With all the fiddling with my box over the past few weeks I managed to ruin my Hauppauge PVR-250. The remote control still works, but the cable connector going in the tuner physically broke. I'm using a spare PVR-150 I had on the shelf, but this one doesn't have in input for an IR-receiver and I may need to redeploy it in the next few weeks. This means that my case currently has the following 4 tuner cards in it:
1. PVR-150 for analog input
2. PVR-250 for IR input only. (Tuner broken)
3. Airstar HD-5500 for digital input
4. Kworld-115 for digital input.
I want to get back to having only 3 cards in the system -- those tuners throw off a lot of heat. Here are the choices I see:
1. Try to get the kworld-115 remote control working so I can remove the PVR-250 at some point. Has anyone succeeded in getting a kworld remote to work?
2. Purchase a new analog card that also has a remote. I hate to do this as all NTSC analog tuners will be worthless in a few years, but in case I do, I'd be interesting in hearing if people still feel the Hauppauge is still the best bet.
3. Purchase one of those serial-port IR receivers that I've seen advertised for $15 - $20 so I can remove the PVR-250, but leave the PVR-150.
Along the way a little sympathy for my woos would probably be appreciated (Hummm... does that call for a
or a 
. Or perhaps a 
for not being careful enough with my hardware).
Thanks in advance!
Marc