<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Tortise <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tortise@paradise.net.nz">tortise@paradise.net.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><div class="im">From: "Wade Maxfield" <<a href="mailto:mythtvnz@hotblack.co.nz">mythtvnz@hotblack.co.nz</a>><br>
</div><div class="im">> On 6/03/10 10:23 AM, Ross and Jemima Knudsen wrote:<br>
>> I thought the PS3 remotes were heavy on the batteries and had delays in<br>
>> terms of reconnecting to the bluetooth network? That's why I was<br>
>> thinking more along the lines of a RF remote.<br>
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> That's the case with the PS3 remote I was using with my Mac. The Mac<br>
> software (RemoteBuddy) disconnects the remote in order to increase<br>
> battery life. That's the cause of the reconnecting delay. But without<br>
> it, you might get a few days. Even with it I got less than 2 weeks on a<br>
> set of good alkalines.<br>
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</div>Which suggests one of the best remote systems may prove to be Wifi touch phones/pdas, using a browser, mythweb version, and desktop<br>
stands to hold / charge when not in use.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"></div></div></blockquote><div><br>When I first set up my system years ago I set up an IR remote and also got a wifi keyboard. Within a couple of months we'd abandoned the remote - the keyboard was more reliable, flexible and easier to use. I'd recommend a good media center-oriented keyboard any day of the week.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Steve<br><br><br></div></div><br>