A/V tech questions and awnsers

[DrKnow65]

Full High Definithion TeleVision, it's 1080p which is a step below 1080i (the "p" means progressive, in simple terms it changes portions of the picture each time it refreshes depending on what elements of the screen are different than the last frame. The "i" means interlaced, that means it replaces every other line -even/odd- each time it refreshes) the 1080i's are capable of a higher refresh rate since there is less processing, and during action scenes that are rapidly changing it appears smoother since half of the last frame is still there...

Why call it "full" hdtv, I have no idea.

I will ask the guys at work about the 360, we install alot of them for customers. The universal remotes usually use a IR (infra red) system and I think the 360 remote is RF (radio frequency). The RTI remotes we use have both IR and RF so I'm sure it would do the 360. I'm not sure if it would have the desired responce time though as each button press on the RTI has to go through the program to know what signal to send. Interesting idea though. Suppose it would work good (assuming the RF, IR thing) for watching movies or listening to music, just mabey not for gaming.

[brijar]

In my last post I said Xbox remote, when I meant Xbox controller, which does use RF as it's information communication means. The 360 does however have an IR port on the front that works with the remote that is sold separately, but we don't have one.
It's not a huge deal, as the remotes aren't terribly expensive I think, but it would be cool to use our own remote to watch movies that I stream from my PC because the DVD drive in the Xbox is loud.

Thanx,
Brijar!!!