Streamzap PC Remote Control | List Price: $32.99
Discount Price: $28.43
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Brand: Streamzap
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Controls Winamp, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, PowerPoint, Rhapsody, iTunes and more
- Roam the room and interact with your audience when using Powerpoint
- Enjoy streaming Internet radio stations
- Change channels, DVD and TV Pause, Fast Forward, Rewind your PC DVD Player
- Adjust the volume, hit mute, or switch stations with the click of a button
Unreliable driver, no customer service [Posted on 2008-07-31]
OK hardware with a limited & unreliable driver. No customer service. I strongly recommend AGAINST the purchase of this remote.
Full review:
I am a professional software developer. I purchased this product to control a media PC running Beyond TV (on a dedicated Windows XP system). Key selling points were that the product advertised specific support for Beyond TV and also Girder (promixis.com) advertises support of the remote.
Initial impression was moderately favorable. The remote is packaged with a driver CD. A quick web-site check showed the CD to be current. The remote installed ok and immediately worked with Beyond TV.
Then I started checking the supported functionality and found that several Beyond TV functions were not supported. No problem I thought... I'd assign these functions to one of the 4 colored buttons at the bottom. Unfortunately, you can't even assign a keystroke to one of these. The driver supports only a limited, fixed, set of actions - and doesn't include the most obvious one - typing a keystroke.
Then came the driver problems. After everything looked OK, I left the PC and came back later. The remote no longer functioned. The red indicator on the receiver flashed (nice feature) but no action was taken on the PC. I tried to restart the supporting software with no success. Reboot of the PC clears the problem.
It seems that after a period of inactivity, the driver will go into a processing loop. On my dual-core machine, it maintains a steady 27% while in this state. Others postings on the net have confirmed this problem.
I've contacted their support - no phone number - only email. Other than an automated confirmation email, no response after 3 days. (Other users have reported the same.)
Bottom line - the hardware seems OK, but the driver is unacceptable. Even if the driver didn't get stuck, the limited, hard-coded functionality provided is weak (at best).
I strongly recommend AGAINST this remote.
Workes great with mythtv [Posted on 2008-08-15]
Bought it to use with my mythtv setup. Works great. The IR receiver is wonderful. I could control it with my regular TV (Sony SXRD) remote. The included remote is pretty good too. Nice feel to the buttons and feels comfortable to hold.
does not work with wintv [Posted on 2008-09-10]
I just realized I've wasted twenty bucks since this remote control does not work with WinTV, which is the solid reason I bought this remote. It is useless, and I can't even return it since I opened the case already.
You get what you paid for... [Posted on 2008-10-03]
When I bought this I had very high expectations for this but when I received it and started using it I was disappointed. The software to configure it could be better and more friendly to the user. I bought this specifically to use it with nVidia's nStant Media, so I researched it first in the web page to see if they supported it and they said they do. But when I tried to use it, was no good, I couldn't even make the play button to work. There are some functions in Media center that don't work either. I am using the remote control only with Windows Media Player for watching DVD's, and iTunes for music. I guess next time I will spend a little more money so I can use what I bought with what I want.
excellent with MythTV [Posted on 2008-11-05]
I've been using several of these units with a whole-house MythTV setup for several years. They are very well supported under Linux's LIRC program, and work flawlessly. It's also very nice to have the same remote for every TV in the house--very good for the WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor).
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