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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I don’t know if this will help you
or not, but I just recently went this route. I had gotten a Logitech
Harmony 550 from </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Circuit</span></font><font
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size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> for $130 (with a $30 rebate which I haven’t gotten yet),
then got an IR Blaster serial port receiver from irblaster.info. That was
about $20. The Harmony has software (windows only, but I think that I
read somewhere that there’s a Sourceforge project underway to have a linux
version) where you can tell it the make/model of all of your A/V devices and it
will program the remote to emulate each one. I currently have my Comcast
Motorola DCT3412 STB, DVD recorder, Onkyo receiver, Samsung HDTV, and Myth box
(emulating a Hauppauge 350 PVR setup) on that one remote.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Not quite what you were looking for, but
it’s an option. Hope it helps!</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Harry</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Josh White<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 22, 2007
9:50 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Discussion about mythtv<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [mythtv-users] USB remote</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I'm finally getting the living room portion of my myth
system together, and I'm now in the market for a remote. I'd prefer to
have a USB interface, but I suppose serial or parallel port would work too (I
have no IR receiver at this time, so I'd like something that includes the whole
shebang). I'd like some kind of programmable remote to control my TV
(turn it on off, change channels, volume) as well as my surround sound receiver
(I'd like to be able to switch inputs, and the like), and of course, do all the
myth stuff one would need. I'd like to have it look like a typical
television remote, I'm not looking for a PDA to control everything (well, I
think that would be sweet, but my wife wouldn't). My living room front
end is an old P4 IBM NetVista desktop PC, so I have all the normal inputs you
would associate with that. I'm using an FX5200 graphics card, and the
built in sound. All my tuners are in the master back end, so I can't use
my control that came with my PVR-250 or it's IR input (and I'd rather not,
since I have the "early" remote that looks rather week). <br>
<br>
So my question is: what are you guys using? Any recommendations?
What does everyone like about their setup in terms of their remotes/interface?
Any specific regrets? <br>
<br>
Thanks, <br>
<br>
Josh</span></font></p>
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