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Rob Gardiner · 04-30-2004, 07:59 PM

Hello everybody,

Does anybody have an opinion on the above items? Which is the most effective IR receiver for an HTPC setup?

Of how much use is the "blasting" or transmitting capability of the UIRT or the TIRA?

Is there any difference in range? Or response time? Any reason to choose one over the others, besides price?

I understand the IrMan and the Ira-2 use a serial port while the USB-UIRT and the Tira-2 are both USB. Is there an advantage to one interface over the other?

I also understand that some receivers pass the IR data to the PC and depend on the CPU to interpret it, while others have a processer on-board, which results in faster reponse times while performing CPU-intensive operations.

Any opinions would be appreciated. Many thanks!

04-30-2004, 07:59 PM	#1 of 2
Rob Gardiner Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Local Time: 09:41 PM Local Date: 11-21-2008 Posts: 2,895	IrMan vs USB-UIRT vs Ira-2 vs Tira-2 Hello everybody, Does anybody have an opinion on the above items? Which is the most effective IR receiver for an HTPC setup? Of how much use is the "blasting" or transmitting capability of the UIRT or the TIRA? Is there any difference in range? Or response time? Any reason to choose one over the others, besides price? I understand the IrMan and the Ira-2 use a serial port while the USB-UIRT and the Tira-2 are both USB. Is there an advantage to one interface over the other? I also understand that some receivers pass the IR data to the PC and depend on the CPU to interpret it, while others have a processer on-board, which results in faster reponse times while performing CPU-intensive operations. Any opinions would be appreciated. Many thanks!