}Lately, I've been wishing that somebody would figure out how to make a PC's
}IR port talk to a conventional remote control, then write an MP3 player
}program that could be controlled with the remote. If that happened, I'd
}probably throw away the CD changer in my stereo system and plug in some
}little 1U high box with a 13GB disk (and maybe a TV tuner card so I could
}replace my TV too...)

A local user group had a presentation earlier this month about doing more
or less that with Linux: http://www.mesterhazy.net/LCDAT/

Tracy J. Di Marco White
Project Vincent Systems Manager
gendalia@iastate.edu