Antec Mult-Station Elite Internal IR receiver w/ VFD and remote

Pros: Very nice item, works good. Screen displaly will show local/world/any majore city news/music track/ movie chapter or title.......... Shows new email, weather what ever you neeed. Remote has every button on it you could want. It almost replaces the keyboard and mouse, but wait there's a VR keyboard on the screen you can pull up and use if you want. Price went up a week after I bought it. I can now turn my HTPC on and off with the remote!!!!

Cons: With the remote you have to be at about 90 deg. with the panel, but I haven't had a chance to try it more than a few feet away. Display is only two lines and could be bigger and color, but it was cheeper than, say the Orbital Typhoone display.

Overall Review: I really like this HTPC toy and it's very informative whith the display info. I don't know what oters are talking about; the remote is very well made and doesn't feel cheep. The software does put a disk (valume knob) on the desktop, but you can change the size of it and you can set it to be always on top or in the background. I don't think people are digging deep enough into the programing to find out all the stuff this thing will do and all the settings you can mess with! I might be looking to get the premier for my main computer.

Pros: Used this in an htpc build for my parents. Easy to use, can use it to launch other apps, use with other programs than just imedian/imon. included software is nice for an xp machine, would just use media center in vista/windows 7. Looks really nice.

Cons: if you are the kind of person who needs detailed instructions, skip this one. could be easier to set up all the mappings, but so far works great. makes me wish i didnt have all the spare bbays in my antec 900 filled up, i would buy another.

Overall Review: I will review again as i have further experience with it. so far I am impressed, but not 5 stars impressed. htpc build: phenom 9950 2x2 ddr2-800 crucial ballistix zotac 750a board (board is only good for htpc, can't overclock) apevia x-master silver case antec mult-station elite random card reader 320 g hd pioneer brd/dvd burner

Pros: Really Nice for a Media Center PC. An All in 1 solution to work your machine from the tv without the need of a big expensive "long range" Wireless keyboard & mouse. A++++ Streams Weather/news system diagnostics/info and eq for when your jaming your favorite music. Good bang for the buck.

Cons: NONE!!

Pros: This IS a VFD display, NOT a LCD.

Cons: Screen could be bigger.

Pros: The antec is a great accessory for an HTPC case. Its included IR allows windows media control, which is huge for me. The hard volume knob is also a very nice touch

Cons: The text size is a little small for a HTPC stored in an AV rack.

Overall Review: Highly satisfied with my purchase

Pros: everything works as it supposed to. very good looking. made my Media center so much prettier !!!! A lot of features and function. be able to turn the PC on of OFF with a remote (if it works well)works with Windows 7 Ultimate.

Cons: Remote does not work so well as I have expected. distance and angle is very important for the remote to work properly. But I have a wireless keyboard with a trackball that does all the job anyway.

Overall Review: my intension was to make my media PC look better with some flash stuff in the front and it did it's job. it is so much better looking that I have ever expected.

Pros: I got this yesterday and installed. Install wasn't too bad. I figure if you can build a computer, you can install this without problems. Display is nice, bright and clear. The remote is pretty good too. A direct line of sight is needed unfortunately, but thats fine since it is where I sit at. It works as a mouse pointer which is real nice. I can put my keyboard/mouse away when I'm watching movies. Software isn't too bad. If you don't have Windows Media Center, it will do just fine.

Cons: You have to restart the software for the display to work if you update its settings. Not sure why, but not that horrible of a thing. I wish the power cable adapter was smaller. Shoot, I wish it didn't have one. I managed all my cables and ended up having to redo that because of that extension/adapter.

Overall Review: I would recommend this item to anyone with a HTPC.

Pros: As a computer remote it is great. The display was bright and installation was actually pretty simple.

Cons: The remote works great when you are within 6 feet, but at a slight angle or distance the responsiveness is horrible. Often times I would still have to press the button several times to get a response tone or action.