RE: IR Blasters

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

I colour iPaq would have more functionality...

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennethwatt@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 May 2001 08:03
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] IR Blasters
>
>
> Colour Pronto - too expensive! Na, never ;o)
>
> A good solution badly priced for what is, really, a colour
> I-Paq with an IR
> and RF system.
>
> K.
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent:	13 May 2001 20:43
> To:	ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject:	RE: [ukha_d] IR Blasters
>
>
> Yeah but isn't the new colour Pronto £650ish?
>
> This is horrendously expensive for what it is and I think
> that's going to be
> a very badly selling product compared to the Pronto which was
> a real giant
> killer of a hardware solution. Sure, RF is a great feature
> and used with
> seperate IR emitters will solve a number of problems
> (certainly any that I
> have with my missus blocking IR) but if the colour Pronto is
> that expensive
> then I'll be sticking with my monochrome one.
>
> I've never found the lack of colour to be anywhere near as
> big a "gripe" as
> the lack of touchscreen "real estate" ... if for twice the
price of a
> standard Pronto we had a monochrome screen that was a bit
> clearer but twice
> the size then I'd have one in a shot but I'm afraid that a
> colour screen
> that's the same size as the existing one leaves me stone cold.
>
> Hence the love of ePods!
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 13 May 2001 20:34
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] IR Blasters
> >
> >
> > Of course if you shell out for the new colour Pronto, you'll be
> > able to use
> > the RF option to transmit IR....
> >
> > Tim.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 13 May 2001 20:30
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] IR Blasters
> > >
> > >
> > > Exactly ... [Shock, horror] the Pronto isn't perfect.
> > >
> > > I am getting p'd off with my missus at the moment who for
> some reason
> > > insists on waving the pronto around and then putting it down
on
> > > the side of
> > > the couch and blocking the IR while it's running macros and
> > then tells me
> > > that my AV system isn't working right.
> > >
> > > If you have IR relay emitters strapped to the front of each
> > > device then each
> > > device gets IR squirted directly into its receiver ...
someone
> > standing in
> > > front of it or some kid smearing jam on the front panel
> will no longer
> > > affect its ability to receive commands.
> > >
> > > Ideally all pieces of equipment would have some form of
> > hardwired control
> > > ... IR is good but not infallible. Remember the diagrams in
the
> > > manuals for
> > > your kit ... "Point the remote directly at the unit for
reliable
> > > operation".
> > > IR works very well, I think it works amazingly well given
how
> > it does what
> > > it does, but it does have limitations and it's best to
> try to work to
> > > eradicate those limitations.
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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