Reddit mentions of Next Generation Remote Control Extender

But... that's exactly what it is. I have this and it works great. It "hears" the em "noise" your remote makes when you push a button and then amplifies it. The receiver then interprets it and converts it to an IR signal and transmits it through a wire out of a little IR emitter that adheres to the receiver on the device.

Edit: I found my old Amazon order (7 years ago). Here is the product page:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000C1Z0HA

I think we should move back to radio for remote now that DSP can filter out unwanted radio signals. Oh wait... this company has just done it just so, and the whole radio transmitter is inside a AAA battery.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Next-Generation-Remote-Control-Extender/dp/B000C1Z0HA/

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• IR repeater, this should work: http://www.amazon.com/Next-Generation-Remote-Control-Extender/dp/B000C1Z0HA
  
  
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here and here or look up "tv control remote repeater".

makes sense. As an alternative, this worked well for me back when I had a cable box and it was in my media closet. You replace one of the remote's batteries with the transmitter battery and it just works.

So here's the thing, the box that Comcast gives you is probably just a digital tuner, and so it can only decompress one (maybe two) videos at a time. I put this device at the place where the cable comes into my house. I then have to control it with an RF remote control. I picked up this thing that turns the remote into an RF remote for around $20:

http://www.amazon.com/Next-Generation-Remote-Control-Extender/dp/B000C1Z0HA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1290966267&sr=8-1

You may want to watch the prices. The downside to this is that every TV in the house shares the same signal, so you can't watch two things at once. This is ok for me, but if you live with several people, it may not be ideal. Also, I don't have any HDTVs, so the "cable out" from this box is fine for me. Obviously, this won't work if you want to use some other kind of cabling between the box and your TV (unless you have it running though your house - I suppose it wouldn't be too tough to do that).

So, I don't pay for a box for every TV - just one. It also has the added benefit that my DVR'd shows are accessible from any TV.

Get a signal extender like this. Then you just have to make sure the extender is in sight range of your devices - but that can be inside the cabinet.

TV IR remote extender ?

http://www.amazon.com/Next-Generation-Remote-Control-Extender/dp/B000C1Z0HA

Are you sure about that? I've generally heard that avoiding wireless alternatives is the best way to go in almost every situation.

It's marked up slightly on Amazon, but free Prime shipping vs Monoprice priced shipping makes it nearly a wash - about a dollar or two difference, which is worth it for the speedier delivery that Prime offers.

Also, comparing Monoprice to Monoprice, their wireless IR option is both more expensive and less well-reviewed than the IR through HDMI option. Even the best-reviewed one on Amazon is more expensive than either Monoprice item and has the disadvantage of needing to change the batteries every once in a while, unlike the IR-through-HDMI option which supposedly can run through the power transferred in the cable.

I'm not saying that you're wrong, just that I'm not convinced either way. If this solution does work, it's the most convenient option that I have, but I'm just not sure how reliable it, or even the wireless method, truly is. Have you used the wireless method?

Anyone have any luck getting an IR extender to work with this? I have the Next Generation Remote Control Extender which works great with every remote I have but doesn't work at all with the Xbox One and the media remote