[mythtv-users] wireless keyboards

John Madill jmadill at joyousnoise.com
Wed Dec 17 16:17:55 EST 2003


I also use, and have had good success with the Gyration products.

-jm

On Dec 17, 2003, at 3:38 PM, Dr. Doug L. Hoffman wrote:

> On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 14:09, MaxPower wrote:
>> Jeff Clowser wrote: [snip]
>> Hi,
>> If you want a keyboard just for naming playlist or other stuff like
>> this, I found a infrared remote (+ receiver) which can probably do 
>> that
>> for only 12 € ($14.14)
>> look here 
>> http://pitap.com/product_info.php?currency=EUR&products_id=54
>
> I tried a number of IR type keyboards and found them not very
> acceptable. You have to have a clear line to the receiver and they are
> quite limited in range. I found that the keyboard and mouse set from
> Gyration are very much superior in all respects. They are both RF
> devices that interface to a common receiver. The receiver uses a USB
> port and works with both RH and Debian out of the box (the only two
> distros I tried). The mouse (e.g. gyromouse) is also about the coolest
> pointing device I've seen. It can be used as a normal, optical mouse or
> you can pick it up and wave it about in the air (hence the "gyro" in 
> the
> name). The advertised range on the keyboard I purchased is 25ft but I
> have used it from up to 40ft away. They aren't cheep (~$80US) but they
> are quality products and Gyration honors their warranty (my mouse
> arrived DOA and had to be replaced). More info here:
> http://www.gyration.com/.
>
> Regards,
> Doug
>
>
>
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