2011-11-21, 04:30
mattchapman Wrote:Can you confirm exactly which receiver is supposed to eliminate lag?
Thanks
First post in this thread:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...t=receiver
mattchapman Wrote:Can you confirm exactly which receiver is supposed to eliminate lag?
Thanks
mattchapman Wrote:Requirements:
- Must control XBMC (running Win 7 x64). I already have eHome receiver which came with my MediaGate IR-02
- Must control Comcast cable box
- Must control Samsung LCD TV
- Must control Onkyo receiver
- Needs to be snappy (no lag issues)
- Wife friendly!
I'm guessing I should go Logitech Harmony but not sure which one.
Thanks!
live4ever Wrote:Which Comcast remote do you have currently? Also would you like it to be able to control the XBMC box (do you like the layout of the arrow/play keys etc.)?
The newer Comcast remotes are very capable controlling pretty much anything, being JP1.
dtviewer Wrote:First post in this thread:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...t=receiver
mattchapman Wrote:Looks hideous.
mattchapman Wrote:That's the Comcast remote I have. Are you saying you can have that control XBMC?
live4ever Wrote:Which Comcast remote do you have currently? Also would you like it to be able to control the XBMC box (do you like the layout of the arrow/play keys etc.)?
The newer Comcast remotes are very capable controlling pretty much anything, being JP1.
jhsrennie Wrote:I have one of these receivers, i.e. the same part number, and it lags with my Harmony 300i. I am unconvinced by claims of HP receivers with zero lag.
@mattchapman: when I was testing my Harmony I used Notepad. I repeatedly pressed a number button 20 times as fast as I could and timed how long it took for all 20 characters to appear in Notepad. With the MS receiver it took about 10 seconds i.e. a 500ms response time. With the ORtek receiver it took about 6 seconds i.e. a 300ms response time.
You mention you've found comments that 300ms is the fastest a Harmony can respond, which tallies with my results.
I found the 300ms response of the ORtek receiver is generally OK. If I'm stepping down a list I occasionally notice it isn't keeping up with my button presses, but normally i just keep the button down and let it auto repeat, and there's no delay on the auto repeat. On the whole I'm happy with the Harmony, though I guess how much the response annoys you is down to personal preference.
JR
live4ever Wrote:You can try programming the AUX on your Comcast remote to one of the Microsoft codes here:
http://media2.comcast.net/anon.comcaston...Button.pdf
20522, 21708, 21972
To see how it works with button response times.
There are other things you could do like always have the volume buttons "punch-through" to always control the amp volume no matter the input selected. Also the Comcast remote is capable of macros similar to the Harmony.
taalas Wrote:I know this will probably get all Harmony users angry but I have had Harmony's and wasn't very happy with them. Especially the fact that you have to program them using Logitech's crappy web-interfaced-desktop-program-which-takes-100-clicks-to-do-simple-reordering ruined them for me. I am now using one of Philips' Prestigo remotes (with hardware and software buttons) and I wouldn't want to go back.