The Slingbox 500 features built-in Wi-Fi and integrated IR emitters for controlling a set-top box.
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The Sony also lacks the built-in IR emitters of the Revue -- there's a wired two-headed IR blaster, but after using the Revue's built-in emitters we much prefer them to stringing IR blaster cables.
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Perhaps the most novel non-gaming function of the tablet-esque controller is its IR-based universal remote control ability -- the GamePad can be used to control your HDTV (well, "most" HDTVs) in some basic, but very important, ways.
Dresser-Rand, the nation's largest maker of gas compressors and turbines for the oil patch, was languishing in the hands of Ingersoll-Rand (nyse: IR - news - people ), the industrial machinery giant that had little interest in hydrocarbons.
Just as the name suggests, the device comes in the shape of a cube, with an IR receiver on the front side, a USB port on the right, and a bunch more on the back: HDMI-in, HDMI-out, another USB port, RJ-45 and IR-out.
The first two were carried out with an FT-IR system, so using infra-red light, and the other using Raman spectroscopy.
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The built-in IR sensor does a bang-up job of quickly activating and deactivating the zoom function, making the whole affair a breeze.
The key is for them to play nice with each other, and the answer isn't a one-way interface like IR, or an HDMI pass-through with multiple user interfaces layered on top of each other.
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Mr. Sneeden mentioned the TV SideView app, an electronic programming guide with voice activation that's available from the Play Store and takes advantage of the Tablet Z's built-in IR blaster -- he also pointed out that Sony's Music Unlimited and Walkman Player apps will be fully integrated by summer.
We then installed the free desktop SlingPlayer software to configure the SlingBox -- you need to choose the IR profile that works on your set-top box, as well as assigning your account email address and a couple of passwords.
Consumer Reports specifically called out the S4's 5-inch, 1080p touch-screen, multitasking in split view, and a built-in IR feature as some of the handset's standout features.
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At the head of the device is an infrared sensor, but forget about using it as an IR-blaster like the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, it's only designed to work with 6100-series handsets and compatible printers.
Ingersoll Rand ( IR - news - people ) in 2008, has suffered in the sluggish U.S. construction market.
If you're serious about including the PS3 in your setup, you could splash out on Logitech's Harmony IR-to-Bluetooth adapter.
IRS, IR-2011-33, March 31, 2011 (announcing the filing extension).
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That list comes from IR-2012-83.
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First up is Robopanda, a Teddy Ruxpin-like doll for tots four-and-up that sports "many advanced sensors" along with a head-mounted IR sensor and stereo sound.
The PT-AE8000U projector's built-in IR transmitter enables synchronization with active shutter 3D glasses and can transmit up to 20 feet.
By setting up conference calls, IR Web sites and e-mail programs, these businesses provided the framework for the SEC-mandated opening of communication with investors.
As mentioned previously, the lack of an in-season IR list was something that I thought the NFLPA missed out on in the recent CBA negotiation, as the all-or-nothing nature of IR will continue.
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There's no word on any possible IR blaster (or IR GamePad, Wii U-style) integration, but thanks to Microsoft's partnerships with cable TV providers, it's trying to provide integration that goes a "step further" than what we've seen so far.
In brief, the physical installation simply involved plugging the AV cables (included) into the SlingBox and our set-top box (a Philips Freeview box, to be precise), then taping a couple of IR emitters onto the front of our set-top box, and finally hooking the SlingBox up to our router (via a couple of SlingLink ethernet wall-plug bridges as our router was too far away).
IR--What is so special about health spending that requires it to be financed by a hypothecated tax?
IR--Bagehot is right to point out that Mr Cook's mission statement has a lot in common with that of his predecessor, Malcolm Rifkind.
IR--Bagehot (May 17th) thought I looked ill at ease when Robin Cook, the new foreign secretary, presented his mission statement at the Foreign Office.
IR--Your article on Chicago's futures exchange (February 1st) misses the point.
IR--An alliance is a formal treaty or agreement between states, commonly for the purpose of mutual aid in the event of war against a common enemy.
IR--You question both the fundamental purpose of the World Bank and the integrity of the changes we are proposing to its structure and operation (March 1st).
IR--You take it as given that Britain's National Health Service is in financial crisis (March 15th), and imply that people are unwilling to pay higher taxes to help improve it.
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