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thiggins   03-21-2006 at 09:23:39 AM

Remote controls are must-haves for anything you need to control from the comfort of your couch. Siggy Moersch reviews six alternatives for making your Windows HTPC more living-room friendly.

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ivoryjohn   03-21-2006 at 03:39:44 PM
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I'm still using the Hauppauge remote (that comes with the Hauppauge tuner). One of the challenges of any advanced HTPC, is the ability to have the remote contol multiple tuners (which I don't have yet). I'm hoping some readers are actually tackling this problem and can share some of the problems and successes they have had controlling two or more tuners with a single remote.

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IVAces   03-21-2006 at 10:48:42 PM
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I've kind of wondered about controlling multiple tuners myself.

Somthing I've noticed is that none of these companies are making drivers for linux.

I've seriously looked into using linux for a HTPC. I think the way I'm going to go is to make a fanless mini itx pc that sits on the set top and has all of the video and audio outputs for your stereo and tv (made by pylon). I'm going to use a thin-pc version of linux to run the apps off of the server in the back room. There is free ware out there to utilize your remote control hardware. Its compatible with the Imon hardware fortunately. I'm going to put a dvd player in it for dvd's on the fly. The server in the back room will run have the dvr software and tuners. This way you don't have to worry about the noise or bulk of a big pc.

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