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Media Center Bathroom Extender

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the bathing-soundtracks dept.

henrysunset writes "...Extend your stay in the bathroom with this inexpensive Media Center Bathroom Extender for Windows Media Center Edition PC's. The guide shows you how to control a Media Center PC from another room with a cheap XBox controller w/ built in LCD and a little soldering."

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  1. I always said by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Microsoft programs were shitty.

  2. pins and needles by nktae · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ahhh finally, I can take my entertainment to the toilet, good thing too, I was running out of excuses to sit there until my legs fell asleep.

    1. Re:pins and needles by tomhudson · · Score: 2, Interesting
      Ahhh finally, I can take my entertainment to the toilet
      Why not just bring:
      • A good book
      • The newspaper
      • A crossword puzzle
      • A laptop
  3. I can just see on the box in small writing by TAGmclaren · · Score: 2, Funny

    Please note: brown keyboard not included

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  4. Backlight by peterprior · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Would the high voltage needed to run an LCD backlight be a potential hazard in a bathroom ?

    1. Re:Backlight by Fortyseven · · Score: 5, Funny

      Would the high voltage needed to run an LCD backlight be a potential hazard in a bathroom ?

      Only if you are a very very inaccurate pisser.

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    2. Re:Backlight by GoofyBoy · · Score: 4, Funny

      I assume that you are female or else you would have written;

      "Only because we very very inaccurate pissers."

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    3. Re:Backlight by drinkypoo · · Score: 4, Informative

      Shouldn't this be labeled funny? CCFL backlights do use relatively high voltages, about 1200V to start and 200V to operate, but their current use is best measured in mA. A backlight inverter will give you a jolt you can feel if you're holding the wires, but the current is pretty much guaranteed to mostly go through the skin. I guess if you stuck two nails in your hands (can you put me up for the night?) and attached the leads to them you might get the current to go someplace unfortunate if you coaxed the inverter into producing starting voltage for you, but that's about it.

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  5. *SIGH!* by rts008 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is another exmple of:" Just because you CAN do somthing, doesn't mean it's actually a good idea to do so". IMHO of course. I mean, who am I to stop someone from deliberately developing hemorroids that *slap* their calves/ankles as they walk!

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  6. Yes but... by Cumstien · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What if a group of malicious South African diplomats have rigged a bomb under your crapper and the toilet paper says, "BOOM YOU'RE DEAD". I'd bet you'd like the ability to change the music then.

  7. is this a farce? by tallbill · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am pretty sure that the whole thing could be on 12 volt power. You are correct in worrying about the problem of electricution. This whole idea seems like a farse to me, webserfing from a bathtub. I want a bathroom with a ten thousand tiles. Each tile will be an LCD display with an independant feed . . . The crapper of ten thousand websites

  8. May be a health hazard by lewko · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Listed below are the most frequent causes of hemorrhoids:
    • Constant sitting
    • Straining with bowel movements (from constipation or hard stools)
    • Diarrhea
    • Sitting on the toilet for a long time
    • Severe coughing
    • Childbirth
    • Heavy Lifting

      Source

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  9. Is it just me by jrf83317 · · Score: 2, Funny

    or does that glass of water look really dirty?

  10. Re:I don't need this by turnstyle · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Don't these run XP and include Remote Desktop?

    Because if they do, then I'd think that you could just remote control them, and skip the whole soldering bit.

    (fwiw, I keep an old PC wired to my stereo, and I use Remote Desktop to control it via my wi-fi laptop)

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  11. Useful by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now if you run out of toilet paper while on the throne, you can order refills on the internet and listen to your favorite music while you wait. You just need to add a pneumatic tube to the front door for delivery.

  12. uh oh.... by Styros · · Score: 3, Funny

    PBS? ABC?? ESPN??? Yeah, right! Everybody here knows what this will be used for, and I believe Jenna Jameson will be the star.

  13. Alternately, by Trelane · · Score: 2, Interesting

    you could hook up a mythtv frontend on a mini-itx box with a flat-screen so that you can easily watch movies and tv and stuff while you're in the tub. Yay!

    Actually, this is likely how I'm going to wire my home. One beefy central mythtv box with however many frontends scattered throughout the house.

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  14. If I have to spend a lot of time in the bathroom by WormholeFiend · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm too busy concentrating on forcing out that big, long turd to even pay attention to music, much less a game or whathaveyou.

    That or I'm in the shower singing my own media, much to the chagrin of anyone within earshot.

  15. Re:Worst...Article...Ever by JVert · · Score: 2, Informative

    Xbox:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacente r/evaluation/devices/xboxextenderkit.mspx

    MCX linup:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacent er/evaluation/devices/default.mspx

    Saw these at CES at the NextGen home. A prefab home wired up with all the latest stuff. The extenders run on RDP but with an extended protocall for the streaming video. The devices themselvs have no tuners but these are expected to be released with MCE 2005 which should support multiple tuners along with high-def (no highdef for the extenders though). I'll be going to the unveiling on Nov 11th.

  16. Anyone who spends this much time on the toilet.... by rubberbando · · Score: 2, Funny

    needs a little more fiber in their diet, not entertainment. :P

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