"Also, it sounds like you do not want to spend the proper money to make this work. This stuff is NOT cheap, not if it is done correctly."
Is this comment really necessary?

I am only asking technical questions. Some of which, you Brad, have answered well. Like the 5 volts, or the CFL TV.. And your comment about DL85 being not as good as DL95, might well be a good one.. and that 490-10 is not a good unit, seems accurate.

But there is so much of unnecessary comments from you and other guy, which waste your time and offer no technical value.
I do have many IR emitters, which I would prefer to discard and go with the blaster. I am not asking whether or not this is a good idea. I am not even suggesting that it is universally a better idea for others. It is simply a personal preference, for MY personal situation. For example, some of my equipment, including my Datasat processor and Wolf Cinema DCX 1000i projector both have IR input jacks, which I could but don't use - I just don't like risking that equipment, with an electrical connection from a $100 IR block. I am digressing.. Again, this discussion is not necessary.

I asked about the "more power" question - because my current "blaster LED" is working at 7 ft and not at 20 ft.. Considering that most remotes work just fine at 20 ft, I was hoping i would get a technical suggestion about getting a new blaster or using my existing LED blaster for 20 ft blast.

"It sounds like your whole problem you are trying to get pass, is a very old (or cheap) LCD TV. That is using a CFL backlight. ". This is a valid and accurate comment. I did not know that the old TV was CFL. It is only a 40" TV. It serves a different/auxillary purpose in that room and I did not see the need to get a new TV and I did not expect Xantech IR receivers to not work as well as their older units, some of which I have had for 20 years and are still working great!

DL95 is NOT a LOT MORE expensive. It was only $20 more. In hind sight, I should have bought that instead but I did not realize it was far superior. I guess I might have to buy that now.. Now that I have had to discard 490-10 and dl85, I am a bit leery about buying and discarding another (DL95). Also, on Xantech site, dl95 is listed as lcd proof and dl85 is listed as cfl/plasma proof. cfl TV - dl85..

"Oh... another elephant in the room of this zoo = Why are you using IR repeaters for a rack of equipment? What control system are you using? The cost of a 'good' IR repeater system is about the same price as the RF base stations of most entry level control systems (URC, RTi, Harmony, etc.) and you get a lot more features & expandability. ".
I use URC 780 because I happen to like it - again, it is just a personal preference - I prefer tractile Vs touch screen - and I prefer to program with CCP because I am some what familiar with it but not an expert at it. Others on this forum have given me help on CCP. In fact, I like it so much that I use two of the 780s and got a 3rd one as spare. I realize they have RF capability but that never really worked well enough for me - it is a discussion I prefer to not get into, at this time. Also, I do prefer to use original remotes some times, in my theatre room, for set up etc. So, I need IR receivers.. but Again, this is distracting/deviating from my original questions.

I did get good and useful answers from Brad. The 5 volts, the CFL, DL95 being better and that all Xantech brand receivers are not made equal (this was very surprising to me!). This is information I did not know and I thank Brad for providing it.

At this point, I don't wish to waste anyone's time and as the originator, I am going to consider this thread closed for my purpose and am going to unsubscribe/exit from it.