The infrared remote control might not hold the seat of honor in the average home theater setup that it once enjoyed, but it’s not quite out to pasture yet. After all, what are you going to us… ...

This week's How-To is a fun one, we take an iPod and turn it in to a universal infrared remote control which can be used to control all your home electronic equipment, or just about anything that ...

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IIRC, those laptop IR ports have very little range.<P>They're not like a remote control you can use across a room.

For today's how-to we spent some time rummaging around in our parts box to build a serial IR remote interface for our PC. We took a few pieces from various designs to come up our own, built ...

Linux Infrared Remote Control (LIRC) allows you to use inexpensive hardware to control your Linux PC with a TV remote control. Why would you want to control your PC with a TV remote control? A number ...

SureMote controls appliances through the infrared blaster on newer Android phones (there’s no iOS version yet, so iPhone fans need to hold on to their Blu-Ray clickers for now).

You can actually use your Harmony or other universal remote to control your Android TV device, and it will only cost you a little over $10.00. Hit the break to find out how.

The Logitech Harmony Smart Control combines RF functionality and smartphone control in an affordable universal remote package, but its sometimes difficult initial setup will turn off some buyers.

The humble yet ubiquitous infrared remote-control receiver can benefit from an enhanced front-end preamplifier.

The Sofabaton U2 offers a good design and lots of features for the price. Though it has flaws, it’s the best affordable remote we’ve found in a dying category.