The Home Theater Master MX-500 is the best universal remote I have EVER used. I never thought I would spend $100 on a remote control, but believe me... it is the only universal about which I have been able to say that I no longer use ANY of my other remotes - TiVo included.
Amazing battery life, great IR output, excellent display, nice combination of hard-buttons and programmable soft-buttons.
I also have a number of friends who have all learned the same thing about the MX-500. Buy it and never worry about remotes again.
I had many of the same requirements when I started working on my own digital jukebox. Today, the hardware is operational in my living room and all of the foundation code is in place.
Before everybody berates me for not using Linux, I am happy with WindowsXP for this application... I am using Tomcat...
Both my wife and I find ourselves actually listening to our large music collection more frequently since I connected the jukebox to our stereo. The on-screen menu system makes access to the collection easy and the digital audio out produces excellent sound quality to my (non-audiophilic) ears.
BTW - yes I am even using the HomeTheater Master MX-500 universal remote..
I have done some iButton programming in the past and found it fairly simple to create a little app that watched for contact on the iButton receptacle (or BlueDot), read relevant data from the iButton, and did its thing.
Security on those little buggers is impressive (especially the lengths to which they went ensuring the physical security of the can).
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The Home Theater Master MX-500 is the best universal remote I have EVER used. I never thought I would spend $100 on a remote control, but believe me... it is the only universal about which I have been able to say that I no longer use ANY of my other remotes - TiVo included.
Amazing battery life, great IR output, excellent display, nice combination of hard-buttons and programmable soft-buttons.
I also have a number of friends who have all learned the same thing about the MX-500. Buy it and never worry about remotes again.
BTW - yes I am even using the HomeTheater Master MX-500 universal remote..
This is a good suggestion.
I have done some iButton programming in the past and found it fairly simple to create a little app that watched for contact on the iButton receptacle (or BlueDot), read relevant data from the iButton, and did its thing.
Security on those little buggers is impressive (especially the lengths to which they went ensuring the physical security of the can).
They're pretty cheap too.