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  • Could Be The Ultimate HTPC Remote

    Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 09:21 in video, usb, htpc, remote, media center

    This awesome little wireless touchpad/keyboard would be perfect for a HTPC. It’s only $62 which makes up for its appearance. It’s made by USB Geek and requires just a small receiver on the computer. # Features: Full-featured RF keybo...

  • Boxee Remote Widget

    Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 22:10 in Software, widget, remote, media center, boxee

    The Boxee remote widget is a widget to control Boxee from your laptop. Simple idea but it’s a great one. I am generally on my laptop while I watch TV. Instead of grabbing for a remote it would be great to just use the widget to control. Th...

  • GlideTV HTPC Remote Gets Reviewed

    Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 15:23 in htpc, remote, media center, trackpad, glidetv

    ZatzNotFunny got the chance to play around with the new GlideTV HTPC remote. I wasn’t that thrilled with the remote when it was first announced which was apparent by my blog post. After reading over Dave’s hands on, who was also skepti...

  • GlideTV Navigator: Media Center Trackpad

    Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 16:05 in windows, ps3, mac, remote, media center, glidetv navigator, glidetv

    GlideTV Navigator is a trackpad for home theater PCs. It works with Windows, Mac and PS3. The shape is strange and I would love to see a video of someone actually navigating around with this. There are some other HTPC keyboards with trackpads tha...

  • Video: Nokia N810 Controlling LinuxMCE

    Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 22:29 in Nokia, Linux, remote, media center, n810, linuxmce

    The video below shows a Nokia N810 controlling LinuxMCE. Pretty cool idea to use the N810 as a remote control. It’s using Maemo Orbiter and he is already working on a version for the N900. I wonder if it will work with the N800 since that...

  • iPhone Remote for Roku

    Posted on Sunday August 30th, 2009 at 21:27 in iphone, application, remote, ipod touch, roku, dvpremote

    DVPRemote is a iPhone/iPod Touch application that allows you to control the Roku box. You have to be connected to WiFi on the same network as the Roku box. I don’t have much of a need for it but it’s just cool it’s possible. The ...

  • Review: Logitech 900 Remote

    Posted on Wednesday August 12th, 2009 at 08:25 in 900, harmony, remote, logitech, universal remote

    Logitech announced the harmony 900 remote. What makes this remote special is it can do RF to IR with the included adapter. I have been looking at putting a IR repeater in for the theater I am building. The cost was about $200 plus my labor. While...

  • Logitech Harmony 550 for $45

    Posted on Saturday April 11th, 2009 at 13:36 in deal, remote, logitech, harmony 550

    Amazon has the Logitech Harmony 550 Remote for only $45 today as the Gold Box special. It is a refurbished but for that price it really doesn’t matter. I bought the 880 refurbished about 6 months ago and it has been working great. The deal i...

  • Boxee iPhone App Approved

    Posted on Sunday March 15th, 2009 at 21:36 in Software, iphone, remote, app, media center, ipod touch, boxee

    Boxee finally had their iPhone app approved. It does look basic, which they admit, but it’s a good start to a product that keeps getting better. * the boxee remote app has two modes: Gesture and Buttons * in the Gesture mode you nee...