I've no doubt most if not all households will have tried a universal remote in an attempt to trim down the amount of remotes, or split there sat feed to get a signal in another room. I see many threads trying to turn a sat box into a media player or a nas drive into a webserver.
Getting the maximum out your Home AV setup is a fine art and getting easy control over everything is a black art.
The Best example of this in everyday use is a Sly Box, The Sly Remotes ability to control your TV and it's use of the 2nd RF OUT to not only send a signal to a further location but also carry 9v to enable IR control aswell.
I use this simple method with a twist, I feed an RF signal from a DVR(That has a Dreambox Connected Via Scart) into the RF IN of The Sly Box, the 2nd RF OUT into an RF Distro then off to a further 2 locations. So all 3 locations can view Sly Box or DreamBox and I can control both boxes from all locations, The Sly via IR Magic Eye n Dream Wireless via my netbook!
I'm always looking at how I can get maximum functionality and integrate into the whole home all the Technology I own and would welcome a discusion on the subject if anyones interested!
My Ultimate setup would have a single interface on my Netbook that controlled everything! Which I Know I can achieve But I keep putting off because of the time I need to dedicate to it!
I'm interested in what gizmos n methods you might have used in an effort to integrate maximise. extend, automate the use n control of your home entertainment and or what you feel you would like to have or really like to be able to do.
Cheers
Getting the maximum out your Home AV setup is a fine art and getting easy control over everything is a black art.
The Best example of this in everyday use is a Sly Box, The Sly Remotes ability to control your TV and it's use of the 2nd RF OUT to not only send a signal to a further location but also carry 9v to enable IR control aswell.
I use this simple method with a twist, I feed an RF signal from a DVR(That has a Dreambox Connected Via Scart) into the RF IN of The Sly Box, the 2nd RF OUT into an RF Distro then off to a further 2 locations. So all 3 locations can view Sly Box or DreamBox and I can control both boxes from all locations, The Sly via IR Magic Eye n Dream Wireless via my netbook!
I'm always looking at how I can get maximum functionality and integrate into the whole home all the Technology I own and would welcome a discusion on the subject if anyones interested!
My Ultimate setup would have a single interface on my Netbook that controlled everything! Which I Know I can achieve But I keep putting off because of the time I need to dedicate to it!
I'm interested in what gizmos n methods you might have used in an effort to integrate maximise. extend, automate the use n control of your home entertainment and or what you feel you would like to have or really like to be able to do.
Cheers