Audio Authority’s BlueBeam Controls PS3 via IR

Go to schmartstuff.com and save the sixty bucks.  I’ve used their IR2BT converter numerous times, and it works perfectly.  And there’s no need for a power adapter, just run it off the USB port from a STB or automation controller.

I’ve been using this one:
http://www.ps3toothfairy.com/
for several months.  Works flawlessly, less expensive.  Only down side is it is so popular he’s often out.

$159….seriously???? c’mon…

159 bucks?!?!! haha screw that, ill just go buy a cheap stand alone player

If only Sony did not use the same “Power On” code for all of their devices… I use the IR2BT, and it works great.  The inventor even upgraded it for free when Sony did a firmware update that caused issues with the IR2BT.  The one flaw, however, that affects the IR2BT and probably every other solution out there, is that if you also have another Sony player in your system connected to your IR distribution, it will be powered on whenever you power on your PS3.  I have a Sony 400 DVD changer, and it suffers from this.

Overpriced and a little late to the party. There are 4 makers of this type of conversion box (all cheaper) already. The better makers have designed their boxes to power-on and power-off the PS3, by responding to a single IR command and then the box sends out the corresponding BT sequence of commands all without another IR button press. The benefits of this are that the makers are able to use discrete on and off IR commands that many not even have been used for DVD players. The discrete codes helps to avoid power state synch issues with the original remote, and moreover the unique codes help to avoid cross signal IR reception by other similar devices as another poster commented. I second the Schmartz PS3IR-PRO.

Seriously.  I understand the few extra bucks for the DIYs may be significant but for my *clients* I need a) bulletproof b) commercial responsibility.

I can’t use a DIYs home-made solution in my clients’ homes.  It’s rather irrelevant how well it works.  To have a commercial entity(e.g. Audio Authority) to go back to and hold responsible if/when the S hits the fan is what the premium is for (of course it’s up to me to choose that commercial entity wisely.)  If that means an extra $50 or $100 premium, so be it.

btw,  hasn’t anyone heard or IR routing??  Solves those pesky duplicate code/codeset issues nicely.

J.

A $159 solution to a 20cent problem.

If only Sony had included a damn IR reciever on the PS3 for an extra 20cents a unit, we wouldn’t have to even be talking about this.  Serously, I love my PS3, but the lack of native IR support is nothing short of a joke.

Nyko does it for $14.95. I’ve had one for a year and it works perfectly every time.

The big advantages of the new BlueBeam is that it is the smallest sized IR to Bluetooth converter and it is the only one that will run on batteries making it 100% wireless.

Nyko’s product does NOT do everything this unit does.  Check out remoteshoppe.com’s nice comparison chart to see the pros and cons of each unit.

In case anyone looks here, the RE-BL X is the exact same unit for around $60.

Remoteshoppe.com has it.