set up and your remote is working fine. The only problem is that you realize that you have digital cable and an analog tuner isn't going to cut it. Once again, if you have a PVR 150 you're not out of luck since it comes with an IR Blaster (a magical device...

want to use an IR blaster to drive a set-top cable or satellite box through MCE. In that case it's a must, which explains why HP includes one with this unit, along with two IR blasters. The HP remote is about the same size and weight as the Microsoft MCE remote,...

a Media Center Upgrade Kit. In addition to the aforementioned materials, it also includes a Microsoft MCE remote and IR receiver (with two IR blaster cables for set-top hook-ups), plus a driver CD. Note that AVerMedia never packages CDs in its white box products,...

so it's not necessary to give up a USB port to use the remote unless you want to use an IR blaster to drive a set-top cable or satellite box through MCE. In that case it's a must, which explains why HP includes one with this unit, along with two IR blasters....

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DDR2 PC-4200 or PC-5400 HD $80-120 3.5" drives are cheaper than 2.5" drives, especially SATA Keyboard $40 May or may not include mouse and/or remote capabilities MCE Remote $35 Need this for IR and IR blaster capabilities...

TV for SD content, you will need to use the infrared transmitter jacks and supplied IR blaster cables to allow the z556 to control up to two set top boxes. (The IR blaster transmits the commands from your HP remote to set-top boxes primarily for channel selection.)...

on the sound card, in this case a Creative Labs Audigy card. If you have a cable box or set-top box, you may need to buy a "cable pack" from SnapStream, which is either a serial cable or an "IR blaster". The purpose of a "cable pack" is to let SnapStream change...

that we tested was the DGO-DE3P001, which has a Pentium 4 530 HT 3.0 GHz processor, 512 MB Dual-Channel DDR400 memory, and a 160 GB hard drive. It retails for approximately $1,600. Included with the main unit are the following items: IR blaster FM radio antenna...

a couple of components from ADS. For video capture, I used ADS's Instant TV Deluxe USB, which came with the remote and IR blaster that I'd need (see Figure 1). Figure 1: Instant TV Deluxe For conversion between VGA and S-Video, I used ADS's TV Elite XGA (shown...