[NCLUG] MythTV Presentation on Feb. 12

Brian Wood bwood at beww.org
Fri Jan 18 17:21:52 MST 2008


dann frazier wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 01:50:33PM -0700, Paul Hummer wrote:
>> I would actually like to use a remote control with my machine rather than a 
>> keyboard (not so interested in having the internet on my TV).  What remote 
>> controls could be used, and can I pick one up at Best Buy?  Can I use a 
>> generic IR receiver with it?
> 
> I ordered a prebuilt Hannibal system from tvease.net that came with a
> Microsoft remote. I went to their site to find the model, but turns
> out they've gone bankrupt... can't say I'm surprised based on my
> experience.
> 
> Any way, I'm pretty sure this is the remote:
>   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16880100851
> 
> And I'm quite happy with it; though I really do need to make a Debian
> swirl to replace the little windows logo...

I think that's what is often referred to as the "MCE" remote.

There were some instructions posted a while back as to how to replace 
the M$ logo and "Microsoft" text with a MythTV logo.

beww



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