[aeonik]

Well damn, I didn't know about this until now, and I could actually use one.

Is there any alternative?

[toast0]

I've had reasonable luck with microsoft's windows media center remote receivers and lirc. Although they don't all work the same. The first one I got was easier to use than later ones...

And frustation with atsc 3 and the media landscape led to me abandoning my htpcs.

[spl757]

I've used Flirc

[bookofjoe]

eBay