Kirk Bocek wrote: > Finally got my PVR-350 IR problem solved. Turns out the error was > between the keyboard and chair... > > I was using a One-For-All UNC-8910 remote for testing instead of the > gray Hauppauge remote that came with the PVR-350. I *assumed* (always > a bad thing) that IR receiver would accept any signals and that they > would show up under the 'raw output' utilities like irrecord and > mode2... not so. > > Most of the default modes on the 8910 are *not* recognized by the > PVR-350 IR whatsoever. Once I started using the gray Hauppauge remote, > everything worked. It also works with the 8910 once I use the > 'learning mode' of the 8910 to program the Hauppauge codes. > > <sigh> One of these days I'll get that 'Do What I Want' button > installed... > > Kirk > Got some side questions.... Does this system have the ability to record HDTV? Does this system 'autoskip' commercials? This sounds like a great alternative to the $800 dvr/hdtv receivers which seems to now come with a $5 per month 'dvr fee'? Where does the $5 go? Why does it exist? Is this a way to appease the skipping of commercials or just another way to make money for the use of a signal you're already paying for? Anyway, I'm feeling like I'm being taken for a ride... HDTV is the future... why can they charge more for HDTV service at all? It is a federal 'standard'. All broadcast some day will be in HDTV. Sorry... an off topic rant... but I'm looking for a cure to the dvr issue at the moment. Thanks for any help. John Hinton