I wrote the question out on my phone and I missed an important detail.
I thought there was doubt when this Apple TV came out as to whether it could be controlled by IR, and people found yes, it could be. Doesn't that mean the alternative was IP? Did IP control of this never work, or work and then stop?
Thanks.
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