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I like it even more now I've found that my USB RC6 IR receiver works out of the box with OpenElec. Using a remote control you're used to - and which has short cuts you like (subtitles, audio track switching, Live TV, codec details etc.) really does massively increase the usability for me. (I know for others it's not an issue)

Does this mean that for example same HP USB IR Receiver + Harmony One works out of the box (with minor tweaking with Keymap editor addon) as with OpenElec@Chromebox?

My Rosewill MS-compatible MCE RC6 IR USB receiver and standard MS RC6 remote work fine in the Core in OpenElec. Didn't have to do anything other than plug the receiver in.

If so I will be very interested to test Core now that HD-Audio is also supported...

Unless something has changed HD Audio (and multichannel PCM) is only available in Android (not OpenElec) on the Core? In OpenElec on the Core I'm still limited to PCM 2.0 and DD/DTS passthrough.