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I have an Acer Aspire X1200 (specs link below) desktop computer that I've installed Boxee on and it works great. And it looks like it's going to be a perfect computer for a media player. It's small with lots of hard drive space and even has a HDMI output on it.

http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/desktop/0000/Acer/AspireX1200/AspireX1200sp2.shtml

I also have a Harmony® 880 Advanced Universal Remote (specs link below) that I'd like to use with the Acer computer.

www.logitech.com/en-us/440/372

My thought is that I need to get a USB remote control adapter, right? So I did a quick Google search and found products from $5 to hundreds of $$$. Does anyone have recommendations? Things you like/dislike about certain remotes?

This Acer is running Vista and has a AMD LIVE!: Athlon X2 dual-core processor. 64 bit some times makes it a little more difficult.

Thanks for the help.

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In case anyone was looking for a recommendation, I picked up the following remoted today and it works great:

Mediagate - Windows Vista Certified Media Center MCE Remote Control w/ 2 Channel IR Emitter and Infrared Receiver for Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate

http://www.amazon.com/Mediagate-Certified-Infrared-Receiver-Ultimate/dp/B002XNQHNQ

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it works with boxee? – user39364 Aug 24 '10 at 19:47
Yeah didn't have a problem with it at all. I have a Windows Vista Home Premium install. – gurun8 Oct 14 '10 at 15:45
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