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Old 15-12-2010, 18:23   #480
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Exclamation Re: TiVo
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Originally Posted by Stuart View Post
Unfortunately, IR may be 1980, but it does work with every universal remote control out there, and also a lot of other devices that people might want to use to control their STBs (such as Media Centre PCs).
Hmm! Not quite. The Pace boxes support a hand-held remote and a keyboard for e-mail, gaming etc. and these use the IrDA protocol rather than consumer electronics IR protocols such as RC-5, RC-6, SIRCS etc. In my experience, very few universal remotes support IrDA and few even list Pace in their supported manufacturers but maybe that's just the low-end remotes that I have tried. However, laptops, mobile phones and PDAs generally do have built-in IrDA and software is available to drive them as TV remotes using a variety of protocols including consumer electronics IR protocols and IrDA.
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