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I received the Vishay tsop34438-nd from my yesterday order at Digikey. (This is fast service!)
1.26 $CA a piece.
Since it was the same pinout I replaced the one on the Hx-1838 board.
Boy! No comparaison! I can point the remote anywhere, the Vishay get it.
This one I will remember...

Thanks again...

Noted!

I did search the net but did not found anything that look serious about ir receiver sensivity.

I already have untested TSOP38238 and TSOP4838 in my ir box.
Since it is a guru recommendation, to complete my assortment I will order some Vishay TSOP34438 right away.

Thanks a lot.

In a Arduino project, I use a Hx-1838 board as ir receiver. The distance to the remote is short, about 2 meters. The same remote is used with a Samsung GX-VD940CJ set-top box. I notice that the Samsung respond to much wider angle and seems somewhat more sensitive. I looked deep inside the Samsung bu...