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Reviewing the Firefly HTPC Remote Control

When you position a Tivo or rent a Cable or Attendant DVR box the remote is part of the package -many times not uninterrupted part of the decision.  But when you buy or found your own Home Theater PC (HTPC) choosing a remote master can mean the happiness or dissatisfaction with your effectual HTPC system.  The remote be in control of is the unsung hero - many times a forgotten, but awfully important component of the HTPC setup.  Because of the passionate deal of versatility the HTPC brings the owner, a HTPC remote control really needs to be a jack-of-all-trades remote.  A HTPC remote's job is vastly difficult since it controls TV, Movies, Music, Photos and more and in the best of circumstances it should also control the small screen, receiver and any other AV equipment you use in your setup. 

Snapstream, the maker of Beyond TV has been selling one of the more in vogue HTPC remote controls, the Firefly remote control for very many years now.

SnapStream provided Conspire Zatz Not Funny the remote control for rehash so I have my hands on Snapstream's Firefly PC Remote Handle made just for the HTPC.  There are two versions of the Firefly, the primitive Firefly and the Firefly Mini.  Today, we'll focus on the eccentric Firefly.  The Firefly is for on sale at the Snapstream Store and retails for $49.95.  The Firefly remote is RF-based rather than of most remotes that are infra-red.  This means it works without needing variety part-of-sight to work like infrared remotes do.  The advancement of RF is that it can work through walls, sofas, cabinets etc.  The fault of RF is that most other devices such as TVs, DVD players etc are set up to influence with IR remotes and don't work with the RF signals that the Firefly uses - but we'll get to that later in the reassessment.

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