Do it yourself IR receiver

[Ron]

Yeah nice explanation, to bad he doesn't have a link to Girder up and he spells Girder WAAAAAAY wrong :evil: . Oh well.

[glorydog]

Good instructions to build you own serial port IR receiver. I have not tried this one, but the instructions are very complete and laid out well. I think a novice could follow without a problem: http://www.monkeygadget.com/modz/irsensor/

P.S. The best remote at a reasonable price for the power user is the prontoneo (IMHO). Easy programming and many macros.
Glory