[mythtv-users] [Improving] The Current State of Myth -> DVD
Ben Dash
ben_dash at yahoo.com
Tue Mar 1 16:06:16 UTC 2005
--- Ben Giddings wrote:
> Ben Dash wrote:
> > No, I was talking about this:
> >
> >
>
http://www.interlinkelectronics.com/products/retail/rfkeyboard.htm
>
> Wow, $200 for a keyboard/pointer combo on a box I
> don't plan to type on
> very often? Sounds like a hard investment to
> justify. Do you think
> it's worth it? I have thought about getting a combo
> wireless
> keyboard/pointer, but I don't want to spend that
> much.
I bought the Versapoint a couple of years ago, at the
time I had an IR BTC 5113:
http://www.clubic.com/article-14671-1-clavier-sans-fil-btc-5113.html
The good thing about the BTC was that it only cost 20
dollars and had a really good design for a home
theatre PC, the bad thing was that it only had a range
of about 6 feet while my couch was 8 feet away from
the IR receiver.
I wanted a keyboard that would allow typing of emails
from the couch or the dining room table, 8 or 16 feet
range respectively. Also, I wasn't using MythTV back
then, it was still very early days and so I had a
combination of myHTPC and some other programs that
were approximating an HTPC on Win2K. Since Win2K is
all GUI configured you really need a keyboard and
mouse if you want to do anything. The Versapoint RF
was the only one that I was sure would give me the
range that I wanted.
That was the past, the situation is different today,
today I'd buy the LiteOn SK7551, despite being IR it
has a range of 30 feet or so and only costs about 25
dollars, assuming that you can find it for sale:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=23-107-114&depa=1
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