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<blockquote data-quote="ixian" data-source="post: 697476" data-attributes="member: 54932">I should get a thread stickied somewhere that says:Buy the Microsoft MCE Remote/dongle for $30 and never look back.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Seriously. It works with everything. Everything. Even Linux boxes - LIRC has great support for it.It'll change two external boxes, independently. It's brain-dead simple to set up with IR Suite, available in these forums, which you should be using with Mediaportal. It's cheap, and reliable. It's super-easy to program other remotes to use with it since there are MCE profiles for every media front end ever written. As I said earlier in the thread, it's one piece of this giant puzzle that has always worked for me, 100%. Changing channels, no matter what STB I have used (including Dish) has never been a problem since I got one.I like the USB-Uirt, don't get me wrong. I have one. Hell, I bought it back in 2002 when he first started making them. However, they are pricey, and a little finicky to set up. Nice device, but when&nbsp; you have a $30 option that works perfectly with everything there's no real need for it unless you have unusual requirements.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ixian, post: 697476, member: 54932"] I should get a thread stickied somewhere that says: [b]Buy the Microsoft MCE Remote/dongle for $30 and never look back.[/b] :) Seriously. It works with everything. [i]Everything[/i]. Even Linux boxes - LIRC has great support for it. It'll change two external boxes, independently. It's brain-dead simple to set up with IR Suite, available in these forums, which you should be using with Mediaportal. It's cheap, and reliable. It's super-easy to program other remotes to use with it since there are MCE profiles for every media front end ever written. As I said earlier in the thread, it's one piece of this giant puzzle that has always worked for me, 100%. Changing channels, no matter what STB I have used (including Dish) has never been a problem since I got one. I like the USB-Uirt, don't get me wrong. I have one. Hell, I bought it back in 2002 when he first started making them. However, they are pricey, and a little finicky to set up. Nice device, but when you have a $30 option that works perfectly with everything there's no real need for it unless you have unusual requirements. [/QUOTE]

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