Apoptosis wrote:doesn't my logitech Harmony 890 already do this or does it need the adapter to work with the PS3?
The Harmony remotes work on IR devices mainly, unless you have one of the more expensive units that supports RF. The BlueTooth protocol is diffrent from the industry standard RF protocol.
The Playstation 3 doesn't have a way to turn it on remotely that doesn't require BlueTooth. Most people have been using cheap USB IR adapters to control the device after either maually turned it on, or using a PS3 controller to turn it on. Since the IR adapters are USB when the PS3 is on standby those ports are not receiving power you cannot send a "turn on" IR code to it.
Several companies have made a business out hacking appart the PS3's BlueTooth remote and hard wiring it to an IR receiver, the ToothFairy being the most well known. Those devices typically retailed for $100 or better. So for $60 this things a bargin. If I hadn't bought my Oppo I would be buying one of these ASAP.
As for the line of sight thing, in my bedroom where I have the Plasma TV mounted on the wall and the components in the closet I used a fairly inexpensive IR solution that consists of a IR reciever affixed to the bottom of the TV connected to a repeater via cabling. That repeater is in tern connected to a set of IR blasters in my closet which are affixed to the front of each device. Works flawlessly and the whole setup probably wasn't more than $50.
