ASRock Gaming G10 Router

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/23/2015 07:05 PM | source: | 13 comment(s)

ASRock Gaming's G10 is the combination of the internet of things and a powerful router. It learns the infrared signals of let's say your TV remote, and assigns it to your smart phone with the ASRock Router APP, which is soon arriving to both Google Play and App Store.

Remember that time when you had to perform a sort of sword dance ritual with your dysfunctional TV remote in order to make it work? To refresh your memory, it involved fanatical waving, twisting your arms into unfathomable yoga positions, and lots and lots of cursing. Those barbaric days of the dark past are almost over, pretty soon you can use ASRock Gaming's new router G10 to turn your smart phone into a universal remote controller.

Then you may use your smart phone to command your G10 router through WiFi or 3G/4G, and make it remotely control the TV through infrared signals. Power it up, flip through channels, crank up the volume without even bothering to point your phone towards the telly.

In addition, ASRock Gaming G10's sovereignty isn't limited to only televisions. As long as the device you wish to control is paired with an infrared signal remote control, such as game consoles, air conditioners, heaters or whatever, G10 will learn the signals in a snap and allow you to control them anywhere.

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nhlkoho
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#5127911 Posted on: 07/23/2015 07:22 PM

But wouldn't the router need to have line of sight of whatever device you plan to control with it? Seems kind of pointless unless you keep your router in the back of the room on a shelf with vision of all your home theater equipment.

kakarot
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#5127932 Posted on: 07/23/2015 08:02 PM

No specs? They definitely got some design cues from the nvidia shield

primetime^
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#5128003 Posted on: 07/23/2015 10:57 PM

Maybe it's for a newer smart phones with infrared transmitters....but i can't see how this makes it a better gaming router in any case :wanker:

I guess if the router is in line of site of the tv in question it would be cool

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#5128004 Posted on: 07/23/2015 10:57 PM

definitively more classy than my 1U rackable pro router...

good idea as all the new android box of the providers, have a lack of connectivity.

kendoka15
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#5128114 Posted on: 07/24/2015 02:08 AM

This seems completely useless with a phone with an IR blaster. (I don't even use remotes anymore)

If your remote doesn't work well, replace it instead of getting a router specifically for this

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