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| Dal1980:
I originally posted this on a chat but got no feedback. Should have posted it here really the first time around but I guess it was more of a rant initially but a rant over a long term issue I'm having. I couldn't find an applicable category to post this so mods feel free to move this if it fits somewhere. :dunno Is there anyway of converting stupid IR receivers into WiFi receivers. <- stupid question I know. Here's the problem. I have a fancy-pants tv distro system that takes input of 4 devices (Sky box, Blu Ray Player etc) and outputs them through a Cat5 signal (PoE receivers). This is a great system but it all falls down when you consider that I have to place stupid sticky pads with IR transmitters over where I think each devices IR receiver is located. It's a technical bottle-neck as I have the problem of first finding out where the thing is located and secondly with the glue. I just feel like things haven't progressed in technology with stuff like this. I picked up a cheap android box and it came with a WiFi remote. This was an amazing solution and I can't understand why this isn't a mainstream way of handling remote communication especially when all these devices require a cat5e/wifi connection anyway. Take Sky for instance, their brand new Q box apparently uses the power of BlueTooth! WOW! A range of a whole 10 meters on technology that probably is harder to work with than just using the WiFi. It's not just that, when you tell them you need their setup details so you can connect your own system they freak out and tell you that it isn't compatible, they don't support that and I could potentially be black-listed if a foreign device is found by their system. :banghead: Do other people have problems like this I wonder? |
| BadMouth:
https://www.google.com/#q=roku+remote+wifi+interference |
| Howard_Casto:
I would also recommend the Logitech harmony remotes. They are easy to use and the higher end models have all kinds of options besides ir. I bought one over a decade ago and I've used it until the buttons are literally starting to fall off and it still works great. |
| Dal1980:
Thanks guys, BadMouth - thanks for the google link. I have a problem with the setup and you suggest a completely new setup. wd! :laugh2: Thank you Howard_Casto - Good suggestion, thought you were onto a semi-winner there but seems even the new Q box from Sky isn't fully supportive of the Harmony Remotes/software. I'm also not sure but seems it may be an IR thing rather than a bluetooth thing anyway. The problem is IR is not going to work full stop since IR does not travel through wooden doors and my cabinet is where all my tech sits. The post was about $hitty tech supplied by companies that don't want to use anything but nor will they let you swap out their equipment for superior solutions. They wonder why people are streaming! :angry: |
| pbj:
So build an IR repeater and get on with life? |
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