Neil,
I also considered "remote" operation of some other IR things in another room. I figured for about $20 I would just use one of the 5 zones on the Smartlinc and just pump it through my cable with one of these little injectors at [Link: smarthome.com]

BUT,,, if I had plans on doing much of anything else, I would have probably gone with the Ocelot also.

Let me know what you end up with....