Reddit mentions of IR Repeater System - Hidden IR Control System for Home Theater Infrared Extender System Kit, Black

Look into an IR Repeater - something like this https://www.amazon.com/IR-Repeater-System-Control-Theater/dp/B0016PM63W

I agree with /u/T_at it kind of depends on how your tv powers up. If it doesn't want to power by getting plugged back in, and you don't want to use a remote, you could always solder to the power button board to add an external power button, or build a circuit to press the button when the cab is powered up.

See what happens first when you just cut power and plug it back in. Unless you have a mechanical power switch I'm going to doubt it will. But I have no idea what era crt you're using either.

Edit: I just thought of this https://www.amazon.com/IR-Repeater-System-Control-Theater/dp/B0016PM63W if you wanted to not do any soldering or drill holes in the bezel. Slap that in front of the IR receiver and maybe put the other end velcroed to the top of the cab with the tv remote velcroed in front of that. Would be the easiest / least invasive way to do it.

The first option you put, will work for one thing only, you will need something like this at least, connect two emitter to the receiver and the telus TV box IR receiver port, and keep the receiver bar in you room. Then you need to use each device controller and point it at the receiver bar to control each device. Projector is in you room, so you wont need an emitter to that.

I personal use and like the logitech hub more:

• Its RF, its mean you dont need to point it directly at the hub, it will work.
  
• You can macro commands. I use one button, to automatically turn on all my devices/change inputs to use my PC, and another button to turn everything on and change the input to my PS4, the hub keeps tracks of whats turned on and only do the correct commands, if you were watching netlfix on my PC and the projector and receiver are ON, and I push that PS4 button, it will only change the receiver input and not mess trying to turn on again the projector or receiver, since most times its the same button to turn off stuff.
  You finish and one direct OFF button, turns off everything. It all depends on how you configure your macros.
  
• You can use your phone as a controller (the hub and phone needs to be connected to the same wifi), and visually have the channel icons as favorites to easily change to them.
  
• You can also use the phone to control the hub over the internet (if the hub is connected to the internet and configured the cloud option on the app), in case you forgot to turn off and went out in a hurry.
  
  You will still need to keep the others controllers in case you need to configure something more hidden on the devices, since its hard to map all the buttons of the original controller on the harmony controller.
  
  In HT setups you normally do that at the beginning and then just use simply commands like turn on/off, change inputs / channels, volume, etc, you no longer need to enter menus and mess with speaker or color options.
  
  

You can get an IR repeater, they don't plug into the device you are trying to reach, you place the receiver outside the cabinet, and the repeater IR leads in front of your device inside the cabinet.


For example https://smile.amazon.com/IR-Repeater-System-Control-Theater/dp/B0016PM63W


There is nothing available specific to the Xbox.

Is this something I could use? I don't really want to buy a whole new remote. I'm just not sure where exactly all those cables would go.

maybe this-

http://www.amazon.com/IR-Repeater-System-Control-Theater/dp/B0016PM63W?tag=vglnk-c1350-20

easy fix, just get an IR repeater.
here's one that's well reviewed and $20. You can control 4 remote devices with this kit, and get additional emitters if necessary.

> the cable box on it since the remote uses IR and not RF and cant be concealed

Buy an IR repeater http://www.amazon.com/IR-Repeater-System-Control-Theater/dp/B0016PM63W. I purchased a similar system and installed it in a commercial setting controlling a projector, TV, DVD/VCR and an audio receiver and it worked great. Just mount the receiver in an inconspicuous spot on the cabinet or near the TV.

http://www.amazon.com/IR-Repeater-System-Control-Theater/dp/B0016PM63W

yea its call an IR repeater....

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https://www.amazon.com/IR-Repeater-System-Control-Theater/dp/B0016PM63W

basement?

Use this for IR:
https://www.amazon.com/IR-Repeater-System-Control-Theater/dp/B0016PM63W

Equipment:
I like onkyo receivers and monoprice speakers personally.

They are quite effective. There is a receiver that sits outside the cabinet, and you run a wire into the cabinet, which connects to the transmitter. They can be quite cheap: http://www.amazon.com/IR-Repeater-System-Control-Theater/dp/B0016PM63W