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Originally Posted by fundmark19
Is one fan per cabinet enough or should you do more? I plan on having receiver (which runs hot) PS3 maybe my xbox 3 cable boxes and a slingbox in mine. Would IR be able to go through the mesh? That might solve 2 problems at once. That mesh on dark cabinet doors wouldn't look that bad
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I emailed the cooler guys from kunkstyle's post with a full description of what I have for equipment, space dimensions, etc to know what I need for fans as well. I'll post their reply when I receive it. They have lots of great stuff. Excellent resource kunk...thanks!
That perforated screen that I posted a picture of above has holes large enough to allow IR to go through but small enough to not be able to see any of the device lights...according to my media guy anyway.
If you don't go with the mesh above or something similar and have solid doors like me you can use a RF basestation to have a universal remote talk to all your devices. I'm using a URC MRF-260 RF Basestation with a URC MX-880 RF Remote Control and it works great. Before we went ahead with the solid doors I tested all my equipment by putting a bunch of cardboard in front of all my devices. I could point the remote in any direction and the devices would still work.
Even if you have your devices are in the open with direct line of sight a basestation is worth while. If you are lazy like me you can use the remote under a blanket while lying on the couch watching football. No need to even move to change the channel or turn up the volume.