Can i use the infrared on my laptop for a remote control for TVs etc?

[TheDebater]

Anybody know where i could get some software to do that? I'm running XP on an Inspiron 8100. Thanks

 

[MWink]

There is a program that can make a Palm Pilot do that but I don't know about a laptop. I know that the Palm Pilot's IR emitter has a very narrow, short range beam which makes it a poor TV remote. The same is probably true for the laptops IR emitter. BTW, why would you want to use a laptop as a TV remote??? It's a bit big to pick up just to change the channel.

 

[RamzaBeoulve]

I wouldn't count on it... IR on laptops has the same problem as MWink stated: the beam's range. I wouldn't be surprised if the farthest distance the IR port could talk to anything would be 1 foot. Anyway, you can try and find some software off the net, but don't be too sure of yourself.

 

[TheDebater]

Thanks folks, here i was thinking that it'd be a pretty common piece of software, guess not. I've been searching for over an hour now, i'm about to give up, thanks anyways...