[mythtv-users] Alternative to the Lenovo BT Keyboard

Tom Lichti redpepperracing at gmail.com
Sat Oct 9 19:07:05 UTC 2010


On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Saturday, October 09, 2010 10:38:33 am jedi wrote:
>> On Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 10:00:07AM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
>> > Much cheaper, and probably just as useful:
>> >
>> > http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=PA-BK03&cm_mmc=geekmail-_-newarri
>> > vals_html-_-09oct10-_-PA-BK03
>>
>>    BT? I can use a regular logitech wireless keyboard in my living
>> room just fine. It works far better than the special IR dongle I got
>> for the iphone.
>
> It's the small form factor that I like. Small enough to sit on the end table in the LR. I've got used to controlling my
> Myth FE with a Gyration RF keyboard, but I think I will like this smaller size better.
>
> I was considering the Lenovo, but it costs more and the horn-book type "handle" just looked like it would take up extra
> space.
>
> BT dongles are cheap these days, and I may also be able to us this with my Bberry, which is a royal PIA to input a lot of
> data into.
>
> So I plan to use it in place of a remote.

I was to the point of buying one, but I couldn't justify the $36 for
shipping to Canada. That's almost 150% of the purchase price...

Tom


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