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<blockquote data-quote="etheesdad" data-source="post: 494141" data-attributes="member: 84335">You need an MCE remote receiver (USB). The reason I suggest this is because its the most straightforward option. Your Harmony can emulate pretty much anything but MP does MCE 'out of the box' with minimal tweaking required, so thats definitely the easiest option Im aware of.'official' means anything emulating toshiba or phillips (it needs to register as an 'ehome' device, not a 'General HID' when you plug it in). Most 'name brand' remotes do this. The generic ones are the el-cheapo's you buy on ebay for $9.95 that just pretend to be keyboards and they are utterly useless.As I understand it, anything &quot;windows Vista Certified&quot; will meet this criterion.something like <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16880121003" target="_blank">THIS</a> should do the trickOn the subject of the OS, I think Vista is available with free W7 upgrade coupon now that the release of W7 is imminent. As far as MP goes, the RC coming out later this month or the current alpha are the most viable for W7. Previous (ie stable) builds have issues with it. I just mention this because it may be a few months before there's a stable (ie post-RC) build for W7</blockquote>

[QUOTE="etheesdad, post: 494141, member: 84335"] You need an MCE remote receiver (USB). The reason I suggest this is because its the most straightforward option. Your Harmony can emulate pretty much anything but MP does MCE 'out of the box' with minimal tweaking required, so thats definitely the easiest option Im aware of. 'official' means anything emulating toshiba or phillips (it needs to register as an 'ehome' device, not a 'General HID' when you plug it in). Most 'name brand' remotes do this. The generic ones are the el-cheapo's you buy on ebay for $9.95 that just pretend to be keyboards and they are utterly useless. As I understand it, anything "windows Vista Certified" will meet this criterion. something like [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16880121003"]THIS[/URL] should do the trick On the subject of the OS, I think Vista is available with free W7 upgrade coupon now that the release of W7 is imminent. As far as MP goes, the RC coming out later this month or the current alpha are the most viable for W7. Previous (ie stable) builds have issues with it. I just mention this because it may be a few months before there's a stable (ie post-RC) build for W7 [/QUOTE]

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