RE: IR Blasters

["Kenneth Watt" <kennethwatt@xxxxxxx>]

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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