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<blockquote data-quote="takingover" data-source="post: 78894" data-attributes="member: 19665">Hi,I've been using MP for a while now, and to normally control it I use a VNC program to connect to it from another computer. However it's annoying if I want to do something on my HTPC which requires a keyboard as I have to turn my other machine on. So I've decided to get a keyboard/mouse for it. I thought that this would be a simple process but it seems not, there are so many to chose from. The first thing I need help on is should it be IR or RF? Does anyone know the advantages/disadvantages to them.Second don't know whether to get a keyboard that has a trackerball on it save having two things that get lost.Third, I've seen an IR keyboard (<a href="http://www.centarea.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=1&amp;products_id=5" target="_blank">LINK</a>) which can learn IR signals so it could possible control the TV. How effective are these systems?Just wondered if people wanted to share their stories of which keyborads and stuff they used.Jay</blockquote>

[QUOTE="takingover, post: 78894, member: 19665"] Hi, I've been using MP for a while now, and to normally control it I use a VNC program to connect to it from another computer. However it's annoying if I want to do something on my HTPC which requires a keyboard as I have to turn my other machine on. So I've decided to get a keyboard/mouse for it. I thought that this would be a simple process but it seems not, there are so many to chose from. The first thing I need help on is should it be IR or RF? Does anyone know the advantages/disadvantages to them. Second don't know whether to get a keyboard that has a trackerball on it save having two things that get lost. Third, I've seen an IR keyboard ([URL="http://www.centarea.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=5"]LINK[/URL]) which can learn IR signals so it could possible control the TV. How effective are these systems? Just wondered if people wanted to share their stories of which keyborads and stuff they used. Jay [/QUOTE]

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