umdivx wrote: The snapstream

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November 5, 2011 at 5:59 am #6417
jennyfur
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    [quote=umdivx]The snapstream remote is and was only made for beyond TV. So out of the box it will only work with the Beyond TV application. [/quote]

    That’s slightly misleading. The Firefly remote works out of the box with many 3rd party applications (http://www.snapstream.com/Products/firefly/supportedapps.asp). And that includes Media Center, which I’ve used it for periodically since Win7 came out (and I’ve had 64bit the entire time). I moved a year ago though and now only use 7MC exclusively through my extender so I don’t have the Firefly installed anymore, but it did work just fine when I did. No special configuration needed. Can’t speak for XBMC though.

    I do wonder what “isn’t flexible” enough about Media Center though, over the years so much has come out that modifies it (themes, menus, media players, you name it) that I’m wondering if it’s just due to the fact that you’re unaware of these apps. I’ve gone through countless HTPC frontends over the years (SageTV, BeyondTV, Meedio and more) but lately I tend to like 7MC since like Josh said, it’s easy to set up and very user friendly. I got tired of constantly configuring and tweaking my installs of other software. Media Center just works, with little fuss. Plus now I’ve got a cablecard tuner, which is a pretty big bonus over other apps.