Wow, never seen that one before. I've got a few micro BT keyboards laying around from days when I was tinkering with the notion of using them with HTPCs.Nah, this is the most portable keyboard ever:
Unfortunately it is discontinued, all you can get is cheap Chinese knockoffs.
It is miles better than a touchpad, especially when used in a moving vehicle.
I had one of those back when I had a HTPC. Big fan of the trackball, the keyboard not so much and it desperately needed backlighting since I was always using it in the dark. It just up and died on me one day, and then learned they didn't sell them anymore. Just went with a Logitech K400 which was.... fine.... just bigger. That one worked pretty well until I tipped over a full glass of red wine directly into the thing. I don't do HTPC anymore so no real need any more.Nah, this is the most portable keyboard ever:
Unfortunately it is discontinued, all you can get is cheap Chinese knockoffs.
It is miles better than a touchpad, especially when used in a moving vehicle.
Apparently there was a backlit version also.
I had at least one version in that line... they've never upgraded the trackpad, and that's the one thing that would make a keyboard like that useful, IMO. I'd probably buy one in a heartbeat to replace the full-size MX Keys I'm using for the HTPC (only wireless keyboard I have right now).
wow. mine sure wasn'tApparently there was a backlit version also.
I have a k400, and I despise it. It is unusable held in hand and the trackpad is so bad, I need to scratch it for minutes to get the pointer to the other side of the screen. And half the time it registers trying to move the cursor as clicks.
Might not be any good, but should survive wine spillage https://www.newegg.com/logitech-k310-920-004033-usb-wired/p/N82E16823126301wow. mine sure wasn't
I am in agreement the trackpad on the k400 is lousy. It is also not wine proof
ok sure.... but... cord stretched across living room to HTPC would lead to more random wine accidents
Not sure the cord is the issue here
One of my first htpc builds used a ~30ft USB cable that wrapped along the walls and under the couch to a keyboard and mouse that was mostly used just for troubleshooting issues.
I did something like this too in the early HTPC days, around 2k, except I used a super long ps/2 extension under the couch, around the walls under the carpet. I had tried some inexpensive wireless setups but most of them were still IR back then and they kinda sucked. My first wireless logitech keyboard/mouse (man that thing was gigantic) with the huge wireless receiver was a game changer.
IR yep. I think I still have an IRman in my closet junk box I used for remote control. I mostly used Windows Media Center for playback stuff, but Winamp was always available for quick and dirty music playback. I was really looking into the cablecard or HD homerun options but they were pricey and funds were tight back then. And since we're talking about the same era, how much hair did you pull out getting Powerstrip to work properly? I swear I could have that thing dialed in perfectly for my big honker Mitsubishi rear proj HDTV and would look great... then the next day I'd fire it up and it would be all different. By the time DVD burners became affordable and media got to be a buck each or less, I just gave up on it all and started burning DVDs. The wife could figure that out and it just worked. So many times I'd be at work and she'd call me crying that she couldn't get "the stupid computer to play my movie". The downside of all that is I have a huge box full of burned movies which are essentially trash now.
Good times but I wouldn't do it again.