Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="ixian" data-source="post: 485664" data-attributes="member: 54932">There are two reasons the USB-UIRT excels: The driver is very well written and mature (been going on 7 years now with bi-annual updates) and the blaster hardware is very strong. As you pointed out DreadFury, it does use a wide-beam blaster that is powerful enough to bounce off just about anything - in fact, that's how I use mine, it's not even facing my equipment, but the back of my room. So for multiple devices, as long as the remote codes are different you can just use it without having to attach the little remote bugs to the front of everything like you do with other blasters.It also has a single standard 1/8 jack on the back so you can use it with a bug (for equipment you have two of, or if it's hidden away where the wide beam can't hit it). As a nice touch, that jack is actually stereo, meaning with a $4 adapter you can actually attach two bugs to it. And of course you can buy bugs that have multiple ends, so really you could control 10-20 components if you were feeling extreme and you didn't have more than 3 that shared the same codes.I know it's $50, and if you aren't in the states shipping is half that again, but it's worth the cash if you can get it. It solved so many headaches for me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ixian, post: 485664, member: 54932"] There are two reasons the USB-UIRT excels: The driver is very well written and mature (been going on 7 years now with bi-annual updates) and the blaster hardware is very strong. As you pointed out DreadFury, it does use a wide-beam blaster that is powerful enough to bounce off just about anything - in fact, that's how I use mine, it's not even facing my equipment, but the back of my room. So for multiple devices, as long as the remote codes are different you can just use it without having to attach the little remote bugs to the front of everything like you do with other blasters. It also has a single standard 1/8 jack on the back so you can use it with a bug (for equipment you have two of, or if it's hidden away where the wide beam can't hit it). As a nice touch, that jack is actually stereo, meaning with a $4 adapter you can actually attach two bugs to it. And of course you can buy bugs that have multiple ends, so really you could control 10-20 components if you were feeling extreme and you didn't have more than 3 that shared the same codes. I know it's $50, and if you aren't in the states shipping is half that again, but it's worth the cash if you can get it. It solved so many headaches for me. [/QUOTE]

Verification