Which Media Centre Remote?

[Goldberg]

All,

I am all ready to power up my little home server/HTPC. I think I am going to whack XBMC onto it after reading some positive reviews etc..

I now need a remote to drive it. I have an Xbox 360 remote, are they usable with a PC at all?? If not then which is best to use.

[Welsh Pete]

I literally, half an hour ago, bought this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...l%3FMyEbayBeta

Will let you know how it goes

[Goldberg]

What will you be using it with. I'll be using XP Pro rather than Vista.

[tom999]

I'm also pretty interested in this one. got a presentation clicker at work that can move the cursor too which I think is probably the best option at the moment

http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/...p?EdpNo=247823

[Welsh Pete]

Theres a point. I have Vista Premium on the laptop. I dont have a spare XP machine to test it on, according to the trust site:

Does the Vista Remote Control also work under Windows XP Media Center Edition?
No, the Vista Remote Control only works under Vista Home Premium and Vista Ultimate.

[crashtestmac]

I cannot say for sure but i have media center running XBMC for a quick test and it worked with the MCE remote, i cannot remember how i stated the program but i remember it worked.

For the record i also have a mac running it and it works fine with the apple mini remote.

Only had a quick look so i cannot say for sure.

Crash

[TheFincher]

Get yaself a Logitech Harmony

[Goldberg]

That was my other thought... I will just need an IR receiver then.

[Welsh Pete]

Just for the record, the one I bought in the above post works a freakin treat.

[Goldberg]

Harmony or the Trust? And Which OS?

[Welsh Pete]

Trust on Vista Home Premium.

Only controls Vista media centre and does not appear to be configurable, but fuck it, it works and its all I wanted.

[eblaster101]

i got the cyberlink one for 10er from ebuyer comes with IR reciever i had intentions of getting a all in one after, it works with media centre only for me in vista but dont stop it from working on windows media player, and the mute function works directly with the sound control on windows so that works for all.

[Goldberg]

I've gone down the XBMC (Windows version) route for my server, I would love a remote to work with that.