Media Center Bathroom Extender

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."

Comments

Re:Backlight

[Fortyseven]

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.

*SIGH!*

[rts008]

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!

Re:Backlight

[GoofyBoy]

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

"Only because we very very inaccurate pissers."

May be a health hazard

[lewko]

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

Re:Backlight

[drinkypoo]

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.