"Completely new to arduino myself, but found your profile when searching 'arduino' and now I'm happy to see you're posting about it. Getting a full starter kit delivered soon, can't wait to get int it! It looks like a lot of fun."

"So does this mean you can get the Arduino to control Sky+ and a remote to control the Arduino? or have you got it so the PC can control the Arduino and therefore the Sky+ ... next step recording stuff from sky+ onto the PC for archiving?"

"And it Works! SkyHD+ Uses RC6 style IR codes and my Toshiba TV uses NEC style codes. (0xC05C0C Length 24 = SkyHD - Off)."

"Mess of electronics"

"hauppauge IR Receiver."