I don't have an IR receiver, but I have an Xbox 360 HD-DVD remote. I am not sure how good that remote would be at controlling a media pc. It looks like I will have to buy a new remote and IR receiver together...
I really like the look of this one... but I am not sure it will play nicely with media portal in XP as its designed for Vista MCE..
Would it be a safer bet to get this?
[Also on a side note, does media portal index video files on a NAS in its database thingy? (I am talking about the thing used to browse DVDs, MKVs and AVIs stored on hard drives)]
[Edit: and what's the best keyboard/mouse solution? I like the Logitech diNovo Mini but refuse to spend that much on a keyboard/mouse... is the MCE keyboard any good?]