Thread: Easter egg in the RX-51?
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2009-08-20 , 20:48
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#78
Originally Posted by davidgro View Post
The IR on my Palm Tungsten E was Very usable as a remote, all the way across a decent sized house. I really miss that. (The software the I used on it, NoviiRemote or some such, also let it learn from other remotes and had an ok default library of codes for major brands' devices)
It was possible to fake Consumer IR (CIR) on some IrDA devices such as Palms (ie. hack the IrDA transmitter using direct register access to command it to operate at the extremely slow and non-standard 40-baud rate used by CIR), but this was definitely the exception to the rule. I tried NoviiRemote and also Omni Remote on my Tungsten and while it would control my TV which was only ~7m away it wasn't reliable, and both applications were pretty ropey anyway (certainly not worth paying for IMHO).

Originally Posted by davidgro View Post
I would love to see an IR port like my Tungsten had on more devices, for that purpose (Since the only remotes I own that actually are Bluetooth are my Wiimotes)
I think it CIR could have it's uses, but if I'm being honest I think touchscreen based remote controls are a complete nightmare and totally over-rated - who doesn't fumble around for the remote control in the dark while lying on the sofa? How's that going to work out when the remote control is just one big finger sensitive touchscreen?

That's why I like the Harmony One - it has a ton of hard buttons, I just have to be careful to avoid the small touchscreen (which does have it's uses!) when groping around for it...