Best Remote Controls for Blaster

this remote with the power blaster lets you control components inside cabinets or at odd angles.

the nicest feature of all is that with the remote blaster you don't have to point the remote or worry about something being in the way.

bought because i needed the blaster and the price was great.

the power blaster is in the basement and i can control it from anywhere in the house.

in order for you to control your tv using this remote, you must use the ir blaster.

the blaster works perfectly too, i can now control my videotron stb with the remote.

i do have a slight delay only when changing tv stations but that's only because it has to relay the commands from the ir blaster to the satellite receiver.

it also comes with a wire to make it an ir blaster.

the ir blaster works great.

separate ir blaster channels allow you to control two tivos without having to reprogram the tivocons: when you update the remote you have to update the base and the remote.

one big hassle is that you have to plug the usb cable into both the remote and the rf blaster to change anything.

we learned about ir (infrared) blasters; we saw one that we thought we might be able to install the receiving ports in the door, but could not find it for purchase.

cons: no blaster.

pros: works with lirc using the mce2 module cons: doesn't include a blaster other thoughts: build quality is pretty good overall.

pros: inexpensive, light-weight, responsive, comes with ir blaster, nice design, uses vista inbox drivers making this like a microsoft device.

working the remote through an ir blaster so one can use the remote in a different room).

i never was able to get the ir blaster to work correctly on the 890 so the lack of ir on the one was not an issue for me.

if you have ever configured an ads ir blaster for beyond tv, you would know how smooth that operation can be.