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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/13/rf4ce-consortium-aims-to-develop-rf-standard-for-entertainment-c/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/13/rf4ce-consortium-aims-to-develop-rf-standard-for-entertainment-c/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why not use bluetooth? Pair your phone/remote with your TV, and no-one will be able to switch your channel. When you lose/replace it: pair your new device. Adaptable, future-proof, and hardly any development costs. Oh, and cheap..]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Verbal_Kint]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 13th 2008 7:56AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/13/rf4ce-consortium-aims-to-develop-rf-standard-for-entertainment-c/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/13/rf4ce-consortium-aims-to-develop-rf-standard-for-entertainment-c/</guid><description><![CDATA[You beat me to it.<br><br>Bluetooth would be the best possibility but then, you'd need a remote that had some type of flash memory that could be updated with new Bluetooth profiles to accomidate new  devices. <br><br>Manufacturers adding these techniques and devices would also demand more for their products. <br><br>I doubt most manufacturers would do this because theey really want you to lose/break your remote and then have to order another.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flashpoint]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 13th 2008 8:09AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/13/rf4ce-consortium-aims-to-develop-rf-standard-for-entertainment-c/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/13/rf4ce-consortium-aims-to-develop-rf-standard-for-entertainment-c/</guid><description><![CDATA[the only problem with that is that it doesn't always work. I know i have had problems with blue tooth not working with phones, although i admit that may be because the phone companies disabled some of the bluetooth functions.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 13th 2008 1:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/13/rf4ce-consortium-aims-to-develop-rf-standard-for-entertainment-c/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/13/rf4ce-consortium-aims-to-develop-rf-standard-for-entertainment-c/</guid><description><![CDATA["...we'd see said protocol filter into DVD players, AV receivers, set-top-boxes and all manners of components..."<br><br>yeah, deee-veee-deee player.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[chickenator]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 13th 2008 8:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/13/rf4ce-consortium-aims-to-develop-rf-standard-for-entertainment-c/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/13/rf4ce-consortium-aims-to-develop-rf-standard-for-entertainment-c/</guid><description><![CDATA[802.15.4 is also the basis for another wireless automation standard: Zigbee.  Many of the XBee products work with Zigbee.  I'm not sure why you would opt to call out some random companies proprietary extension to 802.15.4, when you could have called out the controlling consortium's proprietary spec random company implements.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rektide]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 13th 2008 1:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/13/rf4ce-consortium-aims-to-develop-rf-standard-for-entertainment-c/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/13/rf4ce-consortium-aims-to-develop-rf-standard-for-entertainment-c/</guid><description><![CDATA[Either way, I'm happy. This is long over due.  The fact that a someone walking in front of me, or a piece of paper could block my remote, is bad by today's standards.  RF FTW]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter F]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2008 9:29AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>