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[Joe]

t-pat, what kind of remote/receiver are you using on your htpc?

I'm using a RF wireless keyboard/touchpad combo, looks like the bottom half of  a laptop. -- that or the android remote for xbmc or boxee, both work fine.

What kind of receiver? Built in or a USB?

[Joe]

That Zotac box is probably not up to the task of 1080p due to the slower processor and lack of a decent video chipset, but newegg sells other Zotac boxes either with the Atom d525 with Nvidia Ion graphics, or either of the AMD e-350 or e-450 based boards with iirc ATI graphics that will be up to the task. Foxconn, Shuttle, Acer, and others also offer similar form factor barebones boxes -- all for around the same price if you shop

Something like this? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856107081

[t-pat]

t-pat, what kind of remote/receiver are you using on your htpc?

I'm using a RF wireless keyboard/touchpad combo, looks like the bottom half of  a laptop. -- that or the android remote for xbmc or boxee, both work fine.

What kind of receiver? Built in or a USB?

just a usb dongle, actually I have 2 of them, one is laptop size and the other is like this: http://www.amazon.com/Laptopmate-Ipazzport-Touchpad-Wireless-presentation/dp/tech-data/B005C71L5Y

[Joe]

t-pat, what kind of remote/receiver are you using on your htpc?

I'm using a RF wireless keyboard/touchpad combo, looks like the bottom half of  a laptop. -- that or the android remote for xbmc or boxee, both work fine.

What kind of receiver? Built in or a USB?

just a usb dongle, actually I have 2 of them, one is laptop size and the other is like this: http://www.amazon.com/Laptopmate-Ipazzport-Touchpad-Wireless-presentation/dp/tech-data/B005C71L5Y

So the dongle comes with that? How big is that keyboard? Looks small but pics on the internet can be deceiving. Easy to use?

[t-pat]

t-pat, what kind of remote/receiver are you using on your htpc?

I'm using a RF wireless keyboard/touchpad combo, looks like the bottom half of  a laptop. -- that or the android remote for xbmc or boxee, both work fine.

What kind of receiver? Built in or a USB?

just a usb dongle, actually I have 2 of them, one is laptop size and the other is like this: http://www.amazon.com/Laptopmate-Ipazzport-Touchpad-Wireless-presentation/dp/tech-data/B005C71L5Y

So the dongle comes with that? How big is that keyboard? Looks small but pics on the internet can be deceiving. Easy to use?

comes with a usb dongle included, or there is a bluetooth version of it which I regret not getting.

Range is a little sensitive, and I wouldn't want to write a book on it, but as far as controlling a media center it works fine. You can rotate the orientation to use the dpad 90 degrees from landscape.
Touchpad is fine.

It is about the size of a Hershey bar.


It also comes with a usb Y cable with a standard mini-usb end to charge it (bonus! no batteries!) and a standard female A end to plug the dongle in, I have this sort of under the tv so when the battery goes low I can just walk over there and plug it in to charge.

[Farabomb]

If you want to go a bit bigger I just got.

This and this. The lighted part is real nice, rechargeable (keyboard only) and both use the unified receiver. If you buy both you end up with 2 receivers so you can use them on 2 boxes.

[t-pat]

If you want to go a bit bigger I just got.

This and this. The lighted part is real nice, rechargeable (keyboard only) and both use the unified receiver. If you buy both you end up with 2 receivers so you can use them on 2 boxes.

meh, 2 more things to keep track of. Like I said I have a full size RF wireless keyboard WITH A BUILT IN TOUCH PAD.

looks just like the lower half of a slim laptop, I bet it contains laptop components.

[t-pat]

this is the full size one I have. Works fine, takes AAA batteries though.

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=W-9824&utm_source=GoogleProducts&utm_medium=ShoppingSites&utm_campaign=W-9824

[Farabomb]

I mainly got it for the light up part. My big HP laptop has the world's worst keyboard. Unless I have an arclamp directly above the keys the contrast is so horrible that I can't see the keys. Yes, I slept through typing class and use a modified hunt and peck system so I need to see the keys sometimes.

[t-pat]

That Zotac box is probably not up to the task of 1080p due to the slower processor and lack of a decent video chipset, but newegg sells other Zotac boxes either with the Atom d525 with Nvidia Ion graphics, or either of the AMD e-350 or e-450 based boards with iirc ATI graphics that will be up to the task. Foxconn, Shuttle, Acer, and others also offer similar form factor barebones boxes -- all for around the same price if you shop

Something like this? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856107081

Check this one out for just under $300 with ram and a 320gb hd

http://www.ebay.com/itm/270897236643

[Joe]

If you want to go a bit bigger I just got.

This and this. The lighted part is real nice, rechargeable (keyboard only) and both use the unified receiver. If you buy both you end up with 2 receivers so you can use them on 2 boxes.

meh, 2 more things to keep track of. Like I said I have a full size RF wireless keyboard WITH A BUILT IN TOUCH PAD.

looks just like the lower half of a slim laptop, I bet it contains laptop components.

Those are nice but I think I like the small one t-pat posted. I really don't have to have a keyboard so I might just get one of these and then I think I can program my DirecTV remote with Flirc to use it.

Remote Control USB Receiver with IR Cable

If my DirecTV control won't work with it I can always get a cheap Harmony for it.

[Joe]

That Zotac box is probably not up to the task of 1080p due to the slower processor and lack of a decent video chipset, but newegg sells other Zotac boxes either with the Atom d525 with Nvidia Ion graphics, or either of the AMD e-350 or e-450 based boards with iirc ATI graphics that will be up to the task. Foxconn, Shuttle, Acer, and others also offer similar form factor barebones boxes -- all for around the same price if you shop

Something like this? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856107081

Check this one out for just under $300 with ram and a 320gb hd

http://www.ebay.com/itm/270897236643

Nice. Right now I'm going to try to drive it with AMD Athlon 64 PC running XP and see how that does.

[t-pat]

should be ok with a video card that can do hardware decoding I would think.

[Joe]

t-pat, what kind of remote/receiver are you using on your htpc?

I'm using a RF wireless keyboard/touchpad combo, looks like the bottom half of  a laptop. -- that or the android remote for xbmc or boxee, both work fine.

What kind of receiver? Built in or a USB?

just a usb dongle, actually I have 2 of them, one is laptop size and the other is like this: http://www.amazon.com/Laptopmate-Ipazzport-Touchpad-Wireless-presentation/dp/tech-data/B005C71L5Y

t-pat, what OS are using this with?

It says "Laptopmate Ipazzport Mini Touchpad Wireless Keyboard for Windows 7/ MacOS 10.x or later/ Linux Debian 3.1 with laser pointer and presentation [R.F 2.4G Black]"

I'm running XP Pro.

[t-pat]

worked on Vista for sure. Mine is not exactly the pazzport one but looks identical. I did not need any drivers for either keyboard, they auto installed as USB HID keyboard and mouse, generic style, because that's what they are.

I tried the tiny one on my android tablet and it worked on that about as well as any work on my tablet.

I'll try connecting them to my virtual machine XP install and see what that does, but I expect it will just work right.