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XBMC Gets a Dedicated Remote

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the keep-'em-dedicated dept.

Malard writes "XBMC users can rejoice, developers from the team have partnered with Motorola to re-develop their previously announced Nyxboard remote with RF, programmable IR and full support on Windows, Mac, Linux and Original Apple TVs."

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  1. Re:Excellent! by rylin · · Score: 3, Informative

    Seriously?
    Plex (XBMC fork) has had full support for Logitech Harmony for ages now.

  2. Re:XMBC? by Anaerin · · Score: 4, Informative

    XBMC is no longer (Officially) on the XBox, it has had a Linux branch for a long time now, and now also has OSX and Windows versions. It's also the codebase that Boxee and Plex were forked from. I'd suggest you take a look at it, as it's truly an awesome media center.

  3. Re:Meh by MoldySpore · · Score: 3, Informative

    Most of the higher quality HD skins for XBMC (Aeon, etc) are designed specifically to not use the mouse. Once you remove the mouse from the equation, a remote like they are offering becomes a complete solution for controlling your media center. With all its plugins, there is really never a reason to ALT+TAB out of XBMC unless you need to use a browser for something unrelated to media (there are even gmail plugins for XBMC).

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