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Kurses:
Heya guys.  I have a nice little pimped out setup at home that has an hdmi cable going from the back of my computer to a 46" LCD TV.  Works great for watching anime all day while leaning back on my bed.  I was thinking of getting some kinda attachment for my PC which lets me use a remote control, so that I don't have to get up all the time to change episodes (or when using a playlist, so I can skip the next episode previews and such).  Problem is there are a lot to choose from, so I don't really know what to get.  Does anyone have any experience with something like this?  Ideally I'm not really looking for one that has built in storage or its own media centre, just something that would work with my existing setup.  Any idea how it would handle things like switching subtitles and audio tracks? 

I'm not even really sure how it works to TBH, does it just emulate mouse clicks or hotkeys when buttons are pressed on it?  I know zoom player has remote control support in it, but it's hard to find details on it.

Any opinions or even just a link to something I can peruse on my own would be appreciated.  Thanks!

fohfoh:
Remote? Not really. Wifi keyboard/mouse combo... yes.

Mcgreag:
One thing that lots of people used to recommend are the Microsoft Mediacenter Remote but it's not for sale anymore.
The main problem you will have is that most remotes does NOT come with a IR receiver. They assume that you already have one for one reason or the other. That's one of the reasons the MS MC Remote was recommended because it came with an universal receiver that worked with all the Logitech Harmony controls for example (they are usually the most popular ones).

You can take a look at this one:
http://www.fractal-design.com/?view=product&prod=22
It has it's own receiver and is very cheap (20-30$), sadly the receiver is not universal, it only works with that remote. Also it's not programmable like the more expensive Logitech Harmony solutions.

halfelite:
there are so many good options. Why not get something like the diNovo Mini its a keyboard/mouse/remote in the palm of your hand about the size of an xbox360 controller.


or if you want something smaller you can look at he rii

Arveene:

--- Quote from: Mcgreag on June 03, 2010, 09:00:06 AM ---One thing that lots of people used to recommend are the Microsoft Mediacenter Remote but it's not for sale anymore.
The main problem you will have is that most remotes does NOT come with a IR receiver. They assume that you already have one for one reason or the other. That's one of the reasons the MS MC Remote was recommended because it came with an universal receiver that worked with all the Logitech Harmony controls for example (they are usually the most popular ones)..

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Hmm.. I believe you can still get the media center remote with a Hauppauge TV tuner card. Kinda expensive for just a tv tuner tho. If you have a use for a tv tuner card, I'd go with that.

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