[mythtvnz] RF remote works with linux?

[Stephen Worthington]

On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 14:23:50 +1300, you wrote:

>On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Tortise <tortise at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>
>>
>> From: "Wade Maxfield" <mythtvnz at hotblack.co.nz>
>> > On 6/03/10 10:23 AM, Ross and Jemima Knudsen wrote:
>> >> I thought the PS3 remotes were heavy on the batteries and had delays in
>> >> terms of reconnecting to the bluetooth network?  That's why I was
>> >> thinking more along the lines of a RF remote.
>> >>
>> >
>> > That's the case with the PS3 remote I was using with my Mac.  The Mac
>> > software (RemoteBuddy) disconnects the remote in order to increase
>> > battery life.  That's the cause of the reconnecting delay.  But without
>> > it, you might get a few days. Even with it I got less than 2 weeks on a
>> > set of good alkalines.
>> >
>>
>> Which suggests one of the best remote systems may prove to be Wifi touch
>> phones/pdas, using a browser, mythweb version, and desktop
>> stands to hold / charge when not in use.
>>
>
>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.
>
>Cheers,
>Steve

Do not get one of the really cheap Genius wireless keyboards.  They
are crap - you miss at least 1 keystroke in 5 or 6, even within a
metre of the receiver.