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Home Theater Keyboards?
Meeper writes "I've been commissioned to build a Home Theater Computer system, but there is a distinct lack of keyboards that are suitable. The keyboard needs to be equipped with Bluetooth connectivity, compact, and include a built-in mouse or touchpad. The keyboard will be used on couches, so a solution such as the Logitech diNovo Media Desktop is unsuitable due to the normal freestanding mouse. Have any Slashdot readers used a keyboard which fufills my requirements?" Or, on the other hand, what best-compromise solutions have you come up with for melding ease of use with sufficient control?
Get a trained monkey. You know you want to.
The scenario:
A small dark room in the lower level of a house (read: "parent's basement").
An lcd screen on the wall hooked up to a Slackware box.
A replica Captain's Chair from the USS Enterprise (for obvious reasons only a single chair is needed).
The computer is voice activated and responds to the name, "Sulu".
Act 1:
Me: "Mr. Sulu, set course for http://www.slashdot.org."
Computer: "Aye, captain".
Me: "Engage!"
I'm seriously drooling just thinking about it. That, my friends, would truly be living.
"Warp speed!," my fellow slashdotter!
What are you typing into a home theater pc that you are afraid might get out?
Play CPE-1704-TKS^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Friends. "Christ, I almost had it play the launch code for the nukes!"
Why can't I moderate something "Wrong" or at least "Grossly Misinformed"?