Differences in MCE remotes? (1 Viewer)

[Grayda]

A friend of mine has recently offered me an MCE remote he picked up at the place he works. He's offering it to me for $51 AUD (roughly) including shipping from the US. This is the remote he has:

How is this remote when it comes to MediaPortal? Is it worth the money? Am I getting my monies worth?

A few have suggested I buy this one:

What exactly is the difference in the remotes (asides from the physical aspects. I mean what does the coloured teletext button model do that the other one can't?)

And where can I buy the second remote (the teletext one) in Australia, and for how much? I'd be willing to buy overseas if it's not too much..

Thanks!

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

The Red button switches between fullscreen TV and previous screen, that is the main one i use.

the teletext version is the more common one found outside of America (they do not know what teletext is, as it does not exist there).

PS. I paid last week £19.95 delivered for a Dell\Philips version (no TV power button and only one IR emitter) otherwise works perfectly well with MP.

Regards

 

[Marcusb]

Yellow is the "right click" for context menu.
Blue switches aspect ratios and green acts like the main green button.
The good thing though is that vyou can re-map these to whatever you want, so they are just like very handy shortcut keys.

As for the price, I picked up both of mine for around $69 each. They are pretty common at PC swap meets if you go to those sort of places.

I would definately pay the little extra for those buttons. They make life a lot more simple.