[OT] IR receiver for Beagle Board and remote control for grandparents

[Paul Menzel-3]

Dear list readers,


sorry for bothering you with buying advice questions. Unfortunately I
did not find this on the Web. If you know resources please point me to
it.

I will get a Beagle Board I want to deploy as a HTPC (home theater PC)
for my grandparents, which have a hard time to learn new stuff. I want
to use VDR [1]. Luckily LIRC supports ARM [3].

Everything should be controlled by a remote control. Or do you know of a
more suitable device controlling the devices?

The HDTV will have a remote control too. They are used to using two
remote controls since the old recorder had one too. So this should not
be a problem.

Controlling VDR one should only need the color keys, arrow keys and
numbers. I found some offers for remote controls with big buttons on the
Web [2]. Could you recommend one?

Then I would also need a receiver which supports the remote [4]. Could
you recommend me combination I will not have problems setting up with?


That would be great. Thank you in advance,

Paul


PS: If you have experiences with older people and remote controls it
would be nice if you could share them.


[1] http://tvdr.de/
[2] http://www.fernbedienungsspezi.de/Fernbedienungen/mit_grossen_Tasten.aspx?Q=FR01&gclid=CNO5kfHh850CFcGAzAodGEw6Jw
[3] http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=lirc
[4] http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Fernbedienung


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[jed-9]

Here's the list of officially supported receivers/remotes
http://www.lirc.org/html/table.html
There may be others not mentioned that still work or course.

Cheers

Paul Menzel wrote:

> Dear list readers,
>
>
> sorry for bothering you with buying advice questions. Unfortunately I
> did not find this on the Web. If you know resources please point me to
> it.
>
> I will get a Beagle Board I want to deploy as a HTPC (home theater PC)
> for my grandparents, which have a hard time to learn new stuff. I want
> to use VDR [1]. Luckily LIRC supports ARM [3].
>
> Everything should be controlled by a remote control. Or do you know of a
> more suitable device controlling the devices?
>
> The HDTV will have a remote control too. They are used to using two
> remote controls since the old recorder had one too. So this should not
> be a problem.
>
> Controlling VDR one should only need the color keys, arrow keys and
> numbers. I found some offers for remote controls with big buttons on the
> Web [2]. Could you recommend one?
>
> Then I would also need a receiver which supports the remote [4]. Could
> you recommend me combination I will not have problems setting up with?
>
>
> That would be great. Thank you in advance,
>
> Paul
>
>
> PS: If you have experiences with older people and remote controls it
> would be nice if you could share them.
>
>
> [1] http://tvdr.de/
> [2] http://www.fernbedienungsspezi.de/Fernbedienungen/mit_grossen_Tasten.aspx?Q=FR01&gclid=CNO5kfHh850CFcGAzAodGEw6Jw
> [3] http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=lirc
> [4] http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Fernbedienung
>
>
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[jed-9]

Amazingly enough, apparently it's getting there:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/xbmc-arm-port-teased-will-manage-hd-playback-from-pocket-sized/
Not quite 1080P nirvana yet but def. the lower fi stuff...  ;-)
I'm also considering it for one of my front ends.

R. G. Newbury wrote:

>
> Are you sure that a Beagle Board has enough power to use as a HTPC? The
> ION boards make the grade by reason of the Nvidia VDPAU capability. Can
> a Beagle do that?
>
> Geoff
>
>
> Jed wrote:
>> Here's the list of officially supported receivers/remotes
>> http://www.lirc.org/html/table.html
>> There may be others not mentioned that still work or course.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Paul Menzel wrote:
>>> Dear list readers,
>>>
>>>
>>> sorry for bothering you with buying advice questions. Unfortunately I
>>> did not find this on the Web. If you know resources please point me to
>>> it.
>>>
>>> I will get a Beagle Board I want to deploy as a HTPC (home theater PC)
>>> for my grandparents, which have a hard time to learn new stuff. I want
>>> to use VDR [1]. Luckily LIRC supports ARM [3].
>>>
>>> Everything should be controlled by a remote control. Or do you know of a
>>> more suitable device controlling the devices?
>>>
>>> The HDTV will have a remote control too. They are used to using two
>>> remote controls since the old recorder had one too. So this should not
>>> be a problem.
>>>
>>> Controlling VDR one should only need the color keys, arrow keys and
>>> numbers. I found some offers for remote controls with big buttons on the
>>> Web [2]. Could you recommend one?
>>>
>>> Then I would also need a receiver which supports the remote [4]. Could
>>> you recommend me combination I will not have problems setting up with?
>>>
>>>
>>> That would be great. Thank you in advance,
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>> PS: If you have experiences with older people and remote controls it
>>> would be nice if you could share them.
>>>
>>>
>>> [1] http://tvdr.de/
>>> [2]
>>> http://www.fernbedienungsspezi.de/Fernbedienungen/mit_grossen_Tasten.aspx?Q=FR01&gclid=CNO5kfHh850CFcGAzAodGEw6Jw 
>>>
>>> [3] http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=lirc
>>> [4] http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Fernbedienung
>
>

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[Paul Menzel-3]

Am Freitag, den 06.11.2009, 00:31 +1000 schrieb Jed:
> Paul Menzel wrote:
> > sorry for bothering you with buying advice questions. Unfortunately I
> > did not find this on the Web. If you know resources please point me to
> > it.
> >
> > I will get a Beagle Board I want to deploy as a HTPC (home theater PC)
> > for my grandparents, which have a hard time to learn new stuff. I want
> > to use VDR [1]. Luckily LIRC supports ARM [3].

[…]

> > Controlling VDR one should only need the color keys, arrow keys and
> > numbers. I found some offers for remote controls with big buttons on the
> > Web [2]. Could you recommend one?
> >
> > Then I would also need a receiver which supports the remote [4]. Could
> > you recommend me combination I will not have problems setting up with?

[…]

> Here's the list of officially supported receivers/remotes
> http://www.lirc.org/html/table.html
> There may be others not mentioned that still work or course.

Thank you. Unfortunately I can not judge which of the listed devices are
the best suited, that means will work out of the box, are easily
obtainable/buyable and work with the remote.

I am thinking about getting a ProGamma remote control [5]. I guess I
have to choose a tranceiver from the table with »any« in the »Supported
remotes« column. Will both devices work together?

Reading the archive a MCE receiver is a good choice because they work
and are easy to get.

It would be nice if someone could confirm this.


Thanks for your help,

Paul


> > [1] http://tvdr.de/
> > [2] http://www.fernbedienungsspezi.de/Fernbedienungen/mit_grossen_Tasten.aspx?Q=FR01&gclid=CNO5kfHh850CFcGAzAodGEw6Jw
> > [3] http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=lirc
> > [4] http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Fernbedienung
[5] http://www.fernbedienungsspezi.de/Fernbedienungen/mit_grossen_Tasten/ProGamma.aspx
[6] http://www.lirc.org/html/table.html


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[Jarod Wilson]

On Nov 6, 2009, at 6:36 PM, Paul Menzel <paulepanter@...
 > wrote:

> Reading the archive a MCE receiver is a good choice because they work
> and are easy to get.
>
> It would be nice if someone could confirm this.

Consider it confirmed. The mce transceivers and remotes are typically  
my #1 recommendation. Its usb, so the driver auto-loads, the reception  
is top-notch, it supports just about any IR protocol you throw at it,  
and can be purchased relatively cheaply.

--
Jarod Wilson


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