2013-04-24, 02:53
So I am just setting up my HTPC and will need a remote. I have searched high and low and cant seem to find anything the will work well out of the box. I am not experienced in XBMC and I will need something that works well at least for temporary until I learn more about XBMC to try and program a remote. I came across a page that told me about HDMI-CEC. I have a sharp 70" Aquos that support aquos link and I have a samsung home theater that seems to support cec as well because it syncs up with my tv and I can use tv control for both and even my uverse remote controls the tv and home theater and it is only programmed to the tv. So I figure for the time being I could use my tv remote to control XBMC until I get better at it.
Problem is that I see I will need an inline CEC support for the HTPC and it will not be capable of using this technology without one. The only thing I could find is a usb to hdmi CEC adapter. My concerns with this is how good is the quality of HDMI coming from a USB? Not to mention I just bought a nice new video card that has HDMI output that I planned to use. I really dont want to use a USB port to try and get HD out of. I would think someone would have made an inline HDMI to HDMI adapter ? What should I do? any suggestion? if you think the HDMI-CEC route is not the best for now can anyone point me to a good mce remote that works well out of the box?
Oh, and to make it even more complicated, it will need to work well with windows media center as I will be using it to watch and record live tv.
Problem is that I see I will need an inline CEC support for the HTPC and it will not be capable of using this technology without one. The only thing I could find is a usb to hdmi CEC adapter. My concerns with this is how good is the quality of HDMI coming from a USB? Not to mention I just bought a nice new video card that has HDMI output that I planned to use. I really dont want to use a USB port to try and get HD out of. I would think someone would have made an inline HDMI to HDMI adapter ? What should I do? any suggestion? if you think the HDMI-CEC route is not the best for now can anyone point me to a good mce remote that works well out of the box?
Oh, and to make it even more complicated, it will need to work well with windows media center as I will be using it to watch and record live tv.