Recommended IR Receiver

[BankZ]

What IR Receiver would you recommend?

[Promixis]

Have a look at our hardware page.

Depends on the $$ you want to spend. The usb uirt is very well liked.

[BankZ]

Is the usb uirt overkill for a receiver?

[Promixis]

In some ways yes but it works flawlessly.

But many of the other products out there are excellent and less $$, especially if you don't need to transmit IR

[BankZ]

I am looking for recommendations :)

[Jlee]

I recommend IrMan. Worked flawlessly for me and Girder is shipped with a plugin for it. I only changed it because I needed transmit functionality to control my AV equipment. It's connected via the serial port. If you are in the UK let me know 'cos I still have it and could sell it to you and save you some £.

[Marsupial]

I suggest some reading to document yourself

http://www.modasylum.com/guides.php?guide=16

[dalanik]

I recommend IrMan. Worked flawlessly for me and Girder is shipped with a plugin for it. I only changed it because I needed transmit functionality to control my AV equipment. It's connected via the serial port. If you are in the UK let me know 'cos I still have it and could sell it to you and save you some £.

IRman is great. It is a great product, relatively cheap, works fine with Girder. Nice if you must use IR receiver (i.e yu want IR because you want to use your existing TV/DVD/ETC remote). But RF is much much better that IR imho. Just bought FireFly (RF) and it works great from a distance of 6-7 meters, and you don;t need to have visibility of the receiver unit at all! You don;t have to point the remote controller at the receiver device, it can work through wall, etc.

just my 2 crowns worth :-)