FiireChief | Has follow me + buttons are programmed sanely out of the box |
Gyration Remote | Needs to be configured but works well with the Orbiter and has enough functional buttons to control MythTV. 10 of the buttons don't work with X so you are button constrained. |
LIRC remotes | These generally require some configuration and they do not give you the sexy gyro control of the orbiter, but I have found the grey remote that comes with a PVR-250 to have just the right number of buttons and a good hand feel. Obviously with IR you have a very large selection of mice. Some people even use the TiVo remote from their retired TiVo boxes |
Cell Phone/PDA | As noted by others in the thread you can actually use web control and even Orbiter Cell Phone applications to control LMCE, this can be a bit clunky and I would only recommend it as a secondary means of control, like when you can't find the remote or want to schedule a recording when you hear about some new TV program on the radio while on the train to work. |
Keyboard/Mouse | The Gyration mouse would fall into this category, it gives you convenient control of the Orbiter, while the keyboard allows you to use all the functionality in the various applications. This is a little more immediate than PDA control, and practically everyone has these around, but I only use these as a last resort since the keyboard is to big to be lugging around and a mouse can be difficult to use at a distance (even the Gyration mouse feels too heavy for me to use comfortably, but of course this is a subjective opinion). |