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<blockquote data-quote="and-81" data-source="post: 16587" data-attributes="member: 11844">Ah what the hell, here's a brief explanation of what IR Blasters do as well ...IR 'Blasting'--------------The MCE 2005 remote &amp; receiver comes with two Infra-Red transmitters called 'Blasters'. It's like handing the remote control to the PC. The blasters are little remote controls, in a way, and give the PC the ability to control your TV, DVD, Surround Sound, etc...All you have to do is teach the PC the remote button presses for the device you want to control and then stick one of these blasters in front of the IR receiver on that device. So if you want the PC to turn the TV on, you teach the PC the 'On' button from the TV remote and then put an IR blaster in front of the TV's remote receiver.Of course, you'll need some software on the PC that knows when to pass on IR commands to the TV and that is where HIP comes in.&nbsp; You can also use Girder, but it's got a steeper learning curve and HIP is free.IR Blasters pre-date MCE, and you can get other devices out there that do the same thing.&nbsp; The MCE 2005 remote comes with the transceiver and two IR blasters, I paid $70 Australian for that.&nbsp; I paid a lot more for a USB-UIRT a while back, and it was just the transceiver.&nbsp; So as far as I'm concerned you can't beat the MCE 2005 remote.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="and-81, post: 16587, member: 11844"] Ah what the hell, here's a brief explanation of what IR Blasters do as well ... IR 'Blasting' -------------- The MCE 2005 remote & receiver comes with two Infra-Red transmitters called 'Blasters'. It's like handing the remote control to the PC. The blasters are little remote controls, in a way, and give the PC the ability to control your TV, DVD, Surround Sound, etc... All you have to do is teach the PC the remote button presses for the device you want to control and then stick one of these blasters in front of the IR receiver on that device. So if you want the PC to turn the TV on, you teach the PC the 'On' button from the TV remote and then put an IR blaster in front of the TV's remote receiver. Of course, you'll need some software on the PC that knows when to pass on IR commands to the TV and that is where HIP comes in. You can also use Girder, but it's got a steeper learning curve and HIP is free. IR Blasters pre-date MCE, and you can get other devices out there that do the same thing. The MCE 2005 remote comes with the transceiver and two IR blasters, I paid $70 Australian for that. I paid a lot more for a USB-UIRT a while back, and it was just the transceiver. So as far as I'm concerned you can't beat the MCE 2005 remote. [/QUOTE]

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