number of howto guides for building a serial infrared > sensor, but are there any inexpensive retail solutions? I bought one off a guy in the UK off eBay for about US$10 and it works a treat. This means that I can use pretty much any remote with it which is great. Regards, Phill _

Re: [mythtv-users] Serial infrared sensor

2005-06-01 Thread Stuart Morgan
On Wed 1 June 2005 19:41, Dan Littlejohn wrote: > I have seen a number of howto guides for building a serial infrared > sensor, but are there any inexpensive retail solutions? Cost (postage) depends where you live but I've bought two IR receivers from http://www.zapway.de/e_index1.htm They are p

Re: [mythtv-users] Serial infrared sensor

2005-06-01 Thread Michael Tiller
I've been following this thread in the hope that somebody would provide an answer to this question, but so far things are still unclear. I would like to find an IR receiver that is:   a) pre-built (I know I can build it myself, I'd prefer not to)   b) works with a TiVo remote   c) relatively chea

Re: [mythtv-users] Serial infrared sensor

2005-06-01 Thread Mathew Mrosko
On Wednesday 01 June 2005 11:58 am, Patrick Kirchner wrote: > http://www.mp3remote.com/html/ > > $21 Isn't too bad. I have this device. I'm not using the remote, but the > receiver works great with my Radio Shack 8-in-1 universal learning remote. You can find these on eBay for a couple bucks ove

Re: [mythtv-users] Serial infrared sensor

2005-06-01 Thread Karsten Jeppesen
Dan Littlejohn wrote: I have seen a number of howto guides for building a serial infrared sensor, but are there any inexpensive retail solutions? Given the $35 pricetag I have seen around for irman - then I would like to suggest StreamZap Buy it at amazon.com for $30+ and get the remote for

RE: [mythtv-users] Serial infrared sensor

2005-06-01 Thread Patrick Kirchner
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Littlejohn > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 1:42 PM > To: Discussion about mythtv > Subject: [mythtv-users] Serial infrared sensor > > I have seen a number of howto guides for building a serial >

Re: [mythtv-users] Serial infrared sensor

2005-06-01 Thread Phil Bridges
On 6/1/05, Dan Littlejohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have seen a number of howto guides for building a serial infrared > sensor, but are there any inexpensive retail solutions? > > Dan It depends on what you call inexpensive. CrystalFontz sells the IRMan for $35US: http://www.crystalfontz.c

Re: [mythtv-users] Serial infrared sensor

2005-06-01 Thread jacko
Irman is what I have ..fairly cheap. I'm sure there are probably cheaper ones out there. http://www.evation.com/irman/ you can order it through crystalfontz for $35 bucks... they seemed be backorderd till 7/1/2005 though. On 6/1/05, Dan Littlejohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have seen a numb