HD 101: IR blasters, HDMI-CEC, RS-232 and IP control

By Mike Wendland on June 30, 2010 with No Comments
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You’d be hard pressed to find a TV without some sort of extra box attached to it these days — and with each box comes another remote. The sad part is it doesn’t have to be this way, nope, the necessary interaction between devices really isn’t that complicated. The problem is the devices just aren’t designed to work together, but that isn’t because the industry hasn’t tried. All the political reasons aside the technology to let your cable box carry on a two way conversation with your TV and other equipment does exist.

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HD 101: IR blasters, HDMI-CEC, RS-232 and IP control

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About Mike Wendland: PCMike Wendland is a veteran print, online, radio and NBC-TV broadcast reporter who specializes in personal technology. View author profile.

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