I can't believe I didn't think of this on my own. Works great. Just so other people know the pac device is a little on the expensive side. I bought this at tiger direct for $16 and can control up to 8 devices (if i had a need to). I slapped the emitter onto the front of the IR-543 and I just put the ir543 into the box that this device came in, so it's in pitch black.

Ultra U12-41498 IR Repeater:
[Link: tigerdirect.ca]

Works reliably and is low latency.